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HJ, this trail will get you most of the way from the toll road near Pinecrest back to your car at Lake Ave. It starts about 50 feet west of the bridge over Eaton Wash and about 100 feet east of the gate at Pinecrest (too bad the gate is always locked due to the land slide that closed the toll road)....

HikeUp wrote:A memorial to two fire fighters on the trail...

Story behind the memorial. Damn.

Great TR Tim. I personally think your contributions to this board are interesting and indeed valuable. Keep them coming.

Tim wrote:No pixs since Baldy looks the same as last time.

Whew!

That's hilarious...striking up an argument on the trail about sticks. What's next...wearing shoes make you weak! Kids! Cut your hair, get a job!

I was surpirsed to see that the pole on top of Jones Peak is gone. The summit is marked by a plastic orange "thing" draped over a rock. I'm guessing they took the pole out when they turned the peak into a makeshift helipad during the fire last spring. The orange thing and a rock is all th...

AlanK wrote:Today I did my first hike in a month.

Thought it was odd that I hadn't received an invite to your hiking retirement party!

I needed a hike to stretch the legs so I decided to finally check out the eastern segment (Loma Alta Trail) of the Altadena Crest Trail (ACT). This is a route that will eventually run from the Arroyo Seco to Eaton Canyon through the foothills above Altadena . Basically it is a single track trail tha...

OK. It's go time. Get your asses out there and get 'er done.

I expect full TR's and pics on Tuesday.

Be safe.

That is all.

That has always been my understanding. Makes sense too. The trail never really crosses into the Sheep Mtn. Wilderness - just follows the boundary. According to this site...you only need a permit to enter Sheep Mtn. from the East Fork TH.

Here's an earlier post regarding Kelly Camp water.

I don't recall a more recent 1st hand account but I recommend searching the forum for something more recent. I've heard it is not as reliable as Columbine. Columbine was flowing nicely 2 weeks ago.

Dan Simpson has posted this note on his website...

On August 12, 2008, the Board of Supervisors approved the repairs and restoration of the Mt. Wilson Toll Road. Work is scheduled to begin in October 2008 and be completed by April 2009. We'll see.

AW wrote:That stroll isnt so easy..take a look at google earth which makes it look easy....

OK OK... I meant easier! Maybe . In any case, it looks like something I might try whereas what you are trying to do is, well, way out of my league.

Good news...thanks and have a good run up Baldy...looks like it might be a bit chilly on top!

Thanks, but I was curious about the section between Orchard Camp and Manzanita Ridge - the part you did after 'daylight broke'. Or am I misunderstanding your last comment?

Looks like you got your work cut out for you on Condor Jr.

It looks like a real interesting peak to get to but you can bet I'd be doing it the easy way - a stroll down the ridge from Big Condor! I'll take a picture and send it to ya!

Seriously, though, good luck on getting this one done.

Jeebus!

Augie, if you have a second can you report on the conditions of the Mt. Wilson Trail above Orchard Camp to Manzanita Ridge? Overgrown, rutted, etc....

Thanks!

Don't fix what ain't broke.

Thinking of keeping it close to home...San Gabriel Peak from Lake Ave.

simonov wrote:I say we give FIGHT ON his own subforum.

Yes, the "GU fetish forum: 1001 things to do with GU!"

I need inspiration to decided which hike(s) to do this weekend in the San Gabriels. So, to that end I ask...What the heck is everyone doing this weekend???

AW...sent you a PM.

Now let's get back to bear talk!

Cool link AW.

AW wrote:... looking for the elusive Muir Peak access info...

Hmmm...this sounds interesting. Is it the old trail (I think it is a myth) up the south ridge of Muir Peak that you are looking for?

Here's a pdf file about bear season. Bear season goes until December 28th or 1700 dead yogi's...which ever comes first.

(btw, I misread the pdf when I posted hunting info on the other thread.)

cougarmagic wrote:Quite an athlete.

Yes, incredible! It would have taken me a good 15 minutes to cover the distance and terrain that he did in the 30 seconds that passed before I was able to switch to video mode.

Here is our beautiful black bear (even though he's brown). Same general location (I'll only say it's somewhere around Newcomb's/Chilao). I hope no one shoots him! He has to make it until the end of Sept, then he's safe for the winter. Thanks for the pictures, cougar! Here's a video of his cousin I ...

OK, so if we make a big-damn-all-of-SoCal-board, what should it encompass? Just mountain-related, or all sports, or also offroading (I'm not against this!), etc etc? I'm only interested in hiking in SoCal. I'd never seek out a forum on anything else. I might read a photography or mountain bike foru...

simonov wrote:I think Taco deals with them best by not dealing with them.

His head explodes instead.

i went down cedar canyon from Telegraph last year. it was really nice shale that you could essentially rollerblade down. we got down pretty fast. but right where the upper canyon meets the trail camp and the trail there is about 300-500 feet of impassible manzanita. we were stuck in it for about 20...

Isn't that about where Chapman Trail is? Yes, I believe it is just north/above the Chapman trail...Looks like a steep manzanita hell to get from the point on the map to the Chapman Trail. But I'm basing that on the google earth view. Maybe it can be bypassed on the west side slopes of Cedar. Just c...