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The Goat Trail from Chantry Heliport to Summit 3583 is approximately 0.8 miles with 1100' of gain. The following are cumulative numbers for the Santa Anita Ridge trail, starting from the San Olene FR near the water tank: TO: Summit 3583 - 0.2 miles, 225' gain Summit 3755 - 0.7 miles, 500' gain Summi...

Sunday 2/3 I'm wanting to hike mt wilson from chantry flats ... is there any ice or snow up that ways for this sunday from the storm that went through? I don't recall hearing about snowfall on Wilson during the last storm. I doubt there was much if any. I was all over that mountain two weeks ago. I...

Weather forecasters predicted a little let up in the rain yesterday, so I jumped at the opportunity to satisfy my latest urge to check out conditions in the Crystal Lake area. After attending to my sick cat in the morning, I drove up Hwy 39 around 11AM, but was stopped for half an hour behind emerge...

As a guy who works on trails in Altadena, I don't let the disrespectful hikers bother me or disrupt my enjoyment of the mountains. Such people are not worth considering, unless you catch them in the act, then you can say something and maybe convince them to change their behavior. There are some plac...

Higher up on the incline trail I could see a waterfall on the other side of Rubio. Anyone know the name of this one? After you cross over to the Chalet Trail you can see Leontine Falls. The Throne Trail continues down a short distance from the Chalet/(Upper) Old Echo junction to an overlook directl...

David R wrote: ↑The wind started picking up and I got blasted by Arctic air that felt like a hug from a sumo wrestler.

That description of the wind really moved me. I was raised by a family of sumo wrestlers, and they took turns hugging me each day. So I know exactly what you mean.

It's quite possible you'll encounter snow in early April. At that time last year storms were still dropping snow as low as Icehouse Canyon. I did hike the Bear Canyon Trail to Baldy in March with only a few patches of snow and none on the summit. But most of that trail melts quickly because it's exp...

Damn! hes on to us! youre right sean. Just because i think its nice to keep the few wild places left unmarked by humans, It must be because ima life hater! I hate you all ! die! die! LOL (sean, you could always buy a tent and sleepingbags dood. or even just a nano puff n a hardshell n wool sox,with...

I agree - it's not vandalism - it's just a different point of view. It's not "just a different point of view." It's an evil point of view. These people are either ignorant vandals or pure life-haters. In either case, they represent a certain degree of evil on the mountain. The people who ...

I have updated the Lone Tree trail info at Everytrail.com. There is a detailed description of the route and several pictures. http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=1539441 There are three ways to access this trail. David described the route starting behind 1101 E Loma Alta. It is also poss...

If anyone's interested, next weekend I'll be going up the Lone Tree Trail from Rubio Canyon to Panorama Point on Saturday or Sunday depending on the weather. Hopefully Saturday. I will be starting early (around 8AM), traveling at a leisurely pace, perhaps cutting a branch here and there, and possibl...

Hi Matthew,

I assume from your screen name that you're a big fan of Ayn Rand. So am I. Welcome to the forum!

Sean

Sunday morning I decided to catch the sunrise from Baldy's summit for the first time. Went up the Baldy Bowl trail and got to the summit at 6:11 AM. Guess who was up there? Yep, the same dogs. I couldn't believe it. They had followed up a pair of campers and apparently spent the night on the summit ...

This was a poll. These haven't been imported. Sorry.

In winter, if any ice, there would be no way without being roped. Has something happened to this portion of the trail? I've only read that it's "an easy climb to Pine Mtn". It most certainly is not for a section of perhaps 300-400' vertical on the north side of Pine. Perhaps someone can s...

Thanks, Elwood. That information is tremendously helpful. I'm planning to do my first 50-mile fastpack covering every official trail in the Cucamonga Wilderness. I'd like to be able to jog at least half of the descent to Joe Elliot from Etiwanda, and then power walk back up with a 2 or 3 mph pace.

Thanks, JFR. According to the KMZ file, the segment is about 3.7 miles, and the trail starts at the CG.

I dug this thread up because I'm interested in any current information on the Cucamonga Peak Trail segment between Joe Elliot CG and Etiwanda Peak. I've never done this portion myself, but I'm planning to do it sometime this spring as part of a larger fastpacking adventure. Specifically: 1. What per...

In late August I found an abandoned tent up on Santa Anita Ridge. It appeared that someone went up there for a snuff-induced religious experience and instead found a hungry mountain lion. https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/gallery.myff.org/gallery/1423717/Picture0064.jpg https://eispiraten.com/i...

I enjoyed reading your TR. I'm not familiar with the Los Padres forest. The cross-country bushwhacking and steep climbs are right up my alley. However, the poodle dog picture triggered bad memories and now I'm going to have a nightmare about cutting open my knee and pulling out a poisonous purple fl...

Do you have video of when the Yucca attacked your knee?

Baldy from Pine Mtn Ridge https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/gallery.myff.org/gallery/1415720/SAM_3300.JPG Smoke-filled sky during Williams Fire https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/gallery.myff.org/gallery/1415721/IMG_0871.JPG ??? https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/gallery.myff.org/galler...

i want to "disappear" for most likely 2 weeks maybe more maybe less i am gunna be hiking out... but i know that im not gunna be able to carry that much food ... Personally, if I wanted to disappear for two weeks, I would haul about 150 Clif Bars to Upper Fish Fork and set up camp. But for...

Here are some pictures of the Williams Fire from Copter Ridge. The plume of smoke was rising south of Rattlesnake Peak. Approaching Copter Ridge point 7499' https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/gallery.myff.org/gallery/1397086/IMG_0888.JPG Looking south from 7499' https://eispiraten.com/images-arc...

There is a use trail that drops steeply into Sharps Canyon from Glendora Ridge Motorway just west of Glendora Mountain Rd. After the trail fades, somewhere beyond the second set of ropes, I lost my blue Samsung PL210 digital camera.

So, Sean, what do you think is Inspiration Point? Is point 4685 on your map (above) Inspiration Point? I consider Inspiration Point to be where Thaddeus Lowe built the ramada in 1925. The Point's original location, before the ramada, could have been summit 4714 directly NW of the ramada, which is w...

I think Panorama Point is an unofficial name of same vague point near what is labeled Muir Peak (4688') on some maps. Perhaps some even think 4688 is also or even should be Panorama Point or Inspiration Point. T Chester speculates it is point 4504 just ESE of 4688. It's all very unclear. My guess i...

So, what are you guys calling Panorama Pt? I don't know all the local names for things. And the Lone Tree Trail, would it follow the route I've roughly outlined here ? (Points "A" through "D") HJ I'm not aware of another name for Panorama Pt. The Lone Tree between 3681 and Panor...

Started at the Rubio TH and went up Lone Tree Trail to just about 3050', turned around and took the SCE Tractor Road back down. I've been restoring the Lone Tree and am glad to see people actually using it. The trail can be followed rather easily up to Panorama Pt, thus enabling many loop opportuni...

Hello, My name is Sean. I recently started taking hiking seriously about five months ago. I like challenging myself with long, difficult dayhikes. I recently hiked to San Gabriel Peak from the top of Lake Ave (Cobb Estate). I've also done Sierra Madre to Mt. Wilson, Three Points to Mt. Waterman, Cry...