Guides and Trips
Trips
I thought I would have to wait until springtime to try and locate Bighorn Mine. I had been up there earlier before the big rains came a few months back and found out later that there was an old Lapis Lazuli mine and I had been only a couple hundred feet away from the supposed location. http://www.mindat.org/loc-88088.html
So with this dry spell Mace and I started up Saturday morning from Barrett-Stoddard parking area...
Whenever I’m in Las Vegas I always try to sneak away and do some hiking in the Mt.Charleston area. With Mt.Charleston at 11,918’ and Mt.Mummy at 11,528’ it can be 100 degrees in Vegas and 60 up there. This trip I wanted to hike to Mt.Mummy from the East side. The West approach from KyleCanyon is more popular while the east side is steeper and shorter with a 3rd class gully and...
There are 11 peaks in the Mt. baldy area which are very popular day hike destinations. Having done these at one time or another I decided to see if I could do all 11 in one day. With no luck getting my usual victims to join me I started from Ice House at 6:00 A.M. Saturday. I needed my headlamp for the first 15 minutes or so but once I was in...
The 17 peak San Gorgonio traverse was one hike I’ve been wanting to do for awhile now. I was finally was able to persuade two of my good hiking friends, Brian Mason and Bill Simpson to accompany me over Labor Day weekend. I had mapped out the traverse from Fish Fork trailhead and ending at Angelus Oaks trailhead, which worked out to around 37 miles. Bill suggested a few changes, which consisted...
