Google Earth Topo Overlay
February 11th, 2010 / No Comments » / by Zé
Wanna make your maps / gps tracks better? You can overlay topo maps in google earth. I detailed some ways to use this over on the hiking science blog.
Ze’s Got a New Blog!
February 3rd, 2010 / No Comments » / by SocalHikes Hiker
Take everything that you thought you knew about hiking and throw it out the window. It’s time to get informed!
Check out Ze’s blog on the science of hiking.
http://hikingscience.blogspot.com/
Photos from Icehouse Canyon on Saturday (1/23/10)
January 26th, 2010 / 1 Comment » / by SocalHikes Hiker
Some pretty nice winter photos of Icehouse Canyon. Photos courtesy of keeganuhlphotography.
Check out the rest of his gallery here, http://keeganuhlphotography.com/wilderness/icehouse2010/index.html
Thanks for sharing!
Snowshoeing up to San Jacinto via the Tram
January 24th, 2010 / 2 Comments » / by SocalHikes Hiker
What an amazing day! First time snowshoeing, and it definitely didn’t disappoint. Our plan was to take the tram up and then snowshoe the rest of the way to the summit.
We left at about 6:00am and got to the tram by 7:35am and barely made onto the first tram up. This was my first time on the tram, and I must say that it was pretty adventurous. Nice fast mover all the way to the top. I guess it was too early though to rotate it for the view. Unless they only do that on the way down.
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Help Find the Crook
January 24th, 2010 / No Comments » / by Zé
CougarMagic apparently had a camera stolen, but caught the guy on video.
Do you recognize this face? Let us know.
Rosa Point – Anza-Borrego Park
January 18th, 2010 / 2 Comments » / by Zé
Another year, another beautiful, rough hike in the Santa Rosa mountains.
Final Stats:
13 miles, 5500 ft
Historical San Gabriel Photos Ch 1-4
January 14th, 2010 / No Comments » / by Zé
Extended from the first sample I took, here are the photos from the first 4 chapters of John Robinson’s The San Gabriels
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Historical San Gabriel Photos
January 12th, 2010 / 1 Comment » / by Zé
I had checked out John Robinson’s The San Gabriels, and decided to snap some shots of the photos in the book to share. Probably copyright infringement, but I thought it would be cool to preserve some of these digitally (albeit roughly). You should definitely check out the book if you are interested in San Gabriel mountain history.
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Nonstop Up Big Iron
January 10th, 2010 / No Comments » / by Zé
Shooting for a PR up Big Iron’s ‘trail’…
Final Stats:
14 miles, 7100 ft
Chantry Flats Loop
January 2nd, 2010 / No Comments » / by SocalHikes Hiker
You know, for it being Winter, it sure felt a lot like Spring. Warm sun, no clouds, mid-70s. The only saving grace would be the cool breeze.
But the route chosen for today was heavily shaded on the way up and slightly shaded towards the top. So the day began at 8:15am at the REI parking lot and from there we carpooled to Chantry. By the time we got there, the parking was extremely full. As we passed through the parking lot, we could see why. Large, and I mean large groups were heading down to Sturtevant Falls. This forced us to have to park past the stop sign where the road narrows due to the slides.
Anyways, here’s the route we took.
1. Start at Chantry and take the Mt. Wilson trail up through Spruce Camp.
2. Lunch at Echo Point with the nice overlook of the burned out areas and the not so burned out areas of Waterman and Twin Peaks.
3. Head back to Chantry via Santa Anita Ridge.
Not sure on the total gains and mileage, but my estimation comes out to 13 miles and about 4000′ gain. The way up was pretty tough, but not as bad as my first time. Guess I’m in better shape.
This was also my first view of the burned out areas. Damn, a lot of forest went up. But I was glad to see Waterman and Twin Peaks. Perhaps a hike there is in order. Maybe when there’s snow…
The way back wasn’t the normal downhill escapade. Santa Anita ridge is filled with a bunch of bumps which accounts for about another 200′ worth of gain. Wouldn’t be too bad, however, it’s just a roller coaster ride of a mix of steep ups and downs. This group I was with also decided it would be fun to run down most of it. I tried, but my joints just weren’t cooperating.
