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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January 10th, 2010 / 4 Comments » / by Zé
Shooting for a PR up Big Iron’s ‘trail’…
Final Stats:
14 miles, 7100 ft
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.
December 28th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Zé
Peakbagging continues in northern Thailand…
Final Stats:
8 miles uphill, 2800 ft gain. (12 mile downhill bike ride)
December 26th, 2009 / 1 Comment » / by Zé
Rachel and I did a run up in the Verdugo Mountains, ~ 10 miles and 2500 ft gain and loss. Also added some intervals up the Brand Park trail at the end
December 21st, 2009 / No Comments » / by SocalHikes Hiker
Well, this was a nice day. The anxiousness of the week finally was here. I awoke at 4am, and good hour before my alarm would do that for me. I was a bit nervous and just couldn’t fall back asleep. So I after 30 minutes of just laying there, I took a hot shower, did last minute packing, made lunch, and headed out the door at 5:30am.
The plan was to meet at 6:30 and head up at that time. But with some traffic and other delays, we did’t start until 7. I haven’t started a hike this early since before summer, so I was feeling tired right off the bat. But once we crossed snow on the trail, that all changed. The snow on the trail was already semi-paved for us so crampons weren’t necessary. Although we did break out the ice ax early.
We got to the ski hut at about 8:30, had a quick breakfast, and tied on our crampons. What a difference those make. From slippery snow to instant stability. I was loving it!
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December 20th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Zé
A really great hike on a really clear day.
Final Stats:
9 miles, 2500 ft
December 17th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Zé
A short hike to a viewpoint on a beautiful island…
Final Stats:
2.5 miles, 600 ft
November 29th, 2009 / No Comments » / by SocalHikes Hiker
The Department of Public Works has an estimated timeline of when to expect some of the back country highways to reopen. Some are opening up as soon as Monday (11-30-09). But only to contractors, residents, and emergency vehicles. So won’t quite be able to see the destruction quite yet.
http://gis.dpw.lacounty.gov/roadclosures/main.cfm
November 15th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Zé
Final Stats:
17 miles, 5000 ft
oh my quads…
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