EISPIRATEN

Yeah, I noticed the surge in BBQ citations. I figured it would be EF not WF though, with those folks who, uh, "camp", before EF Road hits Glendora MR.

Hidden canyon revealed
http://www.dailybulletin.com/ci_9811695 ... st_emailed

"Almost a century ago, Charles Frankish, one of Ontario's key developers, published a book of photos that included a picture of a dirt road into that canyon. The caption of the photo urged visitors not to miss visiting the special place that was Stoddard Canyon.....Cabins were also available for a longer stay. It was once known as the "Niagara Falls of California," because so many newlyweds would stay there and hike up the canyon to the falls. "

"One night just after Christmas 1953, a Santa Ana wind-fed wildfire reduced the lush canyon and its buildings to a few stone fireplaces and ashes...A number of fires, the most recent being the Grand Prix fire of October 2003, have charred the canyon.

Drug users and graffiti artists obviously also have spent time in the canyon"

Mountain rescuers believe in service
http://www.dailybulletin.com/ci_9732507?source=rss

"All except Estrada and Smail are volunteers. The team reserve deputies are paid $1 a year to go into the mountains, canyons and trails to find lost, injured, stranded and trapped hikers, rock climbers and weekend warriors often ill-equipped and unprepared to cope with the dangers in the mountains"

"There are as many different answers as there are people to ask," Buhite continued. "Some will say because it's fun and exciting. Most will say altruism. We all sacrifice time away from our families and regard our families as the unsung heroes in all this. But when we get right down to it, the answer is fairly simple. It most frequently has to do with how we were raised and the examples our parents set for us about helping others."

OT(but close locally):Man apparently drowns at Malibu Creek park
http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2 ... _headlines

"Ulices Israel Valladares, 20, and other visitors to the park had been taking turns swinging on a rope and jumping into the water below. According to the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office, witnesses saw Valladares plunge into the water, rise to the surface and then go under again. He did not resurface.......

Malibu Creek meanders through the park for 25 miles"

Tour of Crystal Lake on July 26
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/ci_9937485?source=rss

"ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST - The U.S. Forest Service will hold its monthly naturalist-led tour July 26.....
Guests will be eating at Crystal Lake campground around 11:30 a.m. The tour will last until about 1 p.m.....
The cost is $5 per person...."

Recent incidents...really busy....accidents/injuries/graffiti/parking citations/car vandalism......take care

Typical summer fare:

"Residents warned of fire risk"
http://www.lacanadaonline.com/articles/ ... re0724.txt

"Friday was a busy day for area firefighters"

"San Gabriel River becomes deathbed for ducks"
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/los_a ... ?track=rss

"What had been for the last six months a vibrant stream teeming with migrating waterfowls and shorebirds early last week became a dry San Gabriel River channel where vultures gorged themselves on ducklings that died when the flows dried up."

Incidents:

07/29/2008 12:10 ANF-2717 5.8 Earthquake!!!!!!! Miscellaneous Forest Wide

07/26/2008 12:26 ANF-2655 S&R Search & Rescue eaton canyon and lower falls

07/26/2008 15:22 ANF-2659 Illegal campers Miscellaneous Switzers

07/25/2008 18:30 ANF-2640 Injured Hikers/Heat Stroke Search & Rescue Bridge to Nowhere area

Of course, the standard tagging,litter, and collisions. Also parking violations and BBQs

Thanks for the updates, AW. Didn't even catch the thing about Crystal Lake. OPEN THAT DAMN ROAD UP! 8)

www.adamspackstation.com
ROAD NOTICE!
As of August 1st the gate to Chantry Flat will be closed every evening at 8:00 pm. Any problems or concerns should be communicated to the Sierra Madre Police Department....

Concerts and Moonlight Hikes are cancelled this summer due to expected road construction which will render Chantry Flat inaccessible to the public for up to two months. We will post more as we are notified.


"Pet dog lost to cougar"
http://www.lacanadaonline.com/articles/ ... ck0807.txt

"Mountain lion tracks are still visible down the side of the hill near the Brown’s La Cañada Flintridge home.....Ashley Hermans, wildlife management specialist for the Pasadena Humane Society, said the agency receives more reports of mountain lion sightings than of incidents of attack.We are moving into their [wildlife] neighborhoods she added. And with recent fires and drought there is a lack of water and food source.Hermans said residents should be aware of their surroundings and keep their yards clear of debris.Mountain lions are stalkers she said....."

