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by HikeUp
Wed Dec 04, 2024 1:11 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Bailey Canyon Falls: July 2024
Replies: 20
Views: 819

Re: Bailey Canyon Falls: July 2024

Removed above ground part of fig tree stump and groomed a bit. Gif Av2.gif edit to add a story: early last month I went up to remove the stump (level it off at ground level), but a young man came along and asked if I was going to transplant the fig tree. I said no, just going to level it off - it's ...
by HikeUp
Tue Dec 03, 2024 9:34 pm
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Forum Anniversary - Monte Cristo Edition
Replies: 13
Views: 405

Re: Forum Anniversary - Monte Cristo Edition

What a hike! I found your swag up at rabbit peak a while back when exploring the area myself. thumbnail_IMG_0303.jpg thumbnail_IMG_9442.jpg Cool to see that a group like this exists! I also ran into the owner of the Monte Cristo Mine who gave me a nice welcome and offered me a ride to the base of r...
by HikeUp
Tue Nov 26, 2024 7:22 pm
Forum: Admin & Tech Support
Topic: test
Replies: 5
Views: 96

Re: test

JeffH wrote: Tue Nov 26, 2024 6:47 pm What are you testing?
I think he failed :)
by HikeUp
Mon Nov 25, 2024 1:19 pm
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Mount Emma, Old Emma, Cole Point
Replies: 6
Views: 197

Re: Mount Emma, Old Emma, Cole Point

This is a link to an old post all about Cole BM.

https://eispiraten.com/viewtopic.php?t=1139#p11511
by HikeUp
Sun Nov 24, 2024 5:32 pm
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Mount Emma, Old Emma, Cole Point
Replies: 6
Views: 197

Re: Mount Emma, Old Emma, Cole Point

Fun hike despite having no point. I did the Emmas the same way. The Karen on Old Emma looks like it has been knocked about a bit! Circa 2009... IMG_2897.jpg The BM on Cole is (was in 2009) attached to a rock that has been kicked around the summit so god knows where it is now. I found the rock on its...
by HikeUp
Sat Nov 09, 2024 9:00 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Any one seen this movie?
Replies: 3
Views: 125

Re: Any one seen this movie?

JeffH wrote: Sat Nov 09, 2024 8:42 pm I have not. Curious about what you were searching for that caused the YT algorithm to think you would also enjoy it.
Ha!

I was tipped off to this movie by a bartender at a gin distillery in Savannah. I think you should ask him as to why he recommended it. lol

I told Sean that he'd like it! ;)
by HikeUp
Sat Nov 09, 2024 4:02 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Any one seen this movie?
Replies: 3
Views: 125

Any one seen this movie?

Hundreds of Beavers

In this silent supernatural epic, a drunken applejack salesman is thrust into the frigid wilderness. Can he go from Zero to Hero, become North America's greatest fur trapper, and defeat hundreds of beavers?

by HikeUp
Tue Nov 05, 2024 8:50 pm
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Reflections on the Strawberry Peak west ridge
Replies: 9
Views: 399

Re: Reflections on the Strawberry Peak west ridge

My memory of the route is that there were a shit ton of arrows, dots and other marks of various colors that went in all sorts of different directions. We just followed boot prints and logic. I got nervous at only one location where we could see straight down the north face (1000+ feet). A mistake or...
by HikeUp
Tue Nov 05, 2024 7:28 pm
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Monrovia and Rankin
Replies: 9
Views: 256

Re: Monrovia and Rankin

Nice peak bagging trip. Cool pics.

I walked up to Monrovia from Monrovia Cyn Park 16+ years ago...
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by HikeUp
Tue Nov 05, 2024 3:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Josephine west ridge recon
Replies: 11
Views: 184

Re: Josephine west ridge recon

The HPS site doesn't have an official route description for the west ridge. The only description is in the TR that you have seen. It describes bypassing the ephemeral waterfall on the right and ascend the subsidiary ridge up to the main ridge. I stayed in the drainage and ended up on the wrong subsi...
by HikeUp
Tue Nov 05, 2024 2:59 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Josephine west ridge recon
Replies: 11
Views: 184

Re: Josephine west ridge recon

Here's google street view at point C. XUntitled.png Thinking back on my approach from 22.45, it was a loose scree and steep climb that was only getting brushier and brushier as it went up. I hadn't done any prep other than "park at 22.45", so I said screw it. Although thinking back on it, ...
by HikeUp
Mon Nov 04, 2024 11:30 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Josephine west ridge recon
Replies: 11
Views: 184

Re: Josephine west ridge recon

A is mm 22.45 where I started in a failed attempt.
B is mm 22.95.
C is where I think you are proposing to start from.

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by HikeUp
Mon Nov 04, 2024 11:19 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Josephine west ridge recon
Replies: 11
Views: 184

Re: Josephine west ridge recon

There is mention of mile marker 22.95 as a starting point. Matt Maxon mentions it on this forum.
by HikeUp
Mon Nov 04, 2024 10:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Josephine west ridge recon
Replies: 11
Views: 184

Re: Josephine west ridge recon

I'll post some pics I took of the upper portions of the ridge (from the summit) when I get a bit more time tomorrow.
by HikeUp
Mon Nov 04, 2024 10:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Josephine west ridge recon
Replies: 11
Views: 184

Re: Josephine west ridge recon

My best advice - ignore most of what I have said on this forum! I tried once in a half-hearted manner. It didn't go. Member @Travis (or maybe it was member @Augie ) did do it at some point in the past (prior to my "attempt"). You can likely find his (there) report or route info on summitpo...
by HikeUp
Tue Oct 29, 2024 11:23 am
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Hillyer and a side of Devil
Replies: 6
Views: 298

Re: Hillyer and a side of Devil

Sorry I missed it.

Devil Peak, the observatory and Mt. Mooney used to be heavily forested with no views except from parts of the road connecting the three. Which fire burned all of the trees? The station fire?

From April, 2009...
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by HikeUp
Sun Oct 27, 2024 1:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Update on Me
Replies: 9
Views: 373

Re: Update on Me

I' had a relapse of my cancer and am going under the knife this week to remove it. Hopefully it all goes well but I'll be out of commission at least for a month. See you on the other side, I hope! I hope they get it all. Gotta give the drugs their best chance to work. I switched from Keytruda to th...
by HikeUp
Sun Oct 20, 2024 4:27 pm
Forum: News & Conditions
Topic: Bridge Fire
Replies: 84
Views: 2640

Oct 20, 2024 fire?

Seems that there is a new fire burning in the San Gabs...I see smoke to my east (I'm in Pasadena). Anyone know anything?

[Admin: merged topic "Oct 20, 2024 fire?"]
by HikeUp
Fri Oct 18, 2024 11:22 am
Forum: News & Conditions
Topic: San Gabriel River Confluence with Cattle Canyon Improvements Project
Replies: 6
Views: 181

Re: San Gabriel River Confluence with Cattle Canyon Improvements Project

Nothing but word salad. Pass the ranch dressing and good luck.
by HikeUp
Tue Oct 15, 2024 10:14 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Favorite mountain and other place names
Replies: 9
Views: 222

Re: Favorite mountain and other place names

Will Thrall just sounds cool. Also my favorite peak in the range. I was greeted by a Golden Eagle when I made it to the summit.
by HikeUp
Tue Oct 15, 2024 12:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Bailey Canyon Falls: July 2024
Replies: 20
Views: 819

Re: Bailey Canyon Falls: July 2024

It's October 15th, 2024 and the falls are still going! 20241014_094451.jpg I spent this morning eliminating a pair of unnecessary water crossings. Some volunteer fig tree had seemingly forced the route into a quick back and forth crossing that got your shoes wet for no reason. A view looking down st...
by HikeUp
Mon Oct 14, 2024 2:33 pm
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Teepee Trail and Hawks Recon
Replies: 11
Views: 320

Re: Tee Pee Trail and Hawks Recon

That's squatch's mailbox.
by HikeUp
Sat Oct 12, 2024 10:49 pm
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: CHANTRY FLATS
Replies: 11
Views: 275

Re: CHANTRY FLATS

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by HikeUp
Fri Oct 11, 2024 9:53 am
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Akawie, Vetter, Mooney, and Devil
Replies: 6
Views: 218

Re: Akawie, Vetter, Mooney, and Devil

In 2007 I did the same 3 peaks one day (minus Akawie).

In April 2009 I was able to drive up to the observatory although the road was heavily rutted.

Looks like they've painted and changed doors since 2009...

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by HikeUp
Sun Oct 06, 2024 11:10 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: High elevation gain training hikes, wants recs
Replies: 3
Views: 93

Re: High elevation gain training hikes, wants recs

Chantry Flats is open now I think.

Mt. Wilson from Sierra Madre or from Eaton Canyon are good elevation gains.
by HikeUp
Sun Oct 06, 2024 5:29 pm
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Peak Bagging Day
Replies: 8
Views: 272

Re: Peak Bagging Day

All this hiking! Feeling good?
by HikeUp
Sat Oct 05, 2024 3:10 pm
Forum: Los Padres
Topic: Alamo Peak from Lockwood Valley Road
Replies: 5
Views: 209

Re: Alamo Peak from Lockwood Valley Road

Nice pictures.
Sean wrote: Sat Oct 05, 2024 12:20 pm I don't like your blood soaked shirt; it makes me imagine you dangerously flying over your handlebars into rocks.
Squatch threw rocks at him and landed a couple.
by HikeUp
Tue Oct 01, 2024 8:33 am
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Forum Anniversary - Monte Cristo Edition
Replies: 13
Views: 405

Re: Forum Anniversary - Monte Cristo Edition

So sad to see the trees on Granite and Round Top gone. Here's a picture of Granite taken from Round Top 15 years ago... I was wondering what that looked like before the Station Fire, and this photo is exactly what I wanted to see. Thanks. How far below Granite did the trees extend to? Did Rabbit ha...
by HikeUp
Mon Sep 30, 2024 11:12 pm
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Forum Anniversary - Monte Cristo Edition
Replies: 13
Views: 405

Re: Forum Anniversary - Monte Cristo Edition

Missed it again. Looks like fun (except the fellow campers blaring music - tools). So sad to see the trees on Granite and Round Top gone. Here's a picture of Granite taken from Round Top 15 years ago... IMG_2958.jpg And just for fun, a similar pic to one posted above (also from 15 years ago)... IMG_...
by HikeUp
Mon Sep 23, 2024 3:44 pm
Forum: News & Conditions
Topic: Rubio Canyon Watershed Trail Conditions
Replies: 3
Views: 1485

Re: Rubio Canyon Watershed Trail Conditions

Still working on restoring the railway!
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