The Outdoors Thread

[gotbeer]

Personal best.  20 miles on the Mt. Wilson hike yesterday.  A bit hot, but found a group of people to hopefully do a bunch of hikes with.  Someone pass me the drugs.

Not sure what kind of snake this was.  Looks like a rattler, but it didn't have a rattle on him.  

 

[Jay]

41 minutes ago, gotbeer said:

Personal best.  20 miles on the Mt. Wilson hike yesterday.  A bit hot, but found a group of people to hopefully do a bunch of hikes with.  Someone pass me the drugs.

20 miles. Brutal. I can do about 8. Well maybe I could do more but 8 is enough.

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

46 minutes ago, gotbeer said:

Personal best.  20 miles on the Mt. Wilson hike yesterday.  A bit hot, but found a group of people to hopefully do a bunch of hikes with.  Someone pass me the drugs.

Not sure what kind of snake this was.  Looks like a rattler, but it didn't have a rattle on him.  

 

That’s insane. Awesome work.  

[Jason]

6 hours ago, Jay said:

20 miles. Brutal. I can do about 8. Well maybe I could do more but 8 is enough.

[PattyD22]

On 4/22/2024 at 9:58 AM, gotbeer said:

Personal best.  20 miles on the Mt. Wilson hike yesterday.  A bit hot, but found a group of people to hopefully do a bunch of hikes with.  Someone pass me the drugs.

Not sure what kind of snake this was.  Looks like a rattler, but it didn't have a rattle on him.  

 

Great job @gotbeer.  I can’t tell you how many morons we had to fly out of there on our Air Squads because they thought they could do that hike to Switzer Falls in flip flops and a 16 oz water in the summertime.

[cals]

I read a story today about another Asian person dying while hiking in SoCal.  They really need to pass a law.

[gotbeer]

2 hours ago, cals said:

I read a story today about another Asian person dying while hiking in SoCal.  They really need to pass a law.

Yeah, actually pretty tragic.  It was 2 canyons over from me when I did my hike.  Was wondering what the helicopters were for.  I even commented to one of my hiking partners, that it was a sheriffs helicopter, so definitely a rescue somewhere.  By the "died of blunt force trauma", that's either she fell off the trail, or more likely, tripped and hit her head on a rock.  And that trail she was on was a more moderate one too according to alltrails.

[PattyD22]

20 hours ago, PattyD22 said:

Great job @gotbeer.  I can’t tell you how many morons we had to fly out of there on our Air Squads because they thought they could do that hike to Switzer Falls in flip flops and a 16 oz water in the summertime.

 

20 hours ago, cals said:

I read a story today about another Asian person dying while hiking in SoCal.  They really need to pass a law.

 

18 hours ago, gotbeer said:

Yeah, actually pretty tragic.  It was 2 canyons over from me when I did my hike.  Was wondering what the helicopters were for.  I even commented to one of my hiking partners, that it was a sheriffs helicopter, so definitely a rescue somewhere.  By the "died of blunt force trauma", that's either she fell off the trail, or more likely, tripped and hit her head on a rock.  And that trail she was on was a more moderate one too according to alltrails.

This could be one of the people I was mentioning in my response regarding hiking in flip flops and a small 16.9 oz Arrowhead water.

Then again, she may have been wearing Crocs also.  Very popular hiking shoes in the Asian community.  With all due respect.

[gotbeer]

Saw my buddy dumpster diving today.

[katie]

First picture I took in 2014. Second picture I took today.

[Jay]

That's a bummer.

[gotbeer]

Going up Baldy this Sunday.  Should be a beautiful snow hike, especially since it's supposed to snow a little bit overnight.  

[Blarg]

Wear warm socks under those crocs.

[gotbeer]

Nothing worse than getting up early all ready to hike. Driving an hour and a half to the trail. And just as you are about to get off the freeway, your tire low pressure light comes on. Get out to check your tires and you hear a hissing coming out of one. So now sitting at Walmart waiting for them to open since they are the only ones open early on a Sunday.

[gotbeer]

Someone needs to get their legs broken in the middle of the forest, in the middle of the night, naked, covered in honey and berries so the wolves and bears can fight over the scraps.

Dog owners beware: treats full of fish hooks found on Appalachian Trail

[Jay]

Beautiful Spring day in SW Idaho.

[gotbeer]

Baldy. Man it was just perfect conditions. A lot more difficult than I remember it, as it's supposed to be a 7-8 hour hike and took us over 12.but no wind, snow on the ground, sunny weather but it was never hot.  Not that many people also. Never seen that at this peak. Maybe a handful of people on the peak.

Waterfalls at the beginning of the hike

Ski hut. The docent or whatever volunteer was there so we got to look around inside. Guy made bacon, sausages, and rolls for the hikers.

Looking down one of the false peaks that didn't have snow.

This a straight look down Baldy Bowl. When there is snow people alpine mountaineer up this sheer wall.

One of the snow fields near the top.

Cucamonga peak in the background.

The marker at the summit.

Edited May 13 by gotbeer

[Tank]

have you climbed san gorgonio yet?

[gotbeer]

9 hours ago, Tank said:

have you climbed san gorgonio yet?

I have in the past. This year I'm going to camp at the peak with my hiking group.

[gotbeer]

Really pushing myself this week. Baldy last sunday, Wilson yesterday, and Ontario peak this Sunday.

One of the streams along this trail.

Flowers.

This is what it looks like above the marine layer.

And one of the greatest apps ever invented. Peak finder. Worth the $5.

[gotbeer]

Solo'd the third hike of the week.  Ontario Peak.  It was beautiful conditions, not too cold, not too hot.  Snow on the ground.  Not crowded.  Snow made it a really tough hike.  

Small waterfall that you first encounter.

This waterfall though.  Never seen it before, and it was pretty grande.  From the snowmelt above.

And the final waterfall.  This is part of the main stream, and is running well because of all the snowmelt.

Mt. Baldy from one of the ridges.  

Overlooking the IE.  I believe that is Santiago peak way off in the distance.

In 2 weeks, Cucamonga Peak.

That's Ontario Peak in the distance.  The snow was a challenge again.  

The view from the peak.

[Tank]

18 hours ago, gotbeer said:

That's Ontario Peak in the distance.  The snow was a challenge again. 

you were wearing crocs again, weren't you?

[gotbeer]

1 minute ago, Tank said:

you were wearing crocs again, weren't you?

I was wearing shorts.  Does that count?

[Tank]

1 hour ago, gotbeer said:

I was wearing shorts.  Does that count?

close enough. 

[PattyD22]

Spring is such a great time to play golf in Big Bear.  The first picture is looking back towards the tee box on the Par 5, 4th hole and the 2nd pic is the tee box on the Par 3, 8th hole.

Bear Mountain Golf Course is a pretty cool, challenging 9 hole course.  If you ever come up, I’d highly recommend playing it.