Cucamonga & Etiwanda Peaks

THIS EVENT IS ACTIVE AND NOT CLOSED.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, PLEASE SIGN UP.

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Organizer: Mike Cheng

Location: Mt Baldy, CA

Hike difficulty: Advanced, Level 8/10

First Leg: Trail head to Icehouse Canyon Saddle

Distance: 7.2 miles

Elevation Gain: 2,600'

Time: 3.5 - 4 hours

Second Leg: Icehouse Canyon Saddle to Cacumonga Peak

Distance: 7 miles

Elevation Gain: 2,600'

Time: 3.5 - 4 hours

Trail condition: Single file trail, partially shaded

Weather report: Cucamonga Peak Weather (http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=34.23195777001729&lon=-117.5676155090332)

Water: Minimum 3 liters

Dog: No dog

Guest: No guest

Toilette: At the trail head

Carpool: Please sign up here. (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qXvuo_V0MoMoHovArnpdVvMq2d8wPMY46KJK0yVWFi4/edit?usp=sharing)

Liability Waiver: Required. This is the link. (https://www.hellosign.com/s/a89f5789)

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What to bring: hat, sunscreen, hiking poles, hiking boots, energy bar, lunch, snacks, water, and the usual stuff.

Direction: Take the 210 east and exit on Baseline Road (exit 52). Turn left at the light at the end of the ramp on to Baseline Road. Make the next right on to Padua Avenue. Drive 1.7 miles and turn right onto Mount Baldy Road (there will be a traffic light).

Continue up Mount Baldy Road for seven miles to Mount Baldy Village (where there is a visitor center) and drive another 2 mile to the intersection of Ice House Canyon and Mt. Baldy Road.

Turn left and parking by the side of the street. Get off your car and walk downhill. Turn left at the intersection. Trailhead is at the far end of the parking lot on your left side.

Parking: Public and street parking near the trailhead.

Adventure Pass: Required if you park in the parking lot.

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Please Chip In:

US Hiking is a social group for hikers. Our events are organized like house parties. Like a regular house party, it costs money to host one. It is customary for guests to help out any way they can to lessen burden on the host. That is the same for hikes. You can bring food, provide carpool or chip in to help out.

Suggested Event Contribution: $ 8 (Chip in link) (https://secure.meetup.com/USHiking/contribute/)

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Trail Description:

Ice House Canyon trail is one of the best hikes in the San Gabriels Mountains. We will hike up the heart of scenic Icehouse Canyon into the Cucamonga Wilderness to Cucamonga Peak (8862') and then to Etiwanda Peak (8662').

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Our Policy:

Profile photo: Anyone interested in joining US Hiking must have a profile photo showing his/her face. This is a requirement of our group. Without it, you will not be allowed to sign up for an event.

Waiting list priority: People who hike with with US Hiking regularly will be given priority when they are on the waiting list.

Advanced hikes: Anyone interested in participating in advanced hikes (>3,000' elevation gain or distance > 10 miles or Difficulty Level > = 7) will be subject to prescreening before his/her name will be added to the list. Therefore, interested hiker must share with the event host his/her recent hiking background to establish proficiency before his/her name will be added to the list.

Early departure: If a hiker needs to be separated from the group for any reason, he/she must inform the event host. Not knowing a hiker's where about may prompt the event host to report a hiker's missing to proper authority for further actions.

No show: If you sign up for an event but did not show up, you will be removed from the next event you sign up.

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Warning:

If you have prior medical condition or a family history of illnesses pertaining to heart, lungs, brain, etc. that can be aggravated by heat and physical exertion, this is not the hike for you.

If you have never done a hike of this distance or difficulty before, this hike will be very difficult for you. It may well be your death march. The mountain is not going anywhere. We will schedule this event again in the future. Do it when your mind and body are ready.

Hiking is a recreation, not a suicide mission.

Release of Liability:

The organizer (me) of this trip is a volunteer and is not a professional guide. The function of the organizer is only to organize this trip. Each person who signs up for a trip/hike/or outing is responsible for his or her own safety and the safety of his or her guests.

By signing up for this trip, or any other event organized by me, you are acknowledging that you are aware and have made your guests aware of the risks, dangers and hazards associated with any outdoor activity and freely accept and fully assume all such risks, dangers and hazards, and further agree to release and discharge the organizer (me) of this hike from and against any and all liability arising from your and your guest's participation in the group activities.

US Hiking, its organizer, assistant organizers, event organizers are not responsible for any injuries or accidents that may occur carpooling to and from this event, or for any injuries or accidents incurred before, during, and after this event. If you sign up or participate in an event you acknowledge that you freely and voluntarily agree to assume all risks of injuries and damages arising from, as a result of and associated with this event.

In addition, you and your guests are acknowledging that you agree to the Meetup terms of service especially paragraph 6.2: https://www.meetup.com/terms/