Comments on: Hiking Mount Lawlor http://www.modernhiker.com/2007/01/22/mount-lawlor-hike/ A Hiking Blog for L.A. and Southern California Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:59:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Jessi Stensland http://www.modernhiker.com/2007/01/22/mount-lawlor-hike/comment-page-1/#comment-6776 Jessi Stensland Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:02:03 +0000 http://www.modernhiker.dreamhosters.com/2007/01/22/mount-lawlor-hike/#comment-6776 Wow. Thanks for maximizing the time we had for a small afternoon adventure. Didn't leave the house in Rancho Palos Verdes til 1pm and was back to our car and done with an absolutely epic hike-run-climb-boulder-scramble by just about dark (5pm). Temp was cool but perfect - 37 at the finish - but didn't feel like it. Our experience was much the same except for the part where we ventured off the trail - probably not the smartest thing we did - especially after finishing the rest of the hike and realizing just how cool and challenging even just staying on the trail was! Our experience went something like this: We went off the trail somewhere, on the way up, just past the use trail there. We were scrambling, but before we knew it (and when it as too late to go back the way we came) I swear we were free climbing that loose rock. Don't know how I didn't seriously bite it a few but some how clawed our way up super carefully - finally getting to a point where we hit the use trail and took that up to the summit. We ended up starting to descend down a different way than the use trail - not sure why - until we realized we were heading for another peak, not our car (at 415pm or so! Didn't start til 215pm) so we had to re summit (which i was not complaining about since the sunset was making for some awesome photos and i didn't have my camera as we were descending, but took it out as we re-summitted and couldn't stop taking photos.) Then then came down the use-trail which was the absolute most fun ever! We were descending during the most amazing sunset, perfectly cool temp, and by the time we were running down that final part of the trail, the color of the sky was insane. Didn't see a soul. Loved your review, and especially when you said, "I don't know why people don't do this more!!" I will tell you that thanks to that free climb, more than just our knees were beat but it was all worth it. Funny enough the Spanish bayonets became my friend if u can believe it...at times they were my only solid hold to get up that brush during our jaunt off the trail. I didn't even mind the gouges at that point. Haha. Thanks for the site. U rock! Will definitely be hitting you up in the future. Til next time...happy trails and keep up the epic adventures for us! Wow. Thanks for maximizing the time we had for a small afternoon adventure. Didn’t leave the house in Rancho Palos Verdes til 1pm and was back to our car and done with an absolutely epic hike-run-climb-boulder-scramble by just about dark (5pm). Temp was cool but perfect - 37 at the finish - but didn’t feel like it. Our experience was much the same except for the part where we ventured off the trail - probably not the smartest thing we did - especially after finishing the rest of the hike and realizing just how cool and challenging even just staying on the trail was!

Our experience went something like this:

We went off the trail somewhere, on the way up, just past the use trail there. We were scrambling, but before we knew it (and when it as too late to go back the way we came) I swear we were free climbing that loose rock. Don’t know how I didn’t seriously bite it a few but some how clawed our way up super carefully - finally getting to a point where we hit the use trail and took that up to the summit. We ended up starting to descend down a different way than the use trail - not sure why - until we realized we were heading for another peak, not our car (at 415pm or so! Didn’t start til 215pm) so we had to re summit (which i was not complaining about since the sunset was making for some awesome photos and i didn’t have my camera as we were descending, but took it out as we re-summitted and couldn’t stop taking photos.) Then then came down the use-trail which was the absolute most fun ever!

We were descending during the most amazing sunset, perfectly cool temp, and by the time we were running down that final part of the trail, the color of the sky was insane.

Didn’t see a soul. Loved your review, and especially when you said, “I don’t know why people don’t do this more!!”

I will tell you that thanks to that free climb, more than just our knees were beat but it was all worth it. Funny enough the Spanish bayonets became my friend if u can believe it…at times they were my only solid hold to get up that brush during our jaunt off the trail. I didn’t even mind the gouges at that point. Haha.

Thanks for the site. U rock! Will definitely be hitting you up in the future.

Til next time…happy trails and keep up the epic adventures for us!

]]> By: Hikes for Hiking’s Sake | Modern Hiker http://www.modernhiker.com/2007/01/22/mount-lawlor-hike/comment-page-1/#comment-6676 Hikes for Hiking’s Sake | Modern Hiker Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:13:28 +0000 http://www.modernhiker.dreamhosters.com/2007/01/22/mount-lawlor-hike/#comment-6676 [...] Mount Lawlor had a few surprises to offer up once I wasn’t concerned with accurately tracking trail junctions and waypoints — like interesting angles … [...] [...] Mount Lawlor had a few surprises to offer up once I wasn’t concerned with accurately tracking trail junctions and waypoints — like interesting angles … [...]

]]> By: Bryn http://www.modernhiker.com/2007/01/22/mount-lawlor-hike/comment-page-1/#comment-6276 Bryn Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:01:11 +0000 http://www.modernhiker.dreamhosters.com/2007/01/22/mount-lawlor-hike/#comment-6276 I'm torn between wanting to hunt you down, or make you my own personal hero for this one. This is one of the best hikes I've done in the San Gabriels, but my legs were already tired to begin with and by the time I got to the top I had no idea what was in store for them on the way back down! I’m torn between wanting to hunt you down, or make you my own personal hero for this one. This is one of the best hikes I’ve done in the San Gabriels, but my legs were already tired to begin with and by the time I got to the top I had no idea what was in store for them on the way back down!

]]> By: Modern Hiker - 60% Geek, 40% Granola » Hiking Strawberry Peak http://www.modernhiker.com/2007/01/22/mount-lawlor-hike/comment-page-1/#comment-291 Modern Hiker - 60% Geek, 40% Granola » Hiking Strawberry Peak Mon, 21 May 2007 15:01:37 +0000 http://www.modernhiker.dreamhosters.com/2007/01/22/mount-lawlor-hike/#comment-291 [...] You’ll also get some nice views of the neighboring - and less heavily traveled - ridge of Mount Lawlor. [...] [...] You’ll also get some nice views of the neighboring - and less heavily traveled - ridge of Mount Lawlor. [...]

]]> By: Casey http://www.modernhiker.com/2007/01/22/mount-lawlor-hike/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Casey Mon, 19 Feb 2007 04:23:25 +0000 http://www.modernhiker.dreamhosters.com/2007/01/22/mount-lawlor-hike/#comment-74 The trail does have some elevation changes on the way up to the saddle, but this just looks like bad math on my part. That's what I get for majoring in a communications field. Antler is correct in noting the total gain is just 1,300 feet. The elevations for my GPS look pretty accurate. I blame TopoFusion. