Good views today!

Post by **dima** » Sun Jan 11, 2026 10:39 pm

Was out at Mt-Lowe-ish today. The sun mid-day makes the barges near the port stand out:

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And the following day you could clearly see Santa Barbara island and San Nicolas island, behind and to the right 105 miles away!

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David R · Post by **David R** » Mon Jan 12, 2026 9:43 am

Here's my Sunday picture

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Nate U · Post by **Nate U** » Mon Jan 12, 2026 7:56 pm

Here's one from Sunday just north of Dayton Canyon. Breezy and beautiful.

Only a rough use trail to this waterfall in the Chatsworth Formation.

Post by **JeffH** » Mon Jan 12, 2026 8:05 pm

I could see the ocean and Catalina on Sunday afternoon from CHWP.

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David R · Post by **David R** » Mon Jan 19, 2026 8:14 am

Los Padres looking out to Anacapa and Santa Cruz Islands.

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JakubRZ · Post by **JakubRZ** » Mon Jan 19, 2026 9:42 pm

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David R · Post by **David R** » Mon Jan 26, 2026 8:15 am

More views of Baldy on Sunday, 10x up there.

Post by **dima** » Mon Jan 26, 2026 9:53 am

Wow. So little snow. I guess it has been far too warm?

David R · Post by **David R** » Mon Feb 23, 2026 8:42 am

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David Martin · Post by **David Martin** » Wed Mar 04, 2026 12:05 am

View from Tongva Peak Feb. 21.

David R · Post by **David R** » Wed Mar 04, 2026 9:45 am

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Post by **dima** » Wed Mar 04, 2026 10:32 am

What's that flat area in the middle of your photo?

carl swindle · Post by **carl swindle** » Wed Mar 04, 2026 1:24 pm

The flat area looks like one of the "Potholes" on the Pothole Trail loop near Lake Piru.

Here is one of the lower ones. I had I few pictures of one of the upper ones (I think it was the one in the picture), but I didn't save it. The first one you see on the descent sort of looks like the picture that was shared. I heard that some of them flooded in 2023 from all the rain that year. Is that where this is?

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carl swindle · Post by **carl swindle** » Wed Mar 04, 2026 1:28 pm

These link have some other images of the potholes from different perspectives:

https://songsofthewilderness.com/2020/0 ... cove-camp/
https://www.hikelospadres.com/pothole-trail.html
https://valhikes.blogspot.com/2015/03/p ... trail.html

Post by **dima** » Wed Mar 04, 2026 1:40 pm

Oh yeah. I walked around with the horizonator. This is a view to the N from above "the Pothole". Slide Mountain is the big bump in the background

carl swindle · Post by **carl swindle** » Wed Mar 04, 2026 1:50 pm

That makes sense.

David R · Post by **David R** » Mon Mar 09, 2026 9:58 am

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David R · Post by **David R** » Mon Apr 13, 2026 8:43 am

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Just before I got drenched.

Nate U · Post by **Nate U** » Mon Apr 13, 2026 9:46 am

David R wrote: Mon Apr 13, 2026 8:43 am Just before I got drenched.

Were you just about at the summit of Lukens there?

David R · Post by **David R** » Mon Apr 13, 2026 9:50 am

Nate U wrote: Mon Apr 13, 2026 9:46 am
David R wrote: Mon Apr 13, 2026 8:43 am Just before I got drenched.
Were you just about at the summit of Lukens there?

Almost at the top of the spur, that was when the clouds came in and was socked in for the rest of the ascent and most of the descent. 46th time up to the top, almost time for 50th ascent party.

Nate U · Post by **Nate U** » Mon Apr 13, 2026 3:50 pm

David R wrote: Mon Apr 13, 2026 9:50 am 46th time up to the top, almost time for 50th ascent party.

Amazing! Have you summited Lukens more than any other peak? What are your top ones for most ascents?

Post by **dima** » Mon Apr 13, 2026 4:09 pm

Yeah, that is amazing. There's only one place in the mountains I've been to this many times.

David R · Post by **David R** » Mon Apr 13, 2026 4:42 pm

Nate U wrote: Mon Apr 13, 2026 3:50 pm
David R wrote: Mon Apr 13, 2026 9:50 am 46th time up to the top, almost time for 50th ascent party.
Amazing! Have you summited Lukens more than any other peak? What are your top ones for most ascents?

Lukens is now #1 now that it is winter, Baldy is close behind at about 42, Wilson is in the low 30s.

Post by **HikeUp** » Mon Apr 13, 2026 5:19 pm

Nice views from Luken's. I'm right behind you though, at a whopping 3 times!

My max is 14x each to Hastings and Jones. 8x to Baldy. Most every other peak were just 1-timers.

Elwood · Post by **Elwood** » Tue Apr 14, 2026 5:51 am

I barely outran this in the Verdugos yesterday. Lightning and thunder in Brand Canyon was kind of exciting though.

Post by **Taco** » Tue Apr 14, 2026 7:26 pm

I did not outrun it!

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David R · Post by **David R** » Mon Apr 20, 2026 2:03 pm

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I finally got there, thanks for all the hard work, that brush was much more thick then when I hiked the ridge 10 years ago. Only disappointment was finding that massive cement pipe on the rim of the flats,not sure why that was there.

Matthew · Post by **Matthew** » Mon Apr 20, 2026 2:21 pm

David R wrote: Mon Apr 20, 2026 2:03 pm 5b0a6871-6f4e-49eb-aad4-577c0bf9c951.jpeg

I finally got there, thanks for all the hard work, that brush was much more thick then when I hiked the ridge 10 years ago. Only disappointment was finding that massive cement pipe on the rim of the flats,not sure why that was there.

YES LET'S GO BABY!!!!!! Write a full report!

Nate U · Post by **Nate U** » Mon Apr 20, 2026 5:19 pm

David R wrote: Mon Apr 20, 2026 2:03 pm Only disappointment was finding that massive cement pipe on the rim of the flats,not sure why that was there.

Glad all that cutting got enjoyed by someone else. Massive cement pipe on the rim? Am I forgetting about this?

Where did you start from?

David R · Post by **David R** » Mon Apr 20, 2026 7:22 pm

I started from Baldy Road at the Potato Mtn TH. I had to walk .5 mile on the road because fuck City of Claremont. I took the fire break up to the fire road where the trail branches off to the top of Potato. Totals stats were about 14.1 miles with 4,600 feet elevation gain in 6.75 hours with .5 spent in the flats.

The cement pipe was near the weather station in the NW section just outside the flats where there was no brush. It was at least 30 feet long with a three foot circumference, it looked quite new.