Lower Clamshell Motorway (1N38)

Post by **HikeUp** » Sat Jan 22, 2011 12:40 pm

Access to Lower Clamshell Motorway (1N38) at Ridgeside Dr. in Monrovia was...well...DENIED! Harumph.

Post by **Taco** » Sat Jan 22, 2011 1:22 pm

That's not just 'closed', that's F#@$^@$&ING CLOSED!

Post by **Hikin_Jim** » Sat Jan 22, 2011 3:52 pm

What's up with that? It's not like we're having a drought.

HJ

Ze Hiker · Post by **Ze Hiker** » Sat Jan 22, 2011 8:51 pm

let's riot

simonov · Post by **simonov** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 7:04 am

Let's dance!

GreenMountainBoy · Post by **GreenMountainBoy** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 9:36 am

Indeed....i was up there yesterday and almost thought that this meant I couldn't climb the peak

That's a serious slog up to Monrovia Peak there...what a little monster that is.

Ze Hiker · Post by **Ze Hiker** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 11:02 am

yeah it seemed so innocent at first for me too.

you go up the ridge still or fireroad?

GreenMountainBoy · Post by **GreenMountainBoy** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 7:19 pm

I followed the ridge direct, which was slightly brutal....then met what looks like an old firebreak from there up. I've been spoiled by maintained trails or snowclimbs lately so this was a huge departure. I had read that it was tough, and it is. The decent was by far the worst part.

Can you continue on the above pictured fire road as a means of summitting Monrovia as well? This was my first trip in that area, I'm not super familiar.