Well, I was looking to do another snowshoeing trip, but something a little bit more mellow this time around. Icehouse Canyon is evidently a popular snowshoeing…
I have seen signs warning about mountain lions, rattlesnakes, and bears, but never one warning about New Zealand Mudsnails!
The creek running down Icehouse Canyon amidst the snow. One of the more picturesque spots I have seen in the Mt. Baldy area.
One of the many foundations of old cabins, evidently from a long time ago. There are still inhabited cabins in a few spots before you enter the Cucamonga…
Late morning sunrise in Icehouse Canyon. I will actually see the sun rising and setting from almost the exact same location today. I saw one human just in from…
Another look at the creek cutting through the snow. The snow is getting deeper as I gain elevation. There is a deeply grooved trail all the way up to the saddle…
Almost at the saddle. Looking down the steep ascent the last little ways to the ridge. The trail cuts a chute right down the valley. And it looks like a few…
Made it to the saddle! A picture looking down over the other side. I now realize that this is the end of the popular Icehouse Canyon snowshoeing area. Things…
If I want to keep going, I have two options. Either South towards Cucamonga Peak or North towards Telegraph Peak. Originally, I had planned on Cucamonga Peak,…
The trail heading towards Timber Mtn. Much less traffic than the trail thus far. But as long as I have good set of prints to follow, things will be easier.
The first "T" peak, Timber Mtn. Evidently it used to be called Chapman Mtn. Either that or I'm in the wrong place!
A blank sign marking the peak. Doesn't instill much confidence.
Here lies the end of the snowshoe tracks from whoever came up here before me. Evidently Timber Mtn was as far as they wanted to go (or they were smarter than I…
The first view of my destination. Telegraph Peak is actually the second from the left. It's funny how elevations can be deceiving from a distance. It also looks…
In my previous set of Baldy snowshoeing pictures, I neglected to mention my hatred of cross-traversing. What is traversing? Picture hiking a dry trail cutting…
Why is it dangerous? Because often to your downhill side, you have something that looks like this. You may not be able to tell in the picture, but this is a…
I have reached the next saddle before starting the ascent to Telegraph Peak. There is a huge lip of snow along the ridge here. I'm not sure if avalanches occur…
A look back up at my trail coming down from the last peak to the saddle here. I've noticed that my snowshoes don't seem to cut as deep as other tracks I see.…
There are a lot of these barren little trees or shrubs up here, which look pretty cool against the snow.
On my way up to Telegraph Peak (on the right). The topo map says the next portion of the trail is over 1000' gain in less than a mile. Not going to be fun.…