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It's Godzilla!!!

Oops...I was looking at the wrong picture. Never mind.

Voila! Gone.

Nice loop hike. How would you describe the condition of the Rim Trail (from Newcomb up to Mt. Wilson)? Last time I was on it the lower portion was a bit overgrown and the upper portion had a couple of washouts.

Was there a lot of skeeters?

ClimbUp dude.

JMunaretto wrote:this is a 'pristine' view of the one shot

Right to left I think it is: San Jacinto in the distance, Monrovia Peak et al in the foreground, San Gorgonio in the distance, Ontario Peak obscuring Cucamonga, the 3T's (or at least some of them), then Baldy/West Baldy.

Northeast Pasadena, adjacent to Sierra Madre, has received over 2" of rain since Thursday and it is currently raining pretty hard Friday night. Talked with one of the organizers of the Trail Run and it is postponed (obviously) and they are looking at maybe June 14th to re-schedule it.

It's 6:15p and the Mt. Wilson cam is reporting 35 F, some hail and a layer of snow on the ground. Picture is obscured by clouds.

More useless info.

Thanks for the info on the Idlehour trail. Hot + skeeters...what fun!

He219 wrote:Forgot about that set, but callin' me a Nut Job, HikeUp?
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LOL. Just kidding of course. That picture is awesome regardless of the mental status of the leaper.

Great pic EMan...I've never seen anything like the cloud waves before...cool. FlightOn: I can't do anything about the wires...no software or inclination. If someone wants the originals that were used to create the panorama they are welcome to them...just let me know and I will provide. I personally ...

Eman...the pic you linked to is private. As you probably know you can change it to public in Flickr.

AlanK wrote:

HikeUp wrote:

MikeSash wrote:Wow thats pretty devastating. Big time bummer.

Thank you for the update and pics.

No problem...that's what Taco pays me for.

I know you're good but I was pissed when I learned that he pays you twice what he pays me!

Twice as slow, twice the pay !

I did this same hike in July of '07 and even then the skeeters (gdmf skeeters!) were thick starting at Sturtevant Camp up to about Halfway Rest. Good motivation to keep moving during the steepest part of the route.

You picked a great day to hike to Mt. Wilson :shock: !!! Not your typical 100 degree day hike. Anyway - nicely done. The skeeters were thick on my hike up the trail today and I could only imagine how much worse they would get if I had kept going higher. One note for future reference, you should not ...

MikeSash wrote:Wow thats pretty devastating. Big time bummer.

Thank you for the update and pics.

No problem...that's what Taco pays me for.

Took some pictures of the burned parts of the Mt. Wilson Trail above Sierra Madre today. The fire burned both sides of Little Santa Anita Canyon from the flood control dam (just above the houses) up to First Water. Trail is in good shape up to the crossover trail (except for a few dirt slides in the...

Here are some pictures of the canyon bottom taken on 2008-05-18. The fire didn't get up canyon any further than First Water. Below first water there are areas that looked unaffected, some that looked completely cleared of vegetation and some where maybe just the undergrowth was burned but the canopy...

Any update as to the damage done to little santa anita? Bailey Canyon and Mt. Wilson Trails are supposedly open (from website and from word of mouth), so I plan on doing a loop hike through both on Sunday morning. Pictures will be taken. I've heard talk that there are volunteers doing repair to the...

A poorly stitched together panorama from east ridge of Monrovia Peak...

That is hilarious. I lost count after 1 too f*&@ing many.

Funyan005 wrote:Anyone have any updates on the fire? I didnt see much smoke today from it.

I use the www.inciweb.org site for most info on road closures and fire info.

With the Mt. Baldy Road closed at Shinn, there is no access to any of the trail heads including Icehouse and Manker.

It's a crying shame

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There will be more erosion due to bare slopes but not due to hikers. In an ideal world I'd agree. But the truth is hikers cut switchbacks and the less brush there is the more likely they'll do so. They'll go straight up the hill and come straight down the hill making 2 new use trails that criss cro...

Great pictures. Thanks for sharing.

Now I know where the use trail up to Mt. Lewis is...not that it would have been hard to find in any case!

HikeUp said I grew up in Louisiana and Southeast Texas Ever hike in the Big Thicket? We lived in the Big Thicket, so I guess you could consider the exploring we did as kids as hiking. We'd head off into the 'thicket' with BB guns and a pocket knife, following deer trails and shooting anything that ...

Ixnay on the okingsmay. Especially on a thread about the trail that is currently burning!

I grew up in Louisiana and Southeast Texas...not known for mountainous terrain to say the least (the high point in New Orleans is some freeway overpass I believe)...so I didn't start hiking until I moved to the land of fruits, nuts and flakes - the Bay Area. Hiked around there for about a year - Sun...

Hand written sign (dated April 2nd) seen yesterday at Millard Campground on the northern edge of Altadena.

MoonThion (aka Mountain Lion ) activity...

I started hiking in 1987 and quit in about 1991. Then I started again in late 2004.

What says you?

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