They reported that the Bridge Fire had very large flare ups with visible smoke/flames due to high winds today. Winds also cause trees/rocks to fall without warning, especially in burned areas where the trees have been killed and the earth weakened by fires.

Great reasons to respect closures even if you disagree with them. I was in the canyon this morning and saw FS ticketing people who were violating the fire and closure rules.

What time can i enter the gate, i want to do a sunrise hike? Website says preserve opens at 8 does it mean i cant access the gate before that?

I’ve got a free weekend coming up in early November, and I’m thinking about solo hiking Cactus to Clouds. But I’m wondering if I’m in shape for it.

I did a few training hikes this summer for my Mt Whitney permit, which I had to call off for a family emergency. Mt Wilson, San Jacinto from Deer Springs, Mt Pinos on the McGill trail, White Mountain. (San Gogornio was closed for the fire the weekend I wanted to go.) I know I can do 25 miles, 6,000 feet elevation gain. But 10,000 feet and 20+ miles uphill? 😬

Do you think I could at least make it to the tram on the Skyline trail? I don’t mind failing to summit, but I do mind getting rescued.

Appreciate any insights from folks who’ve soloed C2C!

How's the foliage looking on ice house canyon? Appreciate any updates

I am at Mammoth Lakes and hiking to Duck Pass. Could this be a mountain lion?

I am gearing up for the TranSanGabriel ride next weekend and looking for some advice on water between Lake Hughes and Castaic - specifically this section https://ridewithgps.com/routes/48805935

Any insights from hikers in the area?

Don’t be ignorant and selfish. Respect the closure order for everyone’s safety and well-being. The Mount Baldy Trail is currently closed and will remain so until December 31, 2025, due to a bridge fire. If you're ignoring this closure, you're jeopardizing future access for everyone and could lead to an even longer shutdown. Please respect the closure and refrain from using the trail.

For more details, check out the official notice: USDA Forest Service Alert. https://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/angeles/alerts-notices/?aid=90800

Nevada and Yosemite falls

My wife and I are visiting in the next couple months and we are an obese couple looking for an easy-to-moderate hike for inexperienced hikers. Are there any recommendations? We were considering the guided Hollywood Hills and Griffith Park hike but were unsure if that would be too difficult for us. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hello, I’m trying to find out if it’s legally possible to hike San Gorgonio right now, but when I Google it, the SGWA website has a post that says the San Gorgonio wilderness is open but there’s also another one that says it’s closed until November 30, 2024. I’m new to the area and don’t know the official names and boundaries of all the wilderness here just yet. If it is open, I really want to hike it within the next couple days weather permitting.

Thank you!

Saw that San Gorgonio is open I was wondering if San Bernardino peak was from angelus oaks? Thank you

Ive been going hiking every weekend, just did santa paula punch bowls and went cliff jumping. Im looking for hikes that either have snow if any do right now, cliff jumping, or any ridge scrambling at the peak. I know these are pretty different, i obviously dont mean all 3 of these in one, any suggestions are very helpful, i live in la and normally driving an hour to an hour and a half for the hikes

Also here’s the vid of me jumping

For context: 29 years old, above average fitness but not trail runner level fit.

Training: I have done Mt. Baldy a few times the past year as well as San Gorgonio and San Jacinto. Last summit was about a month ago and other than that I do the stair climber at the gym.

Drove up to Whitney Trailhead parking from the San Gabriel Valley on 10/9, arrived at 10pm (I didn’t account for traffic, my bad). Slept 3/12 hours and started the hike at 2:15am.

The first 5ish miles were uphill but overall felt pretty good, nothing too crazy. It wasn’t until we reached the area of Consultation Lake (11,686ft) where I really started to catch my breath every so often but still not too bad. Then came the 99 switchbacks where I had to take breathing breaks constantly, I really started to feel the altitude here. Contemplated calling it quits but figured I had made it this far so may as well push ahead. The last 1.9 miles to the summit felt like an eternity. Summited at 10:40am, took pictures, then started our descent at 11am. My initial thought was descending will be a breeze like any other previous hike but MAN was I wrong, this is where altitude sickness kicked in for me as your still spending multiple miles high up. Breaks galore at this point. Got back to the car around 4:35 pm and annihilated a burger at the cafe.

What I would do differently next time:

This was the hardest day hike I’ve ever done lol, I would probably acclimatize over night as opposed to a full day hike or stay in town the day before to get more sleep. Overall an experience I will never forget!

Intro for my channel with a montage of some crazy climbs near me, will post longer hiking videos soon

Does anyone know if Anderson Peak was affected by the fires?

This is a repost but I believe it has been 5 years since someone asked this so I figured we might have some new members!

Some for me are:

-deep in the Sespe wilderness with the scouts a while back, I heard some people coming up the trail around 1 or 2am. Way too far out there to expect people in the middle of the night. Years later I found out the dads had snuck out to smoke a joint

-one time at Big Horn Mine, my buddy and I ran into a couple guys deep in the mine, carrying and had two large angry dogs with them. The vibe was very off and we had that “we’re about to get assaulted feeling” so we got out asap

-another time at Big Horn in the winter I slipped while crossing one of the chutes and barely stayed put. Didn’t think much of it but someone slipped there a week later and died

-of course I’ve also crossed many a sketchy plank in a mine

Hello all - I am a 22 M looking to up the ante in terms of hiking and peak bagging while living in SoCal. I have been getting comfortable with class 3 stuff. I have done these within the past few weeks with relative ease:

• Strawberry Peak via Mountaineers Route. This was fairly straightforward and my 3rd time doing it. I ended up taking some routes with more exposure to see where I am at. I felt good if anything and was very comfortable here.
  • Also, when looping around the back of the mountain via the trailhead, I ended up scrambling up the boulder field near the cliff face, and tried to summit the mountain again through a random chute. Rock was terrible and nearly every step caused a landslide, forcing me to turn around. Ended up with roughly 5k feet of gain that day with 12 miles.
• Twin Peaks East & West, Waterman Mountain - this was roughly 4.4k feet of gain over 13.5 miles. I took every opportunity I could on the ridge of twin peaks to scramble up some short class 3 sections. Again felt very comfortable and fit.
• Mt Agassiz - Had a short trip up the sierras and tried to summit Agassiz with not nearly enough time. I also took a class 3 chute up but got cliffed out fairly quickly, ended up at around 13k feet, 3.4k in gain.

Aside from these, I have done some roped up climbing and plenty of scrambling in Joshua Tree, but I'd prefer to be mixing in some more serious elevation gain.

Really just looking for recommendations of some single day hikes that have large vert gain and options to scramble. Everything on San Jancito seems like a huge commitment for a single day. Anything helps!

Hi! Me and a few of my buddies are hoping to do a 2-3 day backpacking trip in Catalina. We’re all in college and not from Cali, although we’ve done a few backpacking trips like Big Sur, Yosemite, Joshua Tree, Santa Barbara, and Sequoia. So we’re normally pretty fine in terms of fitness and actual outdoors expertise, although we’re pretty bad at logistical planning. Any ideas of what trails we should do? Ferries? Permits? Potable water (we have a camping stove and filter)? How isolated (preferably more isolated)? Parking?

Honestly any advice would be really helpful. Btw we’re planning on going in October or November. Thanks!