Mt. Harwood and Thunder Mountain 4/26/2013

[tekewin]

The loop was:

Register Ridge -> Harwood -> Devil's Backbone -> Thunder Mountain

I hit zero snow. There was a single patch of snow on the north side of Harwood, but it will be gone soon. Thunder Mountain was a bonus since I had some energy left and had never been up there. Made a questionable call to descend via Emile's black diamond ski run. Scree skiing was not fun.

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Register Ridge

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View from Harwood

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Thunder Mountain ski lift

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Baldy, Harwood, Dawson from Thunder Mountain

Full report:
http://ironhiker.blogspot.com/2013/04/m ... ister.html

[Uncle Rico]

I pretty much followed in your footsteps Saturday teke, but blew off Thunder. Went Register Ridge to Harwood down the Devil's Backbone to the Notch and then down the service road. Was contemplating the chair ride down, but after the Notch tapped me $6.50 for a bottle of beer, I had no choice but to walk down. It was a dry and dusty affair. The only hint of moisture I saw was the snow remnant on the north side of Harwood and the cup of ice water that I drank at the Notch. All in all, a rather good day to be in the mountains. Some pics.


Just after branching off the Ski Hut Trail


Over the shoulder view down San Antonio Canyon from lower Register Ridge


Baldy Bowl and Ski Hut from Register Ridge


The only flat spot along the entire ridge route


Group photo from mid-route


Taking a breather at the best vantage point on the route


The final stretch just below the trail junction


Snow remnant teke mentioned


Baldy from Summit of Harwood


Dawson and Pine I believe


Looking southeast toward the Three Ts. Is that Etiwanda to the left of Cucamonga?


The high desert


Descending to the Devil's Backbone Trail


The Devil's spine


A surprise splash of color in a sea of green and brown


Sierra Nevada in the San Gabes. Who knew?

The end.

[tekewin]

I feel you, Uncle Rico. Deja Vu all over again

Your pictures look better than mine. Hey, how do post images inline? I'd rather do that than link to Photobucket next time.

[Uncle Rico]

Hey, how do post images inline? I'd rather do that than link to Photobucket next time.

teke- in Photobucket, when you select a specific image to view, there will be an "Image Links" box just to the right. Click the "IMG Code" (by doing so, you will copy the link) and then just paste into the body of your post here. In the past, I've had to sandwich that link between 2 "Img" tags (these appear just above the box you use to type your post), but I didn't have to do that this time. Just directly posted the link. You can test to see if you've done it correctly by previewing your post before you hit "Submit."

~Rico

[tekewin]

Thanks, Uncle Rico. Here is my test. Ski runs from Thunder Mountain...

[Uncle Rico]

Bam!