EISPIRATEN

Used to be a semi- popular mt bike ride in the late 80's and early 90's..

I do recall some access issues in later years.

Any signs indicating "no mt bikes allowed" now?

Thnx Ellen. Ya, yikes. One day after you'd done C2C late November, we hiked down off trail toward Sid David and stumbled onto that spooky shuttered CCC camp. We thought it was illicit pot-growers... I ponder risk management and age. My particular vice these days has been mt biking. Last year I kept ...

I read the San Jac and Summit Post forum replies... Crampons would have made some difference? I am no longer eager, so I stay off Baldy in full conditions, but if I were still getting after it, probably would carry both. Micros for most of the time and crampons when necessary. I think we also start ...

Always enjoyed exploring the terrain and mines above Widman Ranch (mid- 70's). Sometimes I'd prefer taking the longer dirt road up Cow and Cattle Canyon .. 10 miles I recall? Bummer that approach is off limits....

that's a good ride. i did it about 6 weeks ago. took me prolly 3 hrs ride time to get to Spring Camp, tho I had no interest in it.. nothing particularly special about it, tho that entire back side of Monrovia Peak is very nice .. but I did take a turn and go down the seemingly abandoned Upper San Ol...

where are the logical 2 places to camp? Buckhorn and Chilao...?

alas..it burned.

still closed, too...

Bummer about the smoke. That takes some of the fun outta it.. And in terms of perspective- it's all about the long run. Take care of life. If the climbs are meant to be, they will happen. Be nice if I could do that route in a day, but at slow and old 58.. well.... I was happy just to backpack and da...

Ya was thinking maybe up the Alta Peak trail to Moose Lake, then out Pear Lake...

good one. i think i want to do this route soon...

amazing,. Never knew there was a cabin there....

Where was the pot grow? Always scary to encounter them...

Right on!

In my youth, hiked out of Coldwater Canyon to the mine 3 or 4 times. Always was a trip to see the slanted cabin.

excellent!

The north facing walls got a fair amount of rock-climbnig action in the late 70's.

Taco- have you given the walls a serious assessment? Is there some quality up there?

Great trip report thnx. I'm always on the fence with snowshoes. Used to prefer skiis for everything, but now me older, less skilled. Snowshoes likely safer. How much did they help on this hike? Did you feel you needed them? Same question applies to crampons. Seems most of the time better off just wi...

The only 2 times I hike or mt biked in the region ('73 ,'92) - I was accosted by furious landowners who put us/ me thru a full blown confrontation before relenting.

Bad ju ju

All good stuff. I read Uncle Rio's list and realize I did almost all of those in 1974 when I was 17. And have not been back since. Would like to revisit Fish Fork And Iron Mt. And San Antonio Ridge. Even Idlehour... Am gonna do a solo overnight backpack trip soon. Maybe just spent the night on South...

I've got a Toyota FJ Team Edition. It'd cruise the road without issue.

I could be talked into this hike. Been eyeballing it on the map for 40 years.

GMR is generally a safe road bike ride on weekdays.

...'12... thought i was 25 again, instead of 55.

hiked up San Gorgonio... trail ran some of it down. Bad idea..

torn minicus

dicked around for7 or 8 months b4 i had it 'scoped.

works ok now

No way anybody is goin LSMC to BSMC. But cool video.

I tried to find Lookout Point a few times in the 70's and basically did what those guys did. Must have been a trail that started downstream a tad ... that the key. But it's a bushwhack.

Always wanted to do that giant rock slog. Still do. Get a partner who you can simul-climb with. Almost as fast as soloing but safer. We used to simul a lot BITD. Did do the central chimney on Stonehouse Buttress. Sort of a poor man's Steck- Salathe. Worthwhile. As is the Keyhole Wall one canyon sout...

Ya no surprise.

I cannot stand in judgement. Only reason I survived those crazy 70's was perhaps I had enough miles under my boots so that by the time I found myself tripping hard way yonder, I had the good sense to not push things.

Of course it's not normal. We are in what- year 2 of a drought? 2 years ago early July the pipe at Trail Fork was putting out a slow but functional flow (2 min a liter?). I could also pump out of small puddles from the 1/2 way springs at the lower camp.. Sunday's flow at the spring above Fish Fork C...

Sahara Terror strikes again

Prayers to his family. He leaves a wife and daughter...

ANF's management is rightly considered the Forest Circus. No doubt the user trail that goes up "Razorback Ridge" should be closed. I used to rock climb and free solo all manner of technical rock way off the ground, but you'd NEVER get me up that trail. But the closure to canyoneers is absu...

DavidCrashStillman wrote: ↑Hey Rico,
A word of old-timer advice for you youngsters out there, never ditch your fry buddy. -DS

Good advice, David.

I was thinking a hearty dose of meth, topped off with dehydration and sun exposure be one explanation.

it's not, and FS has no plans to open as far I I can tell (I'll called a few times...

I guess I met you on the hike as your were descending Waterman. Me the guy with wife and new German Shepherd. I'd guess you were one of those 2 grizzly guys (was it you wearing the bight orange so no hunters would mistake you for a bear?). The mountain bikers were not totally blasting outta control,...