EISPIRATEN

I went up the backbone trail today. The weather felt like september. There was a few patches of dirty snow but nothing that could not be walked around. The wind was about 5 mph and not a cloud in the sky. Great day for a hike.

Welcome to the board. It is an honor to have you here.

This sounds cool. I am in. We just need some snow now.

Trail was clear of any snow. I went up the backbone and down the ski hut trail. Weather was perfect. Thanks,

How are the conditions on Baldy? I saw it from Baden Powell last weekend and it looked like a lot of Snow. Thanks

Damn! hes on to us! youre right sean. Just because i think its nice to keep the few wild places left unmarked by humans, It must be because ima life hater!
I hate you all ! die! die! LOL (sean, you could always buy a tent and sleepingbags dood. or even just a nano puff n a hardshell n wool sox,with ...

I agree - it's not vandalism - it's just a different point of view.
It's not "just a different point of view." It's an evil point of view. These people are either ignorant vandals or pure life-haters. In either case, they represent a certain degree of evil on the mountain.

The people who build ...

Hey Guys,

Can anyone please tell me the trail conditions for Baden Powell via Vincent Gap? Also, how is the road coming in through Wrightwood.

Thanks,
Logan

Sure, but you're all right taking a paved road in your emission-spewing vehicle right up to the point where nature "starts", for you , eh?

Well nature starts for me a little bit further down the road, so excuse me if I remove your car from the parking lot while your hiking. And blow up the road ...

When I first saw the title of this thread I thought I was going to be happy. My first impression was that someone was going to be commenting on the vandalism on the mountain of building wind shelters on the summit.

Much to my surprise... it was complaints about damaging the wind shelters that ...

Great pics. Thanks for sharing. I am going up tomorrow.

I am in for a G

Elwood wrote: Very nice pictures and report. Thanks for posting and sharing.

Thanks Elwood.

Burchey wrote: Nice on the hat/pail. Do you think a filter was necessary? I think I treat water way more than I need to, to be honest.

I have drank that water straight before with no ill effects. I too overtreat the water but since it doesnt hurt to treat the water I do it just in case.

Nice work Logan (& Family), looks like you completed the run up Islip from the last hike where you camped out - looks like all kinds of "eispiraten's" have been getting up there lately - I swear I don't know who covered the PCT symbol with a sticker :wink: on that sign

Thanks for sharing the ...

We went up Baden Powell on Sunday. My two buddies went with me and one brought his 6 year old. He made it with out being carried. I think he was the youngest on the mountain. Great day in the hills. There is no trace of snow left at all anywhere on the route.

We went up the Windy Gap trail out of crystal lake campground. It was hot and dry. The water crossings are drying up or getting real small. I wouldnt count on any water until little jimmy spring. The weather was great and views spectacular.

Little Jimmy on 6/19/2011
Sorry for the delay in getting this TR up. Little Jimmy was awesome. Wife, Daughter and I hiked in on Saturday night just at sunset. The views were really pretty as the sun was going down. I like hiking in at night because there are no crowds and the temps stay nice. We ...

obie wrote: Nice pics. Linked this thread to my nephew in Buffalo. He works for IM too. He'll get a kick out of that banner on Baldy.

Oh Cool... what a small world. Well it is a huge global company, but still cool.

VermillionPearlGirl wrote: This looked like fun It's got me psyched for my trip up Baldy next weekend with some hiking friends and potentially some fit but non-hiking friends. I'm curious what your time was non-hikers? Thanks!

Total time 11:30

On the way out the group was slow due to painful knees.

simonov wrote: Wow, there were already new Eispiraten stickers in the register! I wonder how those Korean stickers are going over.

I put those stickers there. lol. I think they went over good. They were gone on my way out.

I went up the Ski Hut Trail and took a group of people from my work that were all inexpereinced hikers. We had been training for the last six weeks doing local hikes and walking after work. Some had never been hiking before. Most of them did great getting to the top, but as we all know that is only ...

simonov wrote: Gonna be busy mailing stuff out this week:

Got mine in the mail today. I am going to Baldy tomorrow so I will take some there. Thanks very much for the stickers.

Log

arctic_grayling wrote: I was up on Smith Mt. a couple weeks ago. One of the nicest views below 8,000 ft. in the area IMO.

Did you get an impression of what the trail looked like going down the Bear Creek drainage? Passable?

I would say passable but you will do some bush whacking.

Hikin_Jim wrote: Good stuff.

Looks like the trail was sketchy in a couple of spots but mostly followable, yes?

HJ

Yes the trail was easy to follow all the way down but the camp was way overgrown.

Cool TR --- any idea what this is --- any chance of it being a succulent? I really like succulents but can't be for certain if it's a succulent. The leaves and the flowers seem to lean in that direction. Maybe an echeveria ???

https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/photobucket/i261/albums/ii57 ...

Funyan005 wrote: How was the spaghetti? I cant seem to find a meal I like besides Lasagna, figure Spaghetti is pretty close!

The spaghetti was awesome. That made 16oz so it was a good sized meal for one.

hvydrt wrote: Great pics. Was that snake in your camp or on the way there??? Looked like a nice campsite.

That snake was about 50 yards from camp up stream. The snake was on a rock that was in the middle of the creek. He was going to have to swim to get to shore.

The trip was Saturday and Sunday May 14-15
Marty and I hit the trail at about 8:30 am on Saturday and had great weather... to start.

The hike up to smith saddle was awesome. Trail in perfect condition with 3 or 4 water crossings on the way up. The trail going down the other side was not so perfect ...