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I don't know a damn thing about the trail from Barley Flats to Alder Creek, but it was a nice walk with great expansive views. How old is it? Is it a part of an historic route from wherever to whatever?

FWIW...

There's a trail that heads north out of Barley Flats that "ends" where Alder Creek crosses under Upper Big Tujunga (9-mile) Road. This is where you can continue on the Alder Creek Trail northbound, Chilao, and beyond...

The trail from Barley Flats to Alder Creek is currently being restored ...

David R wrote: Thu Jan 22, 2026 1:46 pm I don't know much about where to find gold but I would bet that there is gold in Gold Canyon, just got a feeling.

Just look for the giant X on the ground marking the spot.

Gold is approaching $5000 per ounce. I'd be selling!

Fucking lot of sheep.

I usually do a longer cardio day on Thursday's if it is quiet at work. I'm going to go up at least to Orchard Camp and see what's what tomorrow.I would like to do Bastard's Ridge loop up to Wilson in a week or so but need to make sure I can get down from Manzanita Ridge.

Tomorrow, I'll be ...

Honest question...do you have a legal right to this gold?

I've been seeing shit tons of pictures of how the ACH is completely trashed. I haven't looked too hard for locations, but I've seen pictures anywhere from Waterman to Wrightwood/Vincent Gap area. Time to re-open the 39

???

I usually do a longer cardio day on Thursday's if it is quiet at work. I'm going to go up at least to Orchard Camp and see what's what tomorrow.I would like to do Bastard's Ridge loop up to Wilson in a week or so but need to make sure I can get down from Manzanita Ridge.

Tomorrow, I'll be ...

I just saw Sierra Madre posted that the Mt. Wilson trail is now open, is it all the way to the bench or only to Orchard Camp?

I should know more tomorrow, but let me tell you what I do know...

On Jan 11th, the Mt. Wilson Trail was still closed by the City (despite the Forest Service's revised ...

AW~ wrote: Fri Jan 09, 2026 9:49 am systemic failure of competence

aka

humanity

not sure if this duplicates the link Sean provided..sorry if it is. Damn I'm getting really lazy.

https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/angeles/alerts/eaton-fire-area-closure?fbclid=IwY2xjawPMKyRleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFQN0lLTDdNc3czUVZxclJ2c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHgBGWO3R_v2AMd3PNghbF4Se37a6 ...

dima wrote: Tue Jan 06, 2026 10:03 pm The new map shows Mt Lowe rd as the border. What does that mean about Mt Lowe Rd?

I would interpret it as the road is open. Same as mt. Wilson trail is open.

Is that what you're asking?

Sean wrote: Tue Jan 06, 2026 6:28 pm They extended it for another two years.

Thanks Sean. As I previously mentioned in the Mt. Wilson Trail maintenance thread, it looks like everything to the east of the Mt. Wilson Trail is now open and that everything west of the Mt. Wilson Trail is still closed.

I read on some facebook post out of Sierra Madre that the closure order has been extended. I'm too lazy to try and find real evidence of this.

For those who are good at research...go for it

lol

based only on sketchy local news, the three bodies were found in the same area. the one 19 year old was specifically reported as falling from the devil's backbone trail...

which makes me think of the one short stretch of "u-shaped" trail above the very steep ravine just before you get to the ridge ...

dima wrote: Tue Dec 02, 2025 2:19 pm Is the canyon far deeper than it was?

In general, yes. The falls are a good 10 to 15 feet higher (i.e. 10 to 15 feet of soil that used to be at the base of the falls is now gone...down to bedrock). The rest of the canyon is anywhere from 0' to less that 10' deeper for same reason.

December 2, 2025. Recent November rains have scrubbed the canyon clean of almost all sand/soil/dirt. A lot of exposed bedrock. No plants , no nothing. The flow is decent over the falls and continuous in the creek. Shallow enough flow that walking in the water won't get you wet.

Park, trails, etc ...

An old pic from on top of Mt. Islip...

Matthew wrote: Tue Oct 28, 2025 9:20 pm thanks! we biked down the road and took surface streets. what did you think we bombed the ridge???????????????????????????????

LOL

Figured you might have gone up Manzanita Ridge and bombed the Mt. Wilson Trail down into Sierra Madre!!! You guys are crazy so do you blame me ???

that's a nice trip, thanks for sharing.

curious about how you got from the tank to Mary's.

January 2009 I hiked Mt. Emma & Old Mt. Emma & road back to car. Didn't see a single person or other car the whole day if I recall correctly. Don't recall any shells. Only sign of other humans was the dirt bike scars/trails left all over the dang place. Plus this most magnificent cairn on Old Emma ...

Slowest_Hiker wrote: Thu Oct 09, 2025 10:28 pm Is the park open?

No. Trail crew is still doing maintenance on Bailey Cyn rail to Jones Peak and beyond. Trail is still closed because the trail leads to Forest land which is still closed due to Eaton Fire. End of year is tentative opening of Forest/trail.

It's been 8 months since I was last at the waterfall. Late-winter & spring rains really cleaned the canyon out. Absolutely 0% of the trail is left intact, but right now you can just walk up the stream bed with a couple of small rock scrambles. What little vegetation there is poses no navigational ...

Does this fit the bill? 15.5L capacity and it has two rows of loops.

https://www.camelbak.com/shop/packs/hik ... 05000.html

I've had several Cloudwalkers over the years and they've been perfect daypacks as far as I am concerned.

Found Footage

funny shit

Random Facebook thingy about our buddy squatch...Squatch is heard exploring the Mt. Baldy area...

https://www.facebook.com/groups/BFRO.gr ... 699470169/

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