EISPIRATEN

I did the alternate route starting on Clamshell Truck Trail, then up the firebreak. I underestimated the effort and water required for this hike. 2450' gain in the last two miles. Trail degenerates to animal trails about half way, went a little ways down the wrong ridge on the way back and ran out of water. Tough little peak. Full report:
http://ironhiker.blogspot.com/2014/06/c ... -peak.html


Monrovia park ranger truck in front of the firebreak to Clamshell Peak


Up and OMG UP


Pink metal marker after the first steep section, no benchmark, no signs


Upper trail


Clamshell Peak guarded by yucca


Concrete bunker protecting the register


... and 6 plastic bags


First entry, January 24, 1987


Rankin and Monrovia Peaks from Clamshell


Bear scat? Looks too big for any other animal

Were those A's visible from the trail?

They were not visible. I walked right by them. Kinda creepy, right?

I think they might be the A's in this map from the Twin Peaks TV show:
http://www.suaveandwhiteroses.net/graph ... lmap50.jpg

The black lodge must be close to Clamshell Peak.

Looking at them on Google Earth, they appear to be shadows from clouds. If not, maybe a different type of tree planted there?

They both could be shadows from the big cloud to the SW. Random. I put that screen shot up as a goof, but now you have me looking at closely. Ha!

Thanks for the report. I was wandering around up there a couple years ago and couldn't find the register. Maybe I should pay more attention to forums like this.