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There is also some of the same equipment over on Mt. Gleason...

HAHAHAHHAHA @ THE SECOND PHOTO!

Sounds about right, Lilbitmo. I don't really see how bad folks would go up Baldy, all that trouble. Then again, there's been graffiti up there before.

Gotta show those aliens who's boss!

It does get really windy up there so some flying rocks could have done it. I just have a very cynical view towards the human race these days.

thank you folks for all your feedback ... I tihnk I have a pretty good idea about where it is located .....

thank you all.....

Saw the equipment Saturday while on Harwood.
Its there and an eye sore as well.

Tim wrote:The Harwood EarthScope station had been there about a year now (I think) and it's already been trashed, either by the wind or by (more likely) hooligans. The top solar panel is smashed up and on the ground and the sign explaining the station is broken into pieces.

I'd guess it's been there at least a little longer. I saw it in July '08 on my trip and it didn't look brand new then.

I'm sure the weather is harsh on the unit; but hey are placed all over and built pretty sturdy. IIRC the sign was basically protected under the solar panel. I'd bet on a combo of weather and idiots.

I don't find it too ugly; but I see how some could. I have one of these stations right near my house; but you can't see it 'cuz it's surrounded by 7 foot tall mustard.

Back to the original topic, I found West Baldy and Harwood to be good additions on my Baldy hike to add a bit of fairly easy mileage and acclimation time in preparation for my Whitney hike last year.

I'm loading my TR from the hike on Sat have a couple questions:

#1 What was the name of the guy that was on his way up, 460+ summits.
#2 Does anyone have more summits of Baldy than that?

I know all the names of the people I took pics of except for a few when I load the TR please comment on the names and will edit. Hey Taco what was your friends name and his dog's name as well.

Shin what was your friends name we hiked down with, I think I remember it was Bob...

JEFFSCOF wrote:#1 What was the name of the guy that was on his way up, 460+ summits.
#2 Does anyone have more summits of Baldy than that?

John Wedberg, father of Kurt, has over 700 summits. Here is a picture of him in front of a picture of him on the wall of the Sierra Club Ski Hut. (He devidently didn't know that the picture was there and wanted to know why I insisted he stand in that poorly-lighted spot.)

that's bad ass

Jeff,

James, and his dog is Max.

If I got it wrong then its more being safe than sorry but...

I hike at night quite a bit these days.when i come back home and people hear of my little adventures its like planting seeds...tonight some seeds have began to grow and i have four people who are ready to climb baldy tonight..my thing is ... i toldthem to bring warm shit so they can be comfortable on the summit..i wanna stay a while and get my drink on..lol
i told the the temps overnight on top might be about 25-30 degrees...
they all said i was "bullshitting" and that was exaggerating....

what do you think the summit temps would be like?...tonites lows off mountain ave/210 fwy should be about 70 {elev 1000 aprox.}

@ 9555 ft

Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 53. West wind between 10 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

from:
http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.ph ... it=0&lg=en

Would be interesting to field check their prediction.

have you ever seen it frozen?

I've seen liiiiiittle icicles around it, but never any climbable ice. Hopefully this winter will be different! Gonna focus on weather forecasts and getting out there way earlier than necessary.

No, you are not right. Keep that link that 406 posted. It is about as close to the summit you can get good predictions for, year round.

The Mount Baldy run from Manker Flats is on September 7th.
http://www.run2top.com

The air quality looks awful today.


ftp://ftp.aqmd.gov/pub/globalist/Advisory.pdf

http://www2.aqmd.gov/webappl/gisaqi2/VEMap3D.aspx

http://www.mtbaldy.com/web-cam.htm

The race promoters statement that "There is no fire burning anywhere close to Mt Baldy."

Seems a little --well----uh----ignorant.

But then who knows --it is 2 days away---- one good rain may solve this problem.

Isn't the Angeles National Forest closed?

AlanK wrote:Isn't the Angeles National Forest closed?

Completely closed. Looks like the Baldy run is dead.

Isn't half of Baldy in the SBNF?

Sez so according to my massive wall map.

TacoDelRio wrote:Isn't half of Baldy in the SBNF?

Sez so according to my massive wall map.

You're massively right.

Doesn't the run start in Manker Flats? I guess they could re-route to Stockton Flats, but Stockton doesn't have much in the way of infrastructure.

A large portion of the race course is in the ANF.

I guess a closed forest trumps bad air quality.

It's not looking like a go.

FWIW: My interpretation of the ANF closure order - Events with a Special Use Permit are allowed unless the permit is revoked. According to the Run To the Top website, the run is still a go.

In contrast, the Angeles Crest 100 Mile Endurance Run (Sept 19) also has a Special Use Permit but it was revoked earlier this week. Therefore, the run was canceled. Makes sense as 40-50 miles of the trail has burned and access to the remote aid stations towards the end of the run is non-existent...

That's logical, Mike. It life ever works like that... great!

AlanK wrote:That's logical, Mike. It life ever works like that... great!

You're right!! Aren't 'logic' and 'gov't bureaucracy' mutually exclusive????

The Baldy ski area is closed this weekend but is planning to be open for the race on Monday.

According to ----http://www.mtbaldy.com/snow-report.htm

Mike P wrote:

AlanK wrote:That's logical, Mike. It life ever works like that... great!

You're right!! Aren't 'logic' and 'gov't bureaucracy' mutually exclusive????

Having spent years in the vaunted private sector, your modifier "gov't" is way too restrictive.