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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 ...

Yo!

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/

Beware the Cairn Terrier!!! Sasquatch's pet dog.


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The name 'Cairn Terrier' comes from cairns, where the terriers often flushed out vermin. Cairn Terriers are happy, busy little earthdogs originally bred to fearlessly root out foxes and other small, furred prey in the rocky ...

See here and here

I knew these topics existed, but couldn't find them. Thanks. Your crash site TR mentions you were on this road for a bit starting at the bottom - nice!

So...what was the purpose of the road, when was it put in, etc? Who's to know! Alternate route out of Little Rock Creek (via ...

@cougarmagic raised a question 10 or 15 years ago about an apparent abandoned road that headed west from the saddle just north of Winston Peak. She noted that it didn't appear to go anywhere, but looking at what I think is lidar scans of the area, the road switchbacks down into the upper reaches of ...

Remember Bella for how awesome she was.

Same for Hank.

We're on our 6th dog...all good memories...Maggie, Nola, Sadie, Stella, Finn (all equally awesome) and now Gordon. Long live Gordon!!!

Nice hike!

Never attempted Ross. There's no there there, so to speak.

Sounds like a real shit fest. I hate people as a species because of this kind of crap.

Assuming she has perished, I fear a mountain lion got her...her being of such wee stature and lagging behind the "herd"...easy pickings for a mountain lion. And very difficult to find if dragged into a den. Is ...

I've been carrying the Fiskar loppers since early 2000's...still on my first set. I think I picked them up at OSH for less than $10. I tend to hit my head on low branches, especially going downhill...so I will cut all offending branches.

They seemingly weigh about 1oz, but I'm sure they must be at ...

Aren't the bikes that the TDF riders ride at about 15 or 16 lbs?

From watching various accounts of the Tour it is apparent the bikes are fragile though. No chance you could survive one of your treks on that kind of bike, Ryan.

When you got down to 26lbs, that was with the bare bike? What were you doing to save weight? Fancier components?

Yes, lighter components. Probably would have been cheaper (and more effective) to buy a lighter frame, but I enjoyed the idea of futzing with the various components. New road /track ...

Laissez les bons temps rouler, as we say in New Orleans! Thanks for the TR.

I'm curious how much your bike weighs without the panniers and whatever that thing on your handlebar is. 40 years ago, I managed to get my steel framed bike down to about 26 lbs or so when I lived and biked around Austin. I ...

https://www.facebook.com/groups/7336242 ... wXIfr&_rdr

group trying to find her without interfering with S&R.

JeffH wrote: Tue Jun 24, 2025 8:45 pm There is actually a sign there saying it is the 6000 ft trailhead.

I've been there dozens of times and have never seen it.

Bingo

dima wrote: Tue Jun 24, 2025 4:11 pm I don't know what the point of this poster even is.

Google maps labels where the PCT crosses Highway 2 (ACH) as "6000 Ft Day Use". This is 1.3 miles east of Three Points. Near "Camp Glenwood". Of those three "landmarks" I've previously heard of one. BTW, PCT crosses ACH here at 6200 ft elevation.

https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/angeles/recreation/pct ...

From a facebook thread I quickly found...

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.facebook.com/CrescentaValleySheriffsStation/posts/missing-hiker-help-us-locate-monica-rezacrescenta-valley-station-is-actively-sea/1114472707384424/


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rant: this is how ...

TLDNR: words matter.

I did read it though, and you've put into words my exact thoughts on several of your "points".

BTW, I saw you riding your bike down Colorado Blvd once in Pasadena (heading to work I suppose). Before I realized it you had turned on a side street and I lost you.

Love that "r"idge.

Girl Hiker wrote: Fri May 23, 2025 2:23 am I met naked guy while hiking to Mt. Wilson but I cant find my TR. I posted his pic lol
He was very friendly.

Are we talking "good" or "not so good" or "bad" naked?

Anthony wrote: Fri May 23, 2025 8:39 pm to be fair, i feel like hitting hikers with shovels sometimes too

Would a pick-mattock do ya?

While working with trail maintenance crew out of Sierra Madre, I've have been hearing first hand reports of a "naked guy" on the Mt. Wilson Trail above Sierra Madre. No where to conceal large knives.

https://www.sfgate.com/la/article/california-hardest-hike-palm-springs-20298829.php

"The Cactus to Clouds trail, aptly named for its long trek from the desert floor to Riverside County’s tallest peak, is often listed as one of California’s toughest and most dangerous hikes. Backpacker Magazine ...