by cyrusebrahimi » Thu Feb 17, 2011 6:33 am
by Deb » Thu Feb 17, 2011 10:27 pm
cyrusebrahimi wrote:I'm thinking about heading up there if I can get a group to go.
by Denjem » Fri Mar 04, 2011 11:45 pm
by KathyW » Sat Mar 05, 2011 4:33 am
by Denjem » Tue Mar 22, 2011 10:29 pm
by Denjem » Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:18 pm
by drpw » Mon Mar 28, 2011 1:32 am
by Deb » Mon Mar 28, 2011 8:14 pm
drpw wrote:Left the car at 9am on Friday the 25th, and made good time to Dollar Lake just after 1, hiked Little Charlton and rode back, slept, hiked Charlton the next day and put a boot pack into the trees above Dollar and shredded that for another couple thousand vertical, slept, went to Alto Diablo this morning and took a ridge all the way down to the road. In the trees on N faces there is still face shots to be had, not the driest but well worth the effort. Really really windy this weekend and we were watching the cornices form, the back side of Charlton was really windscoured, but the lee side was awesome windblown snow through trees. Down low in the afternoon it was terrible, super mushy. Best snow in SoCal though right now I bet.
Backcountry snowboarding is the best idea ever, backcountry snowboarding on slowshoes however is pretty rough.
by Deb » Tue Apr 05, 2011 4:25 am
by KathyW » Thu Apr 07, 2011 3:06 pm
by jrbrenvt » Thu Apr 14, 2011 9:30 pm
by Deb » Thu Apr 14, 2011 10:23 pm
jrbrenvt wrote:Hi,
Any updates on Baldy, San Jacinto, San Gorgonio conditions ?
If one wanted to hike week of April 18 or April 25, would one bring snow shoes ? Crampons/microspikes ?
Avalanche concerns ?
Is hiking discouraged during spring at all for reasons like
Vermont's mud season trail protection,
http://www.hazensnotch.org/vermontmudseasonhiking.htm
or http://www.theonion.com/articles/nation ... ion,17484/
or government shut downs ?
I have a week of vacation I need to spend, live in New England, looking for an April mountain destination with tolerable weather.
Looking for 8-14 mile-ish hikes with 3-6K' elevation gains.
Had looked at LA area mountains a couple years back but could not make that trip. I am an experienced winter snow traveler in New England mountains.
But would prefer to not bring snow gear all else being equal. Just gathering info at this point.
Thanks.
by RickF » Sun Apr 17, 2011 8:06 am
by lefty » Sun Apr 17, 2011 5:24 pm
by KathyW » Sun Apr 17, 2011 7:25 pm
Deb wrote:jrbrenvt wrote:Hi,
Any updates on Baldy, San Jacinto, San Gorgonio conditions ?
If one wanted to hike week of April 18 or April 25, would one bring snow shoes ? Crampons/microspikes ?
Avalanche concerns ?
Is hiking discouraged during spring at all for reasons like
Vermont's mud season trail protection,
http://www.hazensnotch.org/vermontmudseasonhiking.htm
or http://www.theonion.com/articles/nation ... ion,17484/
or government shut downs ?
I have a week of vacation I need to spend, live in New England, looking for an April mountain destination with tolerable weather.
Looking for 8-14 mile-ish hikes with 3-6K' elevation gains.
Had looked at LA area mountains a couple years back but could not make that trip. I am an experienced winter snow traveler in New England mountains.
But would prefer to not bring snow gear all else being equal. Just gathering info at this point.
Thanks.
You'll have lots of options for trails, elevation gain and water from the South Fork Trail of San Gorgonio Wilderness. At this point, you will most likely only need snowshoes over 9700' in the afternoon. Microspikes are useless on a mountain! You'll need crampons for early morning travel and most likely shaded areas over 10K', also any north facing wind scoured slopes. Avy concerns are definitely there for point release sloughing on any slope over 30 degrees, so watch those 2 avy chutes and rock croppings on the north side of San G and Charlton.
If you're going anywhere in SoCal over 9500' - you will need snow gear.
San Jacinto Wilderness got some great winds yesterday and there's an inch crust over snow from 8500', it gets thicker as you get higher. Not much need for snow shoes unless you travel south facing slopes in the afternoon, post-holing wasn't too terrible. Crampons would be recommended for early morning travel as well.
...and that's all folks!
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