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This is a standard off-trail, HPS Sierra Club Josephine route. They have write-ups on their site with specific directions, how to do this one.

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!

The last couple of miles to Joe Elliot are in poor shape, there is a fellow who has been trying to get a group up there to fix it but it sounds all doable and if worse comes to worse you can xcountry much of it. Your exit strategy is more problematic, that old fire road is over grown and I don't eve...

One of my new things is to decide to do a hike and have multiple options as far as what I am going to do during the hike. The original thought of this hike was to get to a viewpoint of the Cuyama Badlands. Much of this has been closed by the Forest Service since they don't want to fix the road that ...

I believe it is embers from the Bridge fire that got started up on Saturday with the Sana Ana winds.

Talk about coincidence I did Hawks a second time Sunday morning. There is a sign-in can still up there, not too many people go there, even though it is right off the fire road. Would have been funny if you made it and saw my sign-in. Dang it, missed you. You must have gone early. How is the brush o...

Talk about coincidence I did Hawks a second time Sunday morning. There is a sign-in can still up there, not too many people go there, even though it is right off the fire road. Would have been funny if you made it and saw my sign-in.

There is an upper and lower trail above the falls, it sounds like you took the upper until it merged with the lower and came back along that one which follows the creek and goes right above the falls. Will have to get up there soon and try the firebreak to Manzanita Ridge and Mt. Wilson. It looks li...

No GPX but peakbagger.com has some mapping of these peaks and routes.

I need to post photos once in a while so I don't have to get the inevitable question.

Area near Hillyer definitely more brushier but manageable. Waterman area is all parklike except where the Bobcat fire burned.

View from the benchmark looking out at Pacifico.
View of the benchmark and the new stake put up.

I've always noticed that rock pile that is north of the 2 after you pass Three Points and wanted to go there. I manufactured enough peaks to make the drive out there worthwhile. I first started at Rosenita Saddle and took the ridge to the SE away from Hillyer. The first bump you get to is Peak 5,868...

Nobody mentioned the highlight of the hike, finding Cecelia's sunglasses. Nice to meet DN&M.

I decided to see what it would be like hiking a firebreak at around 80 degrees and see if I would like to do this next week. This ridge is one of the most iconic climb in the San Gabes. Everyone that does it says it is memorable and usually not in a good way which means it is awesome. It is famous f...

The change in weather is the biggest advantage to getting control of these fires. With the terrain, this fire will be smoldering for a long time but hopefully they can get a perimeter around it. Also just because we know the perimeter doesn't mean everything in that perimeter was burned so we won't ...

This is prime bighorn habitat, this may devastate the population after a great rebound over the last twenty years.

I remember the Mars Bonfire and George Wysup controversy. There was a lot of conversation about what constituted sumitting a peak as some HPS peaks required third class climbing. They were so worried about finishing lists and the conventional opinion was getting to the bottom of a climb was a summit...

This guy takes it over the top calling destroying registers a crime. There are plenty of people that argue the registers are the crimes and have no business being in wilderness areas. The Sierra Club registers are bolted to the rock quite often. I don't care either way and most of these peaks named ...

"Parking Lot Full" is for the weekend when the masses come out to go to the Mt Baldy Slide Waterfall. I assume the locals are kinda pissed. I was up on Baldy last Sunday and the whole area was a zoo when I drove back. Thanks Social Media!

The tradition is to skinny dip in the lake, you will need to go back.

The second picture is one of the pull outs above Switzer and the first is probably up near Red Box.

I cheated it was filmed in the San Gabriels. If you want more hints, here is a behind the scenes video showing the filming in more detail. It is a very obvious and popular place.

Yesterday they announced the closures are over, apparently they realized how bizarre this set up was and agreed to open up the Angeles.

AW~ wrote: ↑Wed Jul 31, 2024 11:25 am I cant even tell what you are selling.

He is selling his body on Only Fans, sometimes you have to pay the bills.

Welcome to the best ride in the high country of the Los Padres. This is my proprietary route that I am sharing with you on a limited basis so don't share with others otherwise it'll be overrun by the casuals. We start our day at the trailhead for Mt Pinos. We start on the fire road and pass the &quo...

I remember them and was always struck by the tombstone shape.

The Mount Wilson Trail crew has been working the Bailey Canyon Trail. Was it clear all the way up to the saddle on the north side of Jones Peak? I helped them clear the trail up to the cabin ruins. I don't know who is working the Bastard Ridge route. Yes the whole route has been improved, from the ...

I went up Bastard Ridge this morning and someone has done significant work on this route. The route has been brushed and even steps have been carved into the trail on some of the steep sections. The initial climb has work-arounds that have been created so you don't have to go up the seriously eroded...

I will be at the top of a hotel in San Diego.