Amy highlighted against a beautiful sky on the way to First Water.
February 2000
Amy highlighted against a beautiful sky on the way to First Water.
February 2000
Jim and Jill at the base of the falls.
February 2000
Jim and Carol near the radio relay tower (2nd "meadow"), top of Mt. Pinos.
March 2000
Jim and Carol, top of Mt. Pinos, near the interpretive sign.
Photographer is facing West.
March 2000
Jim, skiing up to the top of Mt. Pinos from the West.
March 2000
Jim, sitting in the remains of the shelter on top of Mount Lowe.
Note towers on Mt. Wilson in immediate background and snow on peaks in distant background.
March 2000
Louise, sitting in the remains of the shelter on top of Mount Lowe.
March 2000
The view from the top.
Looking North from the top of Mt. Lowe.
Peak with towers is Mt. Disappointment.
Peak to the right with trees is Mt. San Gabriel (partially obscured by the SSW trending
shoulder of Mt. Markham), tallest in the front range of the San Gabriels
(over 6000').
Note the 2 "view tubes" leftover from 1890's when the area was a resort.
March 2000
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Jim (left) and Derek, high on the shoulder of Throop Peak in the San Gabriels en route to
the CrossRoads Leadership Retreat.
Note the high desert of the Antelope Valley in background.
Jim (left) and Derek, on the summit of Throop Peak (9,188').
Note plaque on left
commemorating the 100th anniversary of Cal-Tech
(originally named Throop Polytechnic University) .
In background is Mt. Baldy.
Derek takes a tumble down a snow bank!
Pine trees are Lodgepole Pine pinus contorta var. contorta
and Limber Pine pinus flexilis
Jim in front of the small falls on the Fire Warden's Grove Trail in Tujunga.
This is actually the day after the Throop Peak Hike on the way back from the retreat.