EISPIRATEN

Awesome pix, Norma!


From the angle it could be hard for some to believe that this is in SoCal ..

Nice job, Hamid! Congrats.

snmtbaldy wrote:
Thanks everyone.

Pavel was going to carry a keg of beer up to the hut, did he?

Nice TR, Mitch!
Good to see you back in the saddle again ..


Those sculptures on top were fascinating;
I like your shot with the shodow tones ..

Nice, Elwood!
Looks great.


The gully takes you right to the turn at the falls road, platypii.
Just watch out for those yuccas on that slope ..

Nice pix, Kenny!

I watched you work your way along the Saddle and then lost sight of you just below the Summit.
How was the yaw motion carrying your deck horizontally along the ridgeline?

Cheers!

Not a current update, but Trabuco creek is usually very rutted. I'd imagine worse now after those rains we had. It's about a 2.5 mile off-road drive to the trailhead. Winter seems to be the best time to climb Santiago Peak because of the southern exposure (hot & dry). Once on the great divide yo...

couple more pix: http://i45.tinypic.com/abkzud.jpg http://i46.tinypic.com/o9ikic.jpg http://i47.tinypic.com/25sms1g.jpg http://i47.tinypic.com/qs9zld.jpg http://i49.tinypic.com/fc592.jpg http://i50.tinypic.com/zipydw.jpg http://i50.tinypic.com/2jg1d1c.jpg http://i45.tinypic.com/k9760w.jpg Ryan sitti...

Nice TR, Ryan!
It was great to meet you Norma, Sara and Frank ..

Nice TR norma!
Cheers-

Awesome shot, hamik!!

Nice TR, snmtbaldy!
Thanks for sharing the stoke.

hamik wrote: I was a little taken aback that so many people ventured up without avalanche beacons.

These tranceivers?



P.s: Hires track pic emailed per request, Hamik.

Well done! How was the traverse(any other technical spots? The cornices on the bone look awesome and dangerous. Thanks! The DBB is in great condition with the given coverage; sick cornices as you mentioned. Even skins couldn't hold traction on the steep parts below Harwood and we ended booting it u...

Nice TR, saw your tracks down the bowl!

Beware of the submerged mines ..

weather permitting; a window of opportunity is out of personal control ..


Be safe.

do you think Baldy would be more of a snowshoe or crampon climb? I'm considering either Thursday or Saturday. Get yourself some Verts for climbing the bowl in these conditions .. Otherwise the DBB is doable in crampons because the ridge is mostly windswept and iced over. The buried Manzanitas will ...

Nice TR, mve! :D How do you like those Spantiks? Quick note: bring a helmet -- we were under constant bombardment by the rime ice falling from the trees and some of the chunks are HUGE! I took couple of hits on my helmet and I was really glad it wasn't my head. They were HUGE alright. It got hot yes...

Thanks, mve.
I like your shots too!

Saw some nice post-holes going down over the trail to the ski hut.
Looked thigh deep in places ..
8)

Headed up Harwood to Baldy with my friends P&D on backcountry skis. Took a couple of shots before I put the camera away.. It's a winter wonderland alright .. http://i45.tinypic.com/15qqh5t.jpg http://i48.tinypic.com/abtfrq.jpg http://i49.tinypic.com/2hgejvo.jpg http://i50.tinypic.com/zv5186.jpg ...

Yeah, Baby!

Nice TR, simonov!
Remember, practice prevents piss poor performance (PPPPP).
Have fun in Vegas! See you on the slopes.
Cheers-

Finally!

Nice job you guys!

Nice job, Taco!


Glad to read about your post-op therapy.
Laurel Gulch down would be fun after the next snow ..

Nice, Elwood!
Any bears in the area that could have smashed those hives?

See simonov's Sleep on the Summit of Mt San Gorgonio Halloween Lollipop .. Headed up at 7am as a group of seven via South Fork to Dollar Lake and along the Jepson ridge route. Reached the summit at 3:40pm and setup camp. Temps only went down to 35F with very mild wind and a beautiful full moon. We h...

Don't forget to wear Holloween costumes for the summit party!

A great deal if you like skiing the 'resort'!