Forgot to mention...there hasn't been any work on the west side yet...the Front Loaders were still staged in the same place (3rd switchback on the east side?)
so helpful! thank you. We have a 1 day permit, and plan to leave around midnight or 1am to make it up and down as early as possible. we are all experienced hikers in altitude and in good shape. we feel its possible if we get the conditions right. t
Snow on Mt. Baldy is getting thin fast especially in the bowl. This maybe the last weekend for bowl climbing. West side (left hand side most) of bowl and 3 pin alleys (right hand side most) has still good amount of snow left. We took a long snow band
I rode up past Bird Spring Pass to Wyleys Knob today... Lots of water and some (emergency?) supplies at the Pass... From Wyleys, I could see quite a bit of the PCT and didn't see any hikers... Here are a couple of photos: PCT South... P
4/20 Trail is easy to find and no snow until you cross the north fork. Then it’s snow walking but melting out pretty quickly. Firm in the am but mushy in the pm. Postholing not terrible on the whole route. Really fun climbing in the couloir. Save y
Hi, So I have 3 permits in med-September. My son wants to try and summit and although we have climbed Baldy and Gorgonio, I fear as a type 1 diabetic in my mide-50s, maybe I should plan to turn around before I get into the higher altitudes. However,