EISPIRATEN

I've been eyeing this hike to thorn point along the ridge for a few years and last time tried it on a whim while in the area, wearing shorts, a t-shirt, and without a saw. So when last weekend's passage ride was cancelled, Rich and I made plans to instead try this bad boy out, and this time, to come...

I'll join you next time! I've finally collected all the gear.

Yeah, probably Dudleya; that genus of succulent is known to grow on vertical faces around these parts

Cool adventure!

Nice work dude

It took me several attempts to make it up quail; sure enough the first time it was a blizzard up there (and raining lower in the park) so we had to turn back, but came back later with better weather. It's worth getting up.

A couple weekends back was a 3 day-er, so Rich and I got to brainstorming wilderness adventures. I had been hankering to go back to sespe hot springs, and particularly to try out the bike/hike combo of cycling in on grade valley road (closed during these winter months), then hiking down there via th...

oh, this post seems to answer my question... i had just revived an old thread before finding this. Sounds impossible to access iron #1 via cattle canyon due to thompson and widman ranches... BUMMER

I'm wondering if anyone has tried getting up to iron #1 via cattle canyon, passing through thompson and widman--is there a way to get around the private property?

nice ride! impressive I totes agree on the dynamo light setup--went that way a couple years back and I love it. I got the IQ-XS light after some wanker stole my IQ-X--the latter model has a plastic mount which makes it more steal-able I've got a pretty boney ass and have found the b67 to be mostly t...

yeah, like Jerry said a better pic of the stem and underside of the cap would help with an ID, but doesn't look like anything obviously edible...

so it's not just me... my usual chanterelle spots are empty!

this is a very cool hike with a great view, particularly for me since I live within ez bicycling distance to the trailhead at temescal. Plenty of options for variations once you summit to go back through will rogers like the OP describes, or just go back the same way if you're in a hurry.

but have you heard of bittorrent

Y'all didn't ski or snowboard down I take it? I've heard of people going to baldy bowl for backcountry and have been intrigued to try it out. Have not done the backcountry snowboarding thing since I'm not versed in avy risk assessment though.

nice finds. It's been pretty sad for mushrooms out here on the westside at least--not much rain this year. Anyone else having much luck?

Much fun was had, and some very pretty hiking along the creek and in checking out those waterfalls, but would not try it again to get to the triplets! That is the one. Decided to leave the sprayer for someone else. Also, I just realize that caterpillar looks like the same one that is eating my dill ...

What's the deal with Widman ranch: is it still kept up and used? I did some internet searching and found an NF application to maintain a road to the place, so I guess people still live there??

Alternate report: Dima and I were trying to figure out how allergic to poison oak we are, so we decided to go on this fine hike up the river. The first few miles are super pretty and we saw some poison oak, but not enough, so we pressed onwards, going up an obscure canyon where we heard tall tales o...

Cool! hope to say hi in person once the in person meetings resume

Yeah, I have been for a few years now. You too? I zoomed in for that meeting; he's a pretty good speaker! I lived in Seattle for a couple years and was part of PSMS while up there too.

Exactly... for the novice mycophiles, puffballs when immature are solid white when bisected. If there appears to be primitive gill/cap/stem structures that suggests it is actually an "egg" of a Amanita sp. which has potent liver toxins and is deadly. If it is solid white, without such stru...

Hey Jerry, I made it back out in that direction on a bike ride the other day and saw that the state park entrances to the area, such as from mugu are indeed closed. But if you go to camp danielson from the mishe mokwa trailhead it's all legal, and that probably explains why we barely saw anyone on t...

Thanks! I'll have to check it out soon

That second one is probably a puffball. I've seen them around lately, and can be edible depending on how old it is. Nice finds!

Are you riding a road bike? Yeah sounds like the guy. yeah, I was sticking to the pavement on my cross bike, but there seems to be plenty of fireroads and trails coming off GMR that caught my attention: lLooking out east from the high point just outside of Mt Baldy town, I spied a path going east a...

A lot of the lesser climbed rock I've run into in the santa monicas and angeles forest is pretty dang chossy. After doing one of the backcountry crags near circle x and removing a hand hold on lead, I'm a little nervous... Then again, if it's a decent looking crack, might be worth bringing the cams ...

very nice. You found a couple morels, or maybe you know that? They're pretty delish and highly sought after. Around what elevation and face was this?

Looks allowed right now in Los Padres NF

I did GMR to mount baldy town this last Sunday... I think the same day. On the ride up maybe 2/3 of the way encountered a rattle snake in the middle of the road, doing that spooky rattle head shaking thing. After staring at this spectacle for a few minutes a chubby dude on his road bike came down 'r...