Atop the ridge with the old firebreak north of Mt Lukens.
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- Tue May 14, 2024 7:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Triangular peak markers in the San Gabriels
- Replies: 96
- Views: 10542
- Tue May 14, 2024 7:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OnlyCairns
- Replies: 64
- Views: 6599
Re: OnlyCairns
Somewhere between Tujunga flagpole and Mt Lukens.
- Mon May 13, 2024 7:36 pm
- Forum: San Gabriels
- Topic: Mt Lukens via 'Kill 'em Quick' trail and west ridge
- Replies: 2
- Views: 50
Re: Mt Lukens via 'Kill 'em Quick' trail and west ridge
This was a great San Gabes weekend for me, I decided to shorten the drive on Saturday morning by sacrificing some of my Friday evening. I spent the night at Monte Cristo campground where I tested my new-to-me Tarptent Protrail. It's a palace inside compared to the Notch but that's a different story....
- Fri May 10, 2024 6:40 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN QUESTION
- Replies: 11
- Views: 296
Re: LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN QUESTION
Pics or it didn't happen....
- Sat May 04, 2024 6:35 pm
- Forum: San Gabriels
- Topic: Impressive Oak Springs
- Replies: 3
- Views: 130
Re: Impressive Oak Springs
Definitely some nice groups of oak trees. Nice place for a picnic too!
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 8:31 pm
- Forum: News & Conditions
- Topic: Human Bones Found
- Replies: 4
- Views: 77
Re: San Gabe Rescues 2024
Seems like January to April would not be enough time for bones to be picked clean. Of course the story doesn't say that...
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 8:13 pm
- Forum: Desert
- Topic: Big Maria and False Maria
- Replies: 7
- Views: 164
Re: Big Maria and False Maria
It's not just the distant views, the wall looking at the other Maria peak is mighty impressive too.
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 6:44 pm
- Forum: San Gabriels
- Topic: Devils Chair
- Replies: 2
- Views: 120
Devils Chair
Since I have never visited this place it was about time to go, especially with warmer weather approaching. A relatively late-morning drive got me to one of the last two parking spots and I wandered around the facilities for a while looking at various plaques and diagrams before heading out on the tr...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 7:42 pm
- Forum: Other Ranges
- Topic: Middle Ysidro (Anza-Borrego)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 234
Re: Middle Ysidro (Anza-Borrego)
Three liters of water from snow and puddles is pretty impressive! No snow in any of the pics so it must have been well-hidden.
Keith, if the ankle is just as sore as the rest of the body I think that's a good indicator of its' health.
Keith, if the ankle is just as sore as the rest of the body I think that's a good indicator of its' health.
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 6:27 am
- Forum: San Gabriels
- Topic: Looking for Liebre
- Replies: 8
- Views: 490
Re: Looking for Liebre
Nice, never hiked in the Lake Hughes area but looks like a good hike for a cloudy day. Mt Lukens is on my to-do list as well. I want to come up the 'Kill 'em Quick' and follow the camel back ridge to the summit. Then probably go down one of the other trails for a point to point with quick car shutt...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 6:47 am
- Forum: San Gabriels
- Topic: Looking for Liebre
- Replies: 8
- Views: 490
Looking for Liebre
I met up with Girl Hiker on Saturday, rain was in the forecast for afternoon so we thought the morning might be conducive to hike. My intent was to head up Mt Lukens since I've never been there and it's getting close to warm season when it is a less attractive walk. After a quick stop at McD we were...
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 8:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Happy National Grilled Cheese Day
- Replies: 2
- Views: 313
Re: Happy National Grilled Cheese Day
You are welcome. I didn't even know this was a real thing - we should do a hike to commemorate it next year.
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 7:37 pm
- Forum: San Gabriels
- Topic: The Pinnacle
- Replies: 7
- Views: 524
Re: The Pinnacle
Yes road cuts seem trivial, but a 10 foot cliff that stretches unbroken for a mile along a mountainside can definitely fuck up your route... Especially when you find one after taking a steep downhill for a while.... I've started considering how hard it would be to go back up while in the midst of s...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 7:43 pm
- Forum: San Gabriels
- Topic: SUNSET PEAK & THE HOLY CROSS
- Replies: 3
- Views: 299
Re: SUNSET PEAK & THE HOLY CROSS
I was there a few weeks ago and also missed the snow I thought I might catch a little bit by going up the ridge but nothing there. Instead I chopped back some of the yucca and had some tea and Snickers for breakfast.
At least you saw some white stuff on the road.
At least you saw some white stuff on the road.
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:13 pm
- Forum: San Gabriels
- Topic: Dawn Mine & the waterfalls
- Replies: 9
- Views: 420
Re: Dawn Mine & the waterfalls
It's a lot more fun to just power through the water!Girl Hiker wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 12:24 pm Last week I hiked to Dawn Mine in search of mushrooms. Lots of water in the canyon and many, many stream crossings. I managed to keep my shoes dry with all the skipping, hopping and jumping over rocks.....
