EISPIRATEN

Been quite some time since posting, but always enjoying everyone's adventures. Recently took a nice two day walk through a section of the mountains that I had been wanting to see for quite some time. More about connecting known areas. After doing the beautiful East Fork (Vincent Gap to Heaton Flat) ...

Very rad. Kelsey is one of the really fun mines in the local mountains. Bit more than just a straight shaft back. Good stuff guys.

Rad trip. Thanks for sharing

Very cool! Great shots!

Looks fun! Did you go up there just recently? Baldy was really icy. The blue ridge wasn't? You skied down the North side of it, right? Is that why? This was recently, over New Year's weekend. Just after the first couple storms we had. Acorn Trail & Blue Ridge were perfect soft snow, not wet or ...

Last October while hiking the North Backbone Trail a few of us stopped at the long desert view just before going into the viewless summit on Wright Mountain. My friend turned and said we should snowboard off this spot when winter came. I laughed thinking that would be cool, but it didn't go further ...

Hi everyone. Last month a few friends and I got a chance to enjoy Lake Tahoe from above. An outstanding thru hike with all kinds of variations from the east to west side of the lake. We started at Tahoe Meadows and went clockwise to avoid doing all the heavy water carry in one stretch. South Lake &a...

Some friends from SD invited us down to tackle a desert overnight in the Anza Borrego. Highly recommend this hike, crazy views & fun boulder scrambling at times. Lots of uphill! Take a look. Video, photos & some words: http://jdboggs.blogspot.com/2014/01/vil ... rrego.html https://eispiraten...

Thanks again AW for the link, many of your posts on the forum have been helpful in the past.

Great advice Sean. Probably stash some off trail below the saddle. It has been warming up all week, kind of expecting a hot one. Thanks for the heads up on the exposed sections.

Thank yous all around folks. Good info to know. Saving that link as well, hadn't come across that page. Planning accordingly.

Perfect timing, I have been wondering... Does anyone know if there is water running at Comanche Camp this time of year? Wanting to do Cucamonga/Etiwanda without going up the Icehouse Canyon 'Highway'. Thinking return trip filtering would alleviate some weight. Never been up the Middle Fork trail tho...

Wonderful! Loved all the photos. Looks like it really was an amazing time. Thanks for sharing.

Nice one!

KCRW aired a 30 min story today on the program Unfictional that was incredible & involved the San Gabriel Mts. The only survivor of a 1979 winter storm plane crash near Ontario Peak was an 11 yr old boy. He retells his story in this half hour piece. Thought people on this forum may enjoy the lis...

How was the mosquito situation? The higher elevations on the first couple days weren't too bad. No bites. Lower in Cascade Valley they were present near the river, but weren't overwhelming. DEET & it was solved. Iva Bell was a bit worse, but again, not a nuisance. By the end others had differen...

Went on a 5 day backpacking trip with a couple good friends. Started outside Mammoth Lakes over Duck Pass, walked around a few days, visited hot springs & ate some food. Then ended at Devil's Postpile Story & photos here: http://jdboggs.blogspot.com/2013/06/iva ... cking.html Here is the vid...

Outstanding photographs & a fun read sitting here comfortably at my computer, not bushwhacking through that madness. The Mariposa Lily photo was really nice.

Looked like a really good hike. Thanks for sharing the photos. The last photo in particular looking back up the ridge towards BP from Ross, at the what needed to be gained back is great.

Thanks gentleman all around for the kind words. Glad you enjoyed. More to come soon, heading out to San Jacinto area for another overnight in a week or so. Nice blog, bro. Well laid out. HJ Thanks @Hikin_Jim for the compliments on the blog. Thought I'd share that you blog helped me narrow down &...

A group of us went up to Kelly's Camp the other weekend with the intention to stand on Big Horn and Ontario Peaks. Ontario won out for views, but both were a fun hike.

Video, photos, & some more words: http://jdboggs.blogspot.com/

Congrats on the accomplishment. You are totally right on the weather lately, this is the time to make this summit happen. I really enjoyed the rest of your photos, some great pics of really steep sections in there.

Im sure many of the folks on this forum know the infamously steep trail that leads to Iron Mt. A couple friends & I decided to give it a shot last weekend. The views from this hike are amazing, but you really pay for it along the way. In the end, 4 of 4 summited & it felt great. Short video,...

These are some cool insights to areas people have seen bears. I've got a couple experiences to share on the subject. The best encounter was on a hike to Monrovia Falls. My friend & I had never hiked this trail. We had gotten about 40 minutes in to the hike & we heard some loud rustling of le...

Nice TR JDB. The photography on your blog is really well done. Thanks for the kind words UncleRico. Little extra weight in the pack for camera gear is a welcome burden... sometimes. haha @palmeredhackle, you wont have any issues with Poodledog in the sections we hiked. The section from Red Box to S...

There was some serious sections of poodledog brush after Valley Forge and before West Fork Camp. However, none of it invaded the trail more than a bit every now and then. It grew some 10 to 30 feet deep at times on the sides of the trail though. Big wave to mangus7175 & palmeredhackle. That is m...

Thanks for the kind words & checking out the other writings. Myself & a few friends make it out on a fairly regular basis for a night or two.

More photos & a better description are here of our weekend getaway: http://jdboggs.blogspot.com/2013/03/thr ... trail.html As for the forum info, this route seemed to have some posts from previous years that described it as tricky to follow in the lower portions of the West Fork, between Devore ...

Stoked to hear that the 3rd time was a charm. You almost hit the nail on the head about how I feel about hiking that summit, it's on the list, but hasn't been tackled b/c of all the odd ways about getting there. The photos of the Trail after Tom Sloane Saddle are great though, good inspiration to ma...

Looks like a really cool hike. The 3rd photo on your post of the ridge line up to the summit was really nice. Thanks for sharing.

Cool peak to bag! The last photo in your post is really a great one! Thanks as always for sharing.