EISPIRATEN

Granted, everyone here knows Baldy like their own last name, but today's weather made for some nice pictures.

Looking south from Register Ridge:


The Bowl:


Mt. San Antonio:


Passerbys:


Thunderstorm in the distance (raindrops were plenty):


Heading towards Dawson and Pine:

Very nice.

Beautiful.

Kinda afraid of thunderstorms myself. Once things start to get all vibrat-y and whatnot, I book it.

Hey blueshammer, we might have passed each other. I went up Register Ridge yesterday and hit the summit of Baldy at 12:40. I went down the Ski Hut route. Here are some pictures somewhat similar to yours.

Taco, I was thinking a lot about thunder. I have no desire to become an overcooked morsel on the side of a mountain. The thunder was pretty distant yesterday, but I did not hang out on the peak for long waiting for it to come our way.

Nice pictures, AlanK. I didn't notice that "Jebb" rock lettering yesterday. Were people conducting prayers in one of your photos?

I reached Baldy at around 11 am and immediately went down the north backbone. When the far-off thunder started to sound closer and more frequent, I recalled a story I heard on the radio while driving up of a local elderly woman who was struck by lightning in front of her house. Became a bit paranoid about the weather, so I decided to head back not far from the start up to Dawson. I returned to Baldy around 1:15 pm, then made for the DBB. The weather grew downright hot by then.

Those are some mighty fine pictures. Thank you for sharing them.

blueshammer wrote:Were people conducting prayers in one of your photos?

I think it was the Aetherius Society folks. I arrived at the top of Harwood at the same time as a guy who was looking for them. They were hard to miss.

Good pix!

beautiful photos! thanks for sharing.

great capture!

Very nice shots, so much that it's my new desktop picture - finally replaced my Taco cascading San Antonio Falls
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Lighting might make me get off that mountain faster than seeing a rattlesnake

outwhere wrote:Very nice shots, so much that it's my new desktop picture - finally replaced my Taco cascading San Antonio Falls
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Thanks for the kind words. Quite a privilege to have the pic on your desktop!

Once the morning showers cleared and before the fog rolled in, there was a brief moment when the intersection of clouds, blue skies, and sunshine made for ideal picture taking.