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by Sean
Tue Jan 09, 2024 6:55 pm
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Lonnie DeCloedt Archive
Replies: 36
Views: 6383

Re: Lonnie DeCloedt Archive

Mount Whitney (14,497') August 11, 2005 By Lonnie DeCloedt Hike Stats from GPSr: Distance: 21.35 Miles Starting elevation: 8,443' Lowest elevation: 8,376' Highest elevation: 14,498' Total elevation gain: 5,570' Total elevation loss: 4,976' I got a permit for the Mount Whitney Trail for September 15 ...
by Sean
Tue Jan 09, 2024 6:32 pm
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Lonnie DeCloedt Archive
Replies: 36
Views: 6383

Re: Lonnie DeCloedt Archive

Mount Langley (14,026') and Cirque Peak (12,900') August 2-4, 2005 By Lonnie DeCloedt Hike Stats from GPSr: August 2, 2005 (Trailhead to Cottonwood Lake Three): Distance: 5.53 Miles Starting elevation: 10,056' Lowest elevation: 10,032' Highest elevation: 11,119' Total elevation gain: 1,072' Total el...
by Sean
Tue Jan 09, 2024 4:55 pm
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Lonnie DeCloedt Archive
Replies: 36
Views: 6383

Re: Lonnie DeCloedt Archive

Mount San Antonio (aka Mount Baldy -- 10,064') and West Baldy (9,988') July 28, 2005 By Lonnie DeCloedt Hike Stats from GPSr: Distance: 13.20 Miles Starting elevation: 4,499' Lowest elevation: 4,499' Highest elevation: 10,046' Total elevation gain: 5,108' Total elevation loss: 5,061' I had planned t...
by Sean
Tue Jan 09, 2024 4:32 pm
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Lonnie DeCloedt Archive
Replies: 36
Views: 6383

Re: Lonnie DeCloedt Archive

Tahquitz Peak (8,846') July 14, 2005 By Lonnie DeCloedt Hike Stats from GPSr: Distance: 8.77 Miles Starting elevation: 6,593' Lowest elevation: 6,466' Highest elevation: 8,818' Total elevation gain: 2,038' Total elevation loss: 2,248' I really wanted to head into the San Gorgonio Wilderness to finis...
by Sean
Tue Jan 09, 2024 4:14 pm
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Lonnie DeCloedt Archive
Replies: 36
Views: 6383

Re: Lonnie DeCloedt Archive

San Jacinto Peak June 8, 2005 By Lonnie DeCloedt After reading Wingding's report on the San Gorgonio Backcountry Bulletin Board about her hike to San Jacinto Peak the previous weekend, I decided to go up there myself. There was a little more snow there than I was expecting, but that just made the tr...
by Sean
Tue Jan 09, 2024 4:02 pm
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Lonnie DeCloedt Archive
Replies: 36
Views: 6383

Re: Lonnie DeCloedt Archive

Turtlehead Peak May 4, 2005 By Lonnie DeCloedt Hike Stats from GPSr: Distance: 4.67 Miles Starting elevation: 4,352' Lowest elevation: 4,206' Highest elevation: 6,299' Total elevation gain: 1,849' Total elevation loss: 1,958' (Those numbers don't add up! The difference between the lowest and highest...
by Sean
Tue Jan 09, 2024 3:28 pm
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Lonnie DeCloedt Archive
Replies: 36
Views: 6383

Re: Lonnie DeCloedt Archive

Old Mount Emma and (new) Mount Emma April 20, 2005 By Lonnie DeCloedt Ashley was finally ready to tackle a decent hike, so we headed to the Emmas, a couple desert peaks near Palmdale. I had done these two before, but they were new to Ashley. To make things a little different for me, I took a differe...
by Sean
Tue Jan 09, 2024 3:15 pm
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Lonnie DeCloedt Archive
Replies: 36
Views: 6383

Re: Lonnie DeCloedt Archive

Mount Wilson April 14, 2005 By Lonnie DeCloedt I was sick most of the past week so Ashley and I didn't get any local conditioning hikes in until the day before. She was still a bit slow on that four-mile trek through Griffith Park, so I decided to do another main hike without her, and I headed to Si...
by Sean
Tue Jan 09, 2024 3:08 pm
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Lonnie DeCloedt Archive
Replies: 36
Views: 6383

Re: Lonnie DeCloedt Archive

Rabbit Peak #1, Granite Mountain #1, Round Top and Iron Mountain #3 April 6, 2005 By Lonnie DeCloedt I've created a monster! Well, that's what my track looks like when plotted on the map, anyway... I had originally planned to hike Mount Emma and Old Mount Emma again, adding a couple more peaks to As...
by Sean
Tue Jan 09, 2024 3:01 pm
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Lonnie DeCloedt Archive
Replies: 36
Views: 6383

Re: Lonnie DeCloedt Archive

Echo Mountain and Mount Lowe February 3, 2005 By Lonnie DeCloedt This hike took us through some of the Los Angeles area's history as we climbed Mount Lowe, passing through Echo Mountain, the Mount Lowe Trail Camp and Inspiration Point. All of these sites were made famous by Professor Thaddeus Lowe, ...
by Sean
Tue Jan 09, 2024 2:56 pm
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Lonnie DeCloedt Archive
Replies: 36
Views: 6383

Re: Lonnie DeCloedt Archive

Manzanita Mountain February 1, 2005 By Lonnie DeCloedt I know it may seem like we haven't been hiking much lately, but Ashley and I have been keeping ourselves busy with our usual after work hikes in Griffith Park, the Verdugo Mountains and Runyon Canyon. I just don't document those since we do them...
by Sean
Tue Jan 09, 2024 5:38 am
Forum: Desert
Topic: Chaos at Covington Flats (Joshua Tree)
Replies: 10
Views: 3289

Re: Chaos at Covington Flats (Joshua Tree)

Tom Kenney wrote: Mon Jan 08, 2024 4:27 pmI suppose you could show the videos to someone and tell them you snuck into Area 51 to look for bigfoot's UFO. :)
Oh, I forgot that we actually bumped into Bigfoot in the canyon. Here's photographic proof.
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We said hi but he ignored us and kept walking.
by Sean
Mon Jan 08, 2024 4:29 pm
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Idlehour via Poles Trail
Replies: 7
Views: 2198

Re: Idlehour via Poles Trail

JakubRZ wrote: Mon Jan 08, 2024 3:12 pmWas that your gear I found?
No, but apparently Idlehour is where you go to abandon gear. I hauled a bunch of stuff out of there a few months ago.
by Sean
Mon Jan 08, 2024 12:42 pm
Forum: Desert
Topic: Chaos at Covington Flats (Joshua Tree)
Replies: 10
Views: 3289

Re: Chaos at Covington Flats (Joshua Tree)

The Covington Flats area of Joshua Tree warms the soul, except when you're stuck in a snow storm in the middle of the night. Then it freezes the soul. But we escaped alive, and started fresh in the morning. While Cecelia tried to sleep in the car, I walked around the Park entrance and enjoyed the su...
by Sean
Mon Jan 08, 2024 9:23 am
Forum: Desert
Topic: Chaos at Covington Flats (Joshua Tree)
Replies: 10
Views: 3289

Chaos at Covington Flats (Joshua Tree)

On Saturday Cecelia and I drove to Joshua Tree in the afternoon. IMG_20240106_152427588_HDR.jpg She wanted to see the famous sculptures, Simi Dabah and Transmission, along Sunfair Road. IMG_20240106_155305825_HDR.jpg IMG_20240106_161938709.jpg I wanted to bag Quail Mountain, the highest summit in Jo...
by Sean
Sun Jan 07, 2024 6:10 pm
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Idlehour via Poles Trail
Replies: 7
Views: 2198

Re: Idlehour via Poles Trail

Thanks for the report. Idlehour is like a second home to me now. I've taken the Telephone Trail many times, and put work into it too. But I haven't gone that way in awhile. The waterfall down there is called Hildur Falls, named by one of the original cabin owners.
by Sean
Sun Jan 07, 2024 6:00 pm
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Mount Pickens
Replies: 3
Views: 1826

Re: Mount Pickens

Thanks for the report. Cecelia and I were out in the wind too. Pretty nasty right now.
by Sean
Sun Jan 07, 2024 5:46 pm
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Potato
Replies: 5
Views: 2271

Re: Potato

Thanks for the report. That's more colorful than I've ever seen a hike to Potato. Should we have a forum hike to Potato where we ascend some stupid way and leave pirate-themed spuds on the tank?
by Sean
Thu Jan 04, 2024 4:07 pm
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Lonnie DeCloedt Archive
Replies: 36
Views: 6383

Re: Lonnie DeCloedt Archive

I added four of Lonnie's TRs from 2004. The WayBack Machine saved partial content for a few other hikes that year, but not enough to create a satisfying reproduction of Lonnie's gallery-based reports. After I'm done with years 2005-08, I will reconsider the miscellaneous material and possibly publis...
by Sean
Thu Jan 04, 2024 3:54 pm
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Lonnie DeCloedt Archive
Replies: 36
Views: 6383

Re: Lonnie DeCloedt Archive

San Bernardino Peaks October 6, 2004 By Lonnie DeCloedt I hadn't been in the San Gorgonio Wilderness for a little while, so I headed up there to take the Forsee Creek trail to San Bernardino Peak East (10,691'), San Bernardino Peak (10,649'), and if I had time (I didn't) Anderson (10,840') and Shiel...
by Sean
Thu Jan 04, 2024 3:07 pm
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Lonnie DeCloedt Archive
Replies: 36
Views: 6383

Re: Lonnie DeCloedt Archive

Mount Langley Attempt August 24-25, 2004 by Lonnie DeCloedt Hike stats from GPSr: Leg 1 (Trailhead to Cottonwood Lake Four) Distance: 5.95 Miles Starting elevation: 10,030' Lowest elevation: 10,030' Highest elevation: 11,110' Total elevation gain: 1,240' Leg 2 (Cottonwood Lake Four to Mount Langley ...
by Sean
Thu Jan 04, 2024 2:23 pm
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Lonnie DeCloedt Archive
Replies: 36
Views: 6383

Re: Lonnie DeCloedt Archive

Cirque Peak Attempt August 11, 2004 by Lonnie DeCloedt Hike stats from GPSr: Distance: 10.0 Miles Starting elevation: 9,963' Lowest elevation: 9.910' Highest elevation: 12,023' Total elevation gain: 2,186' Sierra Nevada Mountains (Golden Trout Wilderness) 20040811 Topo.jpg It had been a while since ...
by Sean
Tue Jan 02, 2024 2:07 pm
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Dudes on Burnt Peak
Replies: 5
Views: 2306

Re: Dudes on Burnt Peak

dima wrote: Tue Jan 02, 2024 12:31 pm Nice! I've wondered about that ridge above Royal Gorge. Can you see down into the river from there? Is there any sense you're above a "gorge"?
Yes, you can look down into it from the trail. It's very steep around that section of the ridge.
by Sean
Tue Jan 02, 2024 1:46 pm
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Lonnie DeCloedt Archive
Replies: 36
Views: 6383

Re: Lonnie DeCloedt Archive

Mount Baden-Powell June 11, 2004 By Lonnie DeCloedt Hike stats from GPSr: Distance: 8.24 Miles Starting elevation: 6,647' Lowest elevation: 6,647' Highest elevation: 9,347' (Normally it's much more accurate than this!) Total elevation gain: 2,556' 20040611 Topo.jpg I noticed Angeles Crest Highway wa...
by Sean
Tue Jan 02, 2024 7:34 am
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Dudes on Burnt Peak
Replies: 5
Views: 2306

Dudes on Burnt Peak

Madison, Jeff and I celebrated the new year with a hike to Peak 3221, which is near Switzer, off the Gabrielino Trail. Lizzie Miller, in her 1895 book The True Way, referred to it as Burnt Peak. Lizzie Miller - The True Way page 213.jpg Based on minimal scouting, I thought we'd encounter a quarter-m...
by Sean
Mon Jan 01, 2024 7:15 am
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Cheese-orama on Peak 4408
Replies: 11
Views: 3064

Re: Cheese-orama on Peak 4408

I was just wondering because I went up the Sunday before. :lol: I left an Eispiraten sticker under one of the two rocks on the summit as a little gift but apparently it must've blown away. I noticed a few prints when we initially hit the ridge but figured they were from hunters. I didn't notice roc...
by Sean
Sun Dec 31, 2023 5:01 pm
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Cheese-orama on Peak 4408
Replies: 11
Views: 3064

Re: Cheese-orama on Peak 4408

David R wrote: Sun Dec 31, 2023 3:55 pm Was there any evidence of others hiking the peak?
I added a TR at Peakbagger. Maybe it'll receive more love.
by Sean
Sun Dec 31, 2023 12:02 pm
Forum: The Pub
Topic: Sasquatch
Replies: 69
Views: 9297

Re: Sasquatch

Squatchy can't die.

by Sean
Sun Dec 31, 2023 7:09 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Triangular peak markers in the San Gabriels
Replies: 97
Views: 11249

Re: Triangular peak markers in the San Gabriels

A couple signs found along 1N14.
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UH6
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And this unreadable one on 2920.
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by Sean
Sun Dec 31, 2023 6:50 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Dumb Thoughts While Roaming
Replies: 7
Views: 2258

Re: Dumb Thoughts While Roaming

Often I encounter massive piles of fresh bear poop along the Idlehour Trail. I think, "Somebody's gonna step in that. I should move it off the trail." That's not the dumb thought, though. The dumb thought is: "I'll move it on the way out." It's dumb because the moment I think it,...