April 11, 2009 8:00 AM. 11 attended.
Mt Emma, Old Mt Emma, & Cole Point
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Please let me know what start time you want, I don't care. Right now I put 8 am.
Meet at 8 am, drive to trailhead
Start hike at 9:00
Done hiking by 5:00
Back to cars at rideshare by 6:00
Mt Emma and partners lie in the northern part of the San Gabriel mountains. It is named after Emma Pallett, the daughter of a ranching family around Devil's Punchbowl. Cole Point is named after a former Californian U.S. senator.
You should read Jerry Schad's description of part of this hike: http://tinyurl.com/cq.... We should get great views of the Mojave Desert as well as (hopefully) a bunch of wildflowers. Needless to say, as usual, this will be a strenuous hike.
Distance ~12-13 miles,
Elevation Gain ~ 4500 - 5000 ft gain.
Pace: 1500 ft gain / hour
Terrain: Use trail along ridge
Difficulty: 9/10
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A former member
i am thinking of putting this off until further scouting, thinking of some other big hike
Posted March 29, 2009 at 9:00 PM -
Joseph Aziz
Yep, it is always a good idea to diversify our hiking venues...
Posted March 30, 2009 at 4:25 PM -
Guido
Joe, how about something in the Southern Sierra (2 hour drive max).
Posted April 4, 2009 at 10:47 PM -
A former member
i'd be willing. also have to look out for potential rain/snow this week and saturday. So i have no idea right now
Posted April 6, 2009 at 6:07 PM -
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A former member
open to other ideas
Posted April 7, 2009 at 11:19 AM -
A former member
http://angeles.sierraclub.org/hps/signatures/10a.htm
Posted April 7, 2009 at 12:07 PM -
John Quan
I was looking into combing iron #3, condor, and fox from the north.
Posted April 7, 2009 at 7:49 PM -
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A former member
45 minute drive from rideshare...its up the angeles forest highway.
not sure how you get to iron #3 from the north? eventually, i want to drive up to mt gleason, then hike over to iron, condor and fox in one hike
Posted April 7, 2009 at 8:25 PM -
John Quan
from what i remember, I think the mt gleason road is how you do it.
Posted April 7, 2009 at 8:31 PM -
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Joseph Aziz
Can it be 8:30am? Half an hour of sleep makes a difference!
Posted April 8, 2009 at 3:10 PM -
Edd
John: Did Iron #2, Condor and Fox #2 from the north a few years back. If it's hot it's a grind. Went to Iron first, then Condor and Fox; tagged Gleason on the way out (not sure why - had to check it off the list, I guess). The trailhead is the highest part of the hike, making the trudge up the road at the end of the day a real, well... trudge. Not my favorite day. I can email the .tpo file if you want.
Posted April 8, 2009 at 3:37 PM -
Véro
Joe, I don't see the change even if you sent us an email.
Can I suggest something else than Senior Fish after the hike? I am afraid my body is mercury saturated by now :)Posted April 8, 2009 at 6:56 PM -
Guido
Do you want to do Cole first and the hike over to the Emmas? Kentucky Springs Canyon Road was closed the last time I was there because of the shooting range. I hiked up to Cole from near Aliso Canyon Road turn off. We can have a short car shuttle from there and Mount Emma Road to avoid the long trek back to the cars.
Posted April 8, 2009 at 9:15 PM -
A former member
my plan was to hike up to cole (the way you did) then take the ridge over to the Emmas...can we not cross the fireroad? then proceed to Mt Emma and old mt Emma. plan was to take the same way back. could descend from Old Mt Emma with car shuttle, but less miles and less gain
Posted April 8, 2009 at 9:42 PM -
Guido
sure, we should be able to cross the road...if we can dodge the bullets...
Posted April 8, 2009 at 9:58 PM -
A former member
here's a map of the trek, we'll probably do something similar but turn around at Old Mt Emma. http://www.gpsmountaineering.com/emma,oldemmaandcolepoint
Can print that, or get the Pacifico topo pdf from the website
Posted April 10, 2009 at 10:48 AM -
John Quan
alright, anyone who reads this before tomorrow's hike, then you already know this...here's some places to eat after which are 5 minutes away from the carpool spot.
Dona Marina (Mexican) http://www.yelp.com/biz/dona-maria-la-canada
Dish (American) http://www.yelp.com/biz/dish-la-canadaPosted April 10, 2009 at 10:58 PM -
Joseph Aziz
My pictures:
http://picasaweb.google.com/jonashat/MtEmmaOldMtEmmaAndCo...Posted April 11, 2009 at 10:39 PM -
A former member
all my stuff here: http://socalhikes.com/2009/04/cole-point-mt-emma-old-mt-e...
Posted April 12, 2009 at 10:58 AM -
John Quan
my pics and vid of Ze getting angry at the camera man for no apparent reason & a wild animal stalking ray!
http://socalhikes.com/2009/04/cole-x-2-emma-x-2-old-emma/Posted April 13, 2009 at 1:43 AM
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OfirWow this one definitely was a big time workout. Some parts were the steepest that I've ever done as far I can remember. Roller coaster hikes are not my favorite but I enjoyed it nonetheless. It was nice to see some wildflowers popping with color
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Ray A GuzmanIt should be Mt Cole, Mt Emma, Old Mt Emma, back to Mt Emma, and Mt Cole. For me the down hill was great. As far as the up hill goes I thought my time in this world was over. And the shooting noise from the pistol range did little to chase this thought from my from mind. How ever I did survive, and look forward to the next adventure ( attempt on my life ) with Ze`.
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GuidoDespite some confusing pre-hike information :-) it was a very nice day and hike. Great job everybody.
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VéroOf course, our organizer is reaching perfection :) I had no idea I was going to ride a roller coster today. Nice challenge, nice views.
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John QuanAnother underestimated hike! Regardless of the gain, this hike didn't seem so bad. Would I do it again? Perhaps. Except after Cole, instead of going north, I would like to hit up Pacifico and Roundtop. But that's something altogether different. Anyways, I still think we should have hiked down to Lancaster and ordered a pizza.
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would require us to do the Bridge to Nowhere hike, then hike up 4000 ft to the mtn.