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Way to go Dave!
I know you've been working on it for a while waiting for the right time/conditions, and you got er' done.
Great pictures of the "route" along the ridge.
Congrats!!

Norma-
Thanks for posting the T/R. It certainly was perfect weather and great snow! I really enjoyed sharing the trail with you and Jim.
I would post pictures, but it seems I left the camera memory card at home. But then your pictures are always way better anyway!
Good times!!

Went through There today (4/3) and the trail is free of snow from the trailhead all the way to the camp. The stream is flowing with plenty of water. Nobody was up there today. There are some remaining snow patches along the trail past the camp, between the camp and the upper junction with Icehouse C...

Geat job guys! Looked like a fine adventure indeed! Enjoyed your write up Sam. Nice pix and reports from everybody.

What Hikeup said! The City of Sierra Madre is in charge of the trailheads, including the gate to Chantry Flats road. Their website is very often not up to date. It may say that the trails are still closed, when in fact they have been opened. I think part of their concern is the adjacent canyon areas...

Cougarmagic/Hikeup:
I believe the stone structure in the photo is the old gauging station. The foundation between First water and the gauging station was the location of the old "Quarter Way House".

It is pretty back there!

Great T/R and pictures Norma, as always. My first winter ascent of the Bear Flat trail too!
Couldn't ask for better weather OR better company. Thanks all for a really special day on the mountain. Must do it again soon!!

- Phil

Great T/R Norma!
Like EnFuego said, nothing like a freshly snowed trail. You found a lot of great tracks. Nice hike.

Nice report and pictures, Norma! I agree about the cloud formations. Lots of beautiful colors in that area.

The body was identified -

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?secti ... id=7111213

Looks bad - http://www.sgvtribune.com/news/ci_13756001 ------------------- Authorities on Tuesday found a body near a hiking trail in Bailey Canyon Park in Sierra Madre, in the same general area where a hiker went missing, police said. A vehicle registered to the hiker was discovered about midnight ...

NewcombPass and Mt. Wilson 1/11/2009 Did a nice hike to Newcomb pass and Mt. Wilson from Chantry flats on Sunday. Norma R joined me for my first hike out to Newcomb Pass – something I’d thought about doing for years. We took the Sturdevant trail all the way to Sturdevant Camp and then the trail up t...

Just to make sure, I actually went up to Icehouse Canyon trail and walked on it with my own 2 feet. The trails ARE open!

According to the ranger at the Baldy visitors center, the trails up there are all open as of this morning.

Kathy - nobody more surprised by this than me!

Spoke to the guy at the Baldy Visitors center a few minutes ago by phone, and according to him, the trails up there are open as of this morning!
I specifically asked about Icehouse Canyon and he said they are all open up there.

Norma and Dave:
Gongrats on bagging Middle Pal! Nice pix and report. I like the way you teamed up with the lone climber and helped him out! That's the way mountaineering should be.

Hikin Jim: I believe the place you are referring to Near Clarement is the Claremont Hills Wilderness park at the top of Mills Ave. Some friends of ours live out that way and hike there regularly. I saw them on Saturday and they said it was open. According to Claremont website, it is open. http://www...

Was on the trail today (5/22) and the trail is clear of snow (OK 1 little patch near Telegraph about 5 feet in diameter). Other than than and 1 downed tree, the trail is in great shape!
Enjoy...

Here are some updated photo's from Sunday 4/26. Looks like they partially cleared the slide, or they cleared it and more came down. Plenty of hikers and bikers were using the tunnel & trail. https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/farm4.static.flickr.com/3311/3492324651_c8b442d2c2.jpg https://eis...

Hikeup:
Nice TR's! Looks like you were busy today. Nice views on a clear day. Was it very windy up where you were?

Hikeup:
Great hike! I've often thought about getting over to lookout, but haven't actually done it yet. Thanks for the report and the pix. I've been wondering how those micro spikes work too. Were you pretty happy with them?

Liz:
Thanks for the report. Nice pictures of the wildflowers. I tried taking some photo's of the flowers last Sunday - in the rain. didn't turn out so good. It's been almost a year since the fire on the lower part of the Mt. Wilson Trail. Amazing how much new growth has occurred since then.

Twin Peaks 3/28/09 T/R Did a hike to twin peaks today from 3 points trailhead, hoping to do some hiking with crampons up to the peaks. The weather was perfect, cool and clear in the morning and a little warmer in the afternoon. It was a “tail of 2 trails” : The trail from 3 points to Twin Peaks sadd...

Norma - Mo

added the map to the beginning of my pix

It was a great day in the mountains. Rich, Norma and I headed up towards Ontario Peak. Being new to this winter stuff, I wanted to try a real hike with crampons, Rich had never been to Icehouse Canyon, and Norma hadn’t done a hike in the last several hours. Not a whole lot to add to Norma's TR. Just...

Hey Jim: What time were you up there? I went up there today and was probably there about 8:00 AM. I came up from the Mt. Wilson trail side and then continued up the ridge. Glad to hear you are out and about on the trails again. That's the main thing: To be out there getting in some miles. Take your ...

Simonov: Last year, I checked out the spring a couple of times in August. On 8/2 it was flowing at about 1 liter per minute. On 8/31 it was down to about 2/3 liter per minute. Based on that, it seems to gradually slow down over a fairly long period of time. So if you check it out ahead of time, you ...

Hikeup: The area shown was about half the normal width. It is interesting how they use those pre-cast concrete bones to build up the slide area. Kind of like concrete lincoln logs! Here is the toll road just below Martins camp - recently plowed https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/farm4.static.fli...

Hikeup: I was coming down the toll road from Mt. Wilson and it was recently plowed. Wasn't sure why until I arrived at this repair just up the road from Yale Peak. https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/farm4.static.flickr.com/3594/3301335929_075d271300.jpg Looks like they have had some problems up ...

A late report - I've been out of town and too busy, but here it is - Ever since hearing about lookout point (from Robinson’s book “Sierra Madre’s Old Mount Wilson Trail”) and seeing it on maps (you’ll see it marked on old maps and even google maps) near Orchard camp on the Mt. Wilson Trail, I’ve alw...