Thursday, February 2, 2012
Tongva Peak 11/2011
This is nice maintenance hike off from several different routes. A fire road once went up here but hasn't been used in many years. A lot of sumac, buckwheat, sage, yucca, sugar bush, scrub oak, manzanita, and chamise all exist up here (with other small plants). Great views of the L.A. from it's 2900 foot summit.
More Baden Powell hike 9/2011
More pics...this has a very good vantage point in order to see most of the San Gabriel range.
Mt Baden Powell 9/2011
Some nice pics of this steep sided mountain. Hike was on a nice summery type day. Noted bighorn sheep about 25% of the way up. Conifers in better shape in places...beyond the pine blister beetle infestations. One can "bag peaks." That is hike several in a day. In this area one could go up Mt Islip, Mt Hawkins, Throop Peak, Mt Burnham and Mt Baden Powell in a day. Above 8500 feet much more alpine conditions greet the hiker. The swarthy limber pine is seen at this elevation...holding it's own for a 1000 years despite harsh weather and fires.
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