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David R wrote: ↑Rick Kent did it the opposite way and enjoyed himself as much as you did. Now you need to finish the full death march.

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Thanks for the report, and congratulations on completing such a tough hike. What sort of hikes did you do to train for this? I mostly run to train for the hikes I do. It's often hard set aside enough time to train by hiking, so I try to run every day if possible. Earlier this summer, I got to go to...

34 Miles. 11,500' Elevation Gain. 27.5 hours of hiking without stopping to sleep. The most physically challenging adventure I've ever done, and possibly will ever do. The route: East Fork Trailhead - Iron Mountain - Mt. Baldy - Dawson Peak - Pine Mountain - Down Pine Mountain Ridge to Lupine Campgro...

Going through some old family photos, I came across some photos from my great-grandmother's hikes in the late 1910s and early 1920s. I believe they are from either the San Gabriel or San Bernardino mountains based on the look of the terrain and a post card from Big Bear. They're from different times...

Here's the Police Report:
https://www.idahocountyfreepress.com/op ... 821df.html

And here's the video:

How did the north backbone look to pine mountain? Any guess if it'd be possible without snowshoes?

Thanks for all the info - this helps.

I've been hiking and bushwhacking for a few years now in the San Gabriel Mountains. When off trail, most often I just do my best to push through the brush in the direction I want to go. As anyone who's done this knows, this can be really time consuming and difficult in chaparral. Would a machete be ...

So is that where they're proposing it? --

https://goo.gl/maps/A5nz7jup8vCWAkuC9

It looks like it's the property on cow canyon saddle from the video in that article: https://goo.gl/maps/uBeJLyyTzid9Vz2T9

I don't like it. The last thing Mt. Baldy needs is a massive development that will bring more traffic and clueless tourists. This isn't going to bring in any more people who respect our mountains (who are always welcome). This caters to those who can't bear to leave behind their cushy lifestyle to e...

I wonder what the folks at Thompson Ranch think about it.

Found it! It's the Silver Spur Mine: https://www.mindat.org/loc-79442.html

There's a video from 2011 about it here too:

Looks cool!

Interesting. I know there's a lot of mines out there. The topo map shows 9 horizontal adits and 4 vertical shafts on that hillside above those ruins, but doesn't name them. Looks like there could be some significant tunnels judging from the tailings piles outside the adits. It also looks like there ...

I've done the Run to the Top twice. It's definitely a fun challenging race. Each time I've arrived there at 7:00 am with decent parking. People are sometimes hesitant at first to park by the side of the road near the start line, but the organizers won't mind if you park there. That's usually the bes...

We came from the south at Cow Canyon Saddle. The trail was in decent condition and my dad and I were able to follow it pretty much the entire way, although it is starting to get a bit overgrown. There were a few small patches of snow near the top too. I couldn't see anything from the top though, the...

Here's the W5 marker from lookout mountain.

So was Glendora ridge road open up to the saddle? The LA county public works website still shows it as closed from the Mt. Baldy village.

Have you ever tried to find the old trail between Stanley-Miller and Allison mines? That's another one that's probably long gone. I've never tried. This is actually only my second Iron Mountain mine, I got the Gold Dollar back in November. Have you seen any signs of a trail from the Allison Mine to...

Doesn't look like much of a trail in that first photo, and other photos where I can make out a trail, it doesn't look like much of a trail. I don't think it would be my preferred approach. Yes this definitely isn't the fastest way to the mine. I did want to check out this trail specifically because...

Here are some more photos from our adventure.

The old stove, now covered in flowers.


The cabin as it looks now.

The water that gave the Wetwater trail its name. (from below)

I've had the idea of doing this hike for a while, and I finally got the opportunity yesterday. The plan was for my Dad and me to hike to the Narrows from the Bridge to Nowhere trailhead and head up to the narrows, where I hoped I could take a look at and attempt the Wetwater Trail, then follow it, h...

That seems right. The trail you circled looks like it traverses the steepest part of the narrows.

John Robinson, in his 'San Gabriels II' writes, "The airy Wetwater Trail, terror of the pack mules with its dripping water, was hacked out of the cliffs above the Narrows to gain access (to the Stanley-Miller mine)." I remember reading in the 'Mines of the San Gabriels' (also written by Ro...

My Dad and I went on this hike back in November, the day after Thanksgiving, but this is my first post and I'd never gotten around to posting about it until now. Our original plan was to attempt summiting Iron Mountain and then going on to find the Gold Dollar Mine, Eagle Mine, and Baldora/Widco min...