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Needing to sleep in actual campgrounds would break up your rhythm and make this harder, in my opinion. Chilao is a good last camp and I have done that hike all the way out in a day with a full (UL) pack. But the first day I would have a warm dinner in Little Jimmy and then continue on and bivy somew...

totally doable. the stretch over baden powell will be toughest, so I would start there and end at Chantry. Configure your gear/meals so that you can walk 4 miles before breakfast and 4 miles after dinner. Have fun!

I was there this past winter. I think an alpine start up Banner on sunday would allow for a comfortable but long day back to the TH. If you decide to skip the peak, I would consider returning via Weber/Waugh (xc). Ive never done it but others have. Dude responding to this TR for instance... http://w...

you might want to wait and see what happens with the fire situation.

http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/4302/

not sure if this link will work. Its hard to tell in this picture but here we are approach Devore from upstream. in part of this pic the water appears still but if you look at the rocks, its flowing well.

http://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9_ODH85efUHZ3pLQTlIbU8wOG8/preview

not sure if this link will work. Its hard to tell in this picture but here we are approach Devore from upstream. in part of this pic the water appears still but if you look at the rocks, its flowing well.

http://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9_ODH85efUHZ3pLQTlIbU8wOG8/preview

If Devore TC means the campground on the West Fork, I was there last weekend and there is plenty of clean water flowing. not mucky at all. mosquitos were active, but not particularly problematic. the trail from newcomb saddle down to Devore is in great shape, except for several short sections which ...

Awesome memories. The Mount Dana descent is a beautiful image full of various textures and colors. And that picture of you and your son is pretty great. looks like a great year.

Good question! Seemed like such a simple request at first but actually we have surprisingly few car camping spots with direct access to decent hiking. these are all I could think of. have fun! A few near Idywilld but I think they are all closed??? not sure. Manker Flat (San Antonio Falls and ski hut...

thank you Dima. That was exactly what I needed!

Hi gang! I need to find water sources along the Silver Moccassin. If you have any info along the route or any of the areas below, that would be awesome!! Little Jimmy Cedar Springs Cooper Canyon Cloudburst Canyon Buckhorn Flat Camp Glenwood Horse Flats Chilao Charlton Flat Also, if anyone knows of s...

i have eyeballed this same route, but mostly for winter stuff. from what I saw, it appeared slightly better to drive past the turnout for icehouse, drive around the first switchback and park there. then access the start of the ridge from it's northwest face. Just seemed like it was less buckthorn on...

Duuude.

Mountain lilac. Sexy machete photos. Native fire making. Canyoneering technique.

This report has it all. Thank you sir.

superb photos. I'm not likely to make a wildflower trip this year. Thanks for sharing. Learned something too. I have both a Hummingbird Sage and a Pitcher Sage at home. I never knew people sometimes reffered to Salvia Spathacea as a Pitcher Sage also. Oh, and I also have several Brittlebush at home,...

especially dig that photo of the church with the San Bernardinos in the background. Great photo. Where is this church located? Strangely, I cant make out Yucaipa Ridge in the photo. Almost like you moved the ridge out of the way so it would not block your view.

this is the third picture Ive seen this month of bighorn herds. Yours of course takes the cake, that is a healthy looking herd. The other ones were [oh, wait, I remember I decided not to discuss locations of bighorn anymore after some hunter dude asked me for more details]. Anyway, I've seen them se...

If you hike in a few miles you can find snow here in the San Bernardinos. But I think you mean you want to drive right up to the snow. If so, I wonder if Kennedy Meadows might be a good place to call. It's the closest high elevation road I can think of.

I have things in the gabes Ive wanted to do for a while but I'm not set on getting them done this year. I'm doing alot of other stuff (sierras, gorgonios, etc) as well and I like that even years from now I may still have local stuff that interests me. Baldy's north backbone Iron PCT section along Hw...

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Anyway cool writeup. Thanks for sharing. it helps to see what conditions folks encounter out there when planning adventures.

Adan (tallkan)

Excuse me mister taco sir, but would it be a good idea to select a backup date in case snow level on jan17 sucks snowballs...sir?

Adan (tallkan)

Wow missy, beautiful pictures. i havent seen those falls looking like that in years. reminds me of the old days flyfishing up there. I too have not been further up than you went and honestly that place is pretty fragile so I hope too many people dont try it. I gotta take the kids up there to see thi...

bamboo trekking pole. nice! Looks like you had a nice time.

tallkan

stunning pictures. thanks for sharing.

awesome report, and those pictures of upper fish fork are berry berry nice.

-tallkan

have a great trip!!

I would gladly loan you mine dude. It's a home made job, werks about right. But I'm in San Dimas so that would have to be worked out.

thanks for sharing.

tallkan

cool report! I was just eyeballing Dobbs myself and you guys just confirmed that I should check it out. Thanks!

Also for some reason I peeked at the summit register on SB East (never really look at registers) and one of the few entries I can remember, Mars Bonfire 25x final visit.

awesome capture!!!

I cant help you on Lowe but I just wanted to say thanks for the update on Commanche. i was wondering about that.