Wrightwood forum on wildlife...
http://www.wrightwoodcalif.com/forum/in ... ,10.0.html
Bears:
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/200 ... ideosearch

http://www.sgvtribune.com/ci_10110480?source=rss
Article Launched: 08/05/2008 11:10:59 PM PDT
ARCADIA - Angeles National Forest officials have announced the selection of Marty Dumpis as the new deputy forest supervisor.
Dumpis previously was the recreation and land staff officer for the forest. From 2001 to 2007, he was the district ranger for the San Gabriel River Ranger District.

Incidents: continued level of parking citations,graffiti,trash,collisions,etc etc..and of course those BBQs...only deal was overflow at Switzers parking last weekend...so Switzers plan to get there early and no chance of escaping parking citation or campfires.


There were a few OT...
-http://www.malibutimes.com/articles/200 ... /news1.txt
State Parks has increased its patrolling of the area at the top of Corral Canyon near what is called The Cave, the site of frequent illegal parties and where last November's fire started.
-http://www.laweekly.com/news/news/la-ri ... oats/19347
LA River..is it a river or? What is a river lands in the Supreme Court

AW wrote:LA River..is it a river or?

I'm guessing "or".

The dog that the cougar took out was a 65lbs shepard mix. That's good sized dog. Well, I guess if they can take down an adult man, they can take down a dog. Still, I would have thought a dog of that size could hold his own.

AW wrote:www.adamspackstation.com
ROAD NOTICE!
As of August 1st the gate to Chantry Flat will be closed every evening at 8:00 pm. Any problems or concerns should be communicated to the Sierra Madre Police Department....

This is messed up. Now I have to finish before 20 hours? smt. Looks like I'll have to put a bike there and park down at the bottom of the hill. Or walk 57 miles instead of 53.

Incident of suicide along the East Fork SG river(note this was not from the bridge to nowhere).....

Wow...

Marijuana & the San Bernandino forest...
http://www.sbsun.com/ci_10240892?source=rss

"The pot-harvesting season is under way and will last until fall. So far this year, officials have removed about 80,000 marijuana plants from the forest. If each plant is worth $3,500, as law enforcement estimates, that comes to $280 million's worth of marijuana removed from the forest in the last few weeks...In addition to those raids last week, officials removed more than 40,000 plants from the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto mountains in the past two weeks. Both ranges are in Riverside County but still part of the San Bernardino National Forest. "

Wilderness bill chugs along...SEPT 08 estimated voting time.
http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/436409.html
"The House has already signed off on some of the land, giving the designation for nearly a half-million acres in six states. Roughly 60 percent of the land approved by the House is in California.....The land can be used only for such things as hiking, backpacking, horseback riding, hunting or fishing. There can be no mining, no energy exploration, no vehicles and no permanent camps or structures"

---Also note that Griffith Park is up for a vote...
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_10263416?source=rss

Accident deaths..
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/ci_10250818?source=rss
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_10254645?source=rss

"California Highway Patrol officers have been targeting speeding motorcyclists on the winding highway all month....Angeles Crest Highway was recently identified by the CHP's Southern Division as one of five areas in the county with the most motorcycle-involved collisions.

As a result, the CHP's Altadena office received additional funding from the state to pay for overtime for extra patrols aimed at increasing motorcycle safety on the mountain highway."

Road closure on Little Tujunga
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_10244652?source=rss

"A rain-caused landslide earlier this year resulted in major road damage near the Wildlife WayStation at 14831 Little Tujunga Canyon Road, according to Public Works officials. "

Fire in Green Valley 100% contained.....
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_10246335?source=rss

"GREEN VALLEY - A fire that scorched 135 acres of steep terrain in the Angeles National Forest west of Lancaster was 100 percent contained today, the U.S. Forest Service reported.

The South Fire was reported at 12:11 p.m. Sunday near San Francisquito Canyon Road, near Green Valley, and full containment was reached at 6 this morning, the USFS reported. "

AW wrote:Marijuana & the San Bernandino forest...
http://www.sbsun.com/ci_10240892?source=rss
"The pot-harvesting season is under way and will last until fall. So far this year, officials have removed about 80,000 marijuana plants from the forest. If each plant is worth $3,500, as law enforcement estimates, that comes to $280 million's worth of marijuana removed from the forest in the last few weeks...In addition to those raids last week, officials removed more than 40,000 plants from the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto mountains in the past two weeks. Both ranges are in Riverside County but still part of the San Bernardino National Forest. "

Another reason for me to stay on the trail. These guys had guns. Imagine walking off trail and into their camp.
This crap and the car break ins. Such lovely things to think about while trying to enjoy the forests. What a joke!

Lying on the nice rock next to a clear pretty incised pool was a piece of defecation wrapped in toilet paper...to say I was surprised that someone made it to this place is an understatement. We had no choice but to continue but not too long thereafter we encountered a brand spanking new hose, over 1000ft long, continuous. Hard to complain because at least now there was a well-designed trail dug out of poision oak and it all made sense now , except how heavy that hose must have been to carry this far...how does someone acquire such a hose?

AW wrote:Lying on the nice rock next to a clear pretty incised pool was a piece of defecation wrapped in toilet paper...to say I was surprised that someone made it to this place is an understatement. We had no choice but to continue but not too long thereafter we encountered a brand spanking new hose, over 1000ft long, continuous. Hard to complain because at least now there was a well-designed trail dug out of poision oak and it all made sense now , except how heavy that hose must have been to carry this far...how does someone acquire such a hose?

did you see this? where?

FIGHT ON wrote: did you see this? where?

San Gabriel Mountains 8)
Info is in the hands of the DEA now..and will disappear into obscurity since its very much rugged territory...you want to visit there? Place might still hold value....might not....Im not going back....

Once the season is over, I might try Smith canyon again....just gots to be careful.....assuming the road is open too...not sure if its still closed all the way down at the West Fork

what kind of a hose was it? color, diameter and did you see where it was?
can you mark it on this map?

Dude... Fight On...

Situational Awareness.

TacoDelRio wrote:Dude... Fight On...

Situational Awareness.

I think it means you not going to get your answer ..think of it as just a story

AW wrote:I think it means you not going to get your answer ..think of it as just a story

well somebody has got go to up there and clean up that poop! and I could use some extra hose.

I thought you were a trails, everything else out of sight, out of mind guy...now you want to hop into the crooked forest/stay out place?

AW wrote:I thought you were a trails, everything else out of sight, out of mind guy...now you want to hop into the crooked forest/stay out place?

I am trails only. I wanted to know what area to avoid.

What I mean is that some things are better left undisclosed, in public.

TacoDelRio wrote:What I mean is that some things are better left undisclosed, in public.

too late! the guy in the cartoon is pointing at the spot. Thanks guys!
FIGHT ON TO THE RESCUE!!!!!!!!!!!

"Cyclist Eludes Lunging Mountain Lion In Glendora"
http://www.knbc.com/news/17325427/detai ... a&psp=news

GLENDORA, Calif. -- California Fish & Game officials sent out an alert this week, warning hikers and cyclists in Glendora about a mountain lion that tried to attack a man riding a bike earlier this week.

The cyclist was near mile marker 9.3, according to the department's alert, when the mountain lion charged down an embankment. The animal missed the cyclist, who sped away unharmed.

Glendora Mountain Road will be closed to traffic for the Labor Day weekend, but hikers and cyclists may still use the road. Mountain lion warning signs have been posted along popular trails.

Jeebus!

I saw Channel 4 news vans at the bottom of Glendora Mountain Road last night. Guess that was it?

Now really, does anybody think that a bicyclist could outrun a mountain lion?
My take on the whole story is that the mountain lion & the bicyclist just happened to be passing the same spot at the same time. The lion was probably running down the embankment and didn't realize that a cyclist was coming down the road.
If the mountain lion wanted to eat the cyclist, he would have.

Terry Morse wrote:Now really, does anybody think that a bicyclist could outrun a mountain lion?
My take on the whole story is that the mountain lion & the bicyclist just happened to be passing the same spot at the same time. The lion was probably running down the embankment and didn't realize that a cyclist was coming down the road.
If the mountain lion wanted to eat the cyclist, he would have.

I can see that happening. A friend of mine live in Glendora and sees them often. I can totally see a bike and a lion not seeing each other. Not likely but IT COULD HAPPEN 8)