EISPIRATEN

Mostly dead baby bird, being eaten by ants on the Dark Canyon Road.

Jason and I hiked the Dark Canyon Road from CCC Ridge down to the confluence of creeks. The trail is moderately overgrown with a few minor tread issues at slides and gully crossings. We spent several hours trimming back plants and tree branches, widening some of the tread, and clearing rocks. We did...

I'm looking for a nice spring/summer photo for the website banner. Who has one? Don't make me take a nice camera into the forest and grab one myself!

Did AW put a date in all of his TR titles? Could you match date then filename?

Damn, we need to get AW's photos restored. Do you still have the ones for this TR? Can you reupload them?

dima wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2024 9:47 pm Wow. What an adventure! The crag you did get to looks like it could be worth climbing too? We haven't heard of anyone going to the "goal" crag? No trip reports, no mountainproject? Nothing?

Just this from the Supertopo.com link:

Has anyone tried going up Alder Creek from Upper Big Tujunga Road? Looks like about 2.75 miles XC with an old trail partway, then a rocky stretch before the crag. Alder Creek Trail? Maybe Matt knows current status (see my 2009 TR link above). I suppose. Looks like the trail drops you into Alder Cre...

Has anyone tried going up Alder Creek from Upper Big Tujunga Road? Looks like about 2.75 miles XC with an old trail partway, then a rocky stretch before the crag.

Another beautiful day in the mountains....
Hangin n chillin...
Lookin for the good shit.

Thanks for the epic TR! It was nice to see the closed portion of the ACH. Also, I've done the self-roasting tour on a hot day around Mill Creek summit. I recommend an umbrella to block the sun. Hoping to meet Todd at North Fork one of these days. Still haven't gotten my ass out there.

If I recall correctly, the KD trail used to be called the Rattlesnake Trail. I don't have a source for that. It's called "Rattlesnake Trail" on the '95 USGS, which is what CalTopo still uses for the Scanned Topo layer. Screenshot_20240520-025728-211.png Note that the Gabrielino split the ...

I found these along the Kenyon DeVore Trail. Don't know the name.

Yesterday afternoon I drove to Mt. Wilson and walked down Kenyon DeVore. I hoped to reach the Gabrielino Trail junction and turn around, but I only made it 2.1 miles before deciding to return due to pain in my right leg. It was my first time on this trail. Last year I had heard it was reopened after...

Thanks for the report. That's possibly a whipsnake (striped racer). I found one on Brown Mtn once, they're pretty cool looking.

Nice work. Thanks for the reports!

Thanks for the report. Do you mean there is signage with the names for the firebreaks?

Wow. Now I'm always going to wonder about those vans parked at turnouts.

Thanks for the report! This has been on my bucket list for ages. How much of the road was paved?

Kick ass! Go get'em! Roll tide! You should be sponsored by Tide.

Don't quote me, but I doubt you'll be fined for taking a curve above the suggested speed. The colored signs at turns are recommended speeds. The white signs are regulatory. But a cop can ticket you for unsafe driving. So if you're taking turns too fast that you swerve into oncoming traffic or get in...

The Jim Spencer Trail was built a few years ago by the Restoration Legacy Crew. It honors a beloved trail boss who founded the Scenic Mt. Lowe volunteer group. Spencer died in 2005. The half-mile path serves as a direct connector between Mt. Lowe Camp and the Tom Sloan Trail. The trail was construct...

The Tom Sloan Trail was restored in 2018. After years of finding other things to do, I finally returned yesterday to see how it's holding up. The tread is mildly to moderately overgrown, with a short section of waist-high grass, where I caught a tick on my pants. Slide debris here and there, a coupl...

Yesterday I hiked the Bear Canyon Trail between Mt. Lowe Road and Tom Sloan Saddle. This segment is sometimes known as the Tom Sloan Saddle Trail, but I hope that name goes away, as it causes confusion with the Tom Sloan Trail. The trail is in good shape with minimal issues, such as mild overgrowth....

I'm gunna strut naked up the trails with this oldie boomin' on the box...

dima wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2024 10:56 amEver go all the way down to the mouth of Icehouse canyon? I look at that slope every time I'm in that parking lot.

No, I haven't tried that, but I've eyeballed the same slope. The rocks look bigger and more annoying on that side, at least from what I can see at the parking lot.

Thanks for the report. Amazing, you found my eyelash curler!? Seriously though, Thunder Ridge has some of the best scree surfing in the summertime.

Thanks for the report. That looks like a fun place to get impaled. You need an army of trimmers dressed in full battle armor to take on the south side traverse! I'll be busy that day.

I split this subject into its own topic. Here is the FB link.

This photo might be used to figure out the location, but there's not much information. Somewhere in/near San Dimas?

Thanks for the report. Those are some pretty mountains.

Thanks for the report. Sometimes the best hikes are unplanned and decided on a whim. I like driving up the ACH with no particular goal in mind, then I'll get inspired to stop and explore a random area.