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 8:14 pm
- Forum: Flora, Fauna & Fungi
- Topic: Desert sand beetle
- Replies: 2
- Views: 172
Re: Desert sand beetle
That's cool. Both times I've been there it was too windy for any insects to leave tracks.
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 6:37 am
- Forum: San Gabriels
- Topic: Verdugo Peak
- Replies: 6
- Views: 947
Re: Verdugo Peak
I did that very hike Christmas Eve of 2018 when I got stuck at home all by my lonesome self for Christmas, and then came down it on a different hike November of 2022. A good little workout! Not really sure why that trailhead is so popular, but the whims of the public can be hard to explain.... Whim...
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 7:24 am
- Forum: San Gabriels
- Topic: Verdugo Peak
- Replies: 6
- Views: 947
Verdugo Peak
Saturday I was up early as usual so instead of the regular Wilderness Park walk I drove out to La Tuna Canyon Road. I've seen people walking this place for about 40 years, this is the first time I've stopped to check it out, arriving at 7am. After a bit of road walking I went up and down the obvious...
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 6:06 pm
- Forum: Other Ranges
- Topic: 38th birthday Oat Mountain from the north attempt
- Replies: 15
- Views: 910
Re: 38th birthday Oat Mountain from the north attempt
I'll add some thoughts and pics too- Thanks Nate for another out of the way location, I like new areas and my mental list of stuff to visit is still expanding. Jeko, thanks for the tools since I once again left a spatula behind. Lunch wouldn't have been the same without them. Rico, I never had any G...
- Thu Feb 22, 2024 6:50 pm
- Forum: Flora, Fauna & Fungi
- Topic: Shroomies
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5330
Re: Shroomies
Mill Creek below Hidden Springs. They are real tiny, the flower is barely an inch diameter.
- Thu Feb 22, 2024 10:44 am
- Forum: San Gabriels
- Topic: Mystic and Monroe
- Replies: 3
- Views: 746
Re: Mystic and Morgan
Forgot to mention I cairned and flagged 3310.
- Thu Feb 22, 2024 5:09 am
- Forum: San Gabriels
- Topic: Mystic and Monroe
- Replies: 3
- Views: 746
Mystic and Monroe
February 11, 2024 I'll admit to being inspired by Sean and Cecelia's trip to Glendora Peak just for the snow-capped mountain views. I wanted some of that without the crowds that would be going up Baldy Road so I headed a little west to the Big Dalton area. I had never been on the Monroe Truck Trail ...
- Fri Feb 16, 2024 7:33 pm
- Forum: San Gabriels
- Topic: Introduction and some spots in the San Gabriel Mountains
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3315
Re: Introduction and some spots in the San Gabriel Mountains
This is definitely the season for water explorations, thanks for sharing.
- Fri Feb 16, 2024 7:28 pm
- Forum: News & Conditions
- Topic: San Gabe Rescues 2024
- Replies: 6
- Views: 958
Re: San Gabe Rescues 2024
I read a LA Times story saying they were on the Bear Flat trail which is 3.5 miles, it didn't specify if that's one way or round trip. Their footprints were in the snow and they still got lost. It was a possible problem because the helicopter couldn't land on the west backbone area. I don't know at ...
- Wed Feb 14, 2024 8:06 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Dr. Drew on firebreaks
- Replies: 1
- Views: 200
Re: Dr. Drew on firebreaks
I've always assumed that we don't do firebreaks any more is because now we use helicopters and fire retardant. It's a lot of money to support firebreak maintenance.
- Tue Jan 30, 2024 7:02 pm
- Forum: San Gabriels
- Topic: Pt. 3,650 via South Ridge
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1515
Re: Pt. 3,650 via South Ridge
Wow, it looks like you did a lot of clearing! I'm not usually that ambitious, just enough to squeeze through is enough for me. Since you did the hard work it's now my kind of hike.
- Mon Jan 22, 2024 7:39 pm
- Forum: San Gabriels
- Topic: Orchard Camp
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1965
Re: Orchard Camp
It was a really good day to be on that trail, I feel like every other time for me it's been hot. Real hot, which is why I always say I don't like it. After taking the lower route along the creek I might be starting to change my mind.
Thanks for the invite!
Thanks for the invite!
- Mon Jan 22, 2024 7:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Now It's Mine!
- Replies: 166
- Views: 24428
Re: Now It's Mine!
I feel pretty fortunate that none of the tree branches broke while I was climbing.
Re: Sasquatch
REI now carries a guidebook.
- Mon Jan 15, 2024 7:59 pm
- Forum: San Gabriels
- Topic: Bike riding: 2024/01 LA Tourist Race
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3395
Re: Bike riding: 2024/01 LA Tourist Race
Pretty amazing event, nice job just to finish.
The book pages are the same method used in the Barkley Marathon.
The book pages are the same method used in the Barkley Marathon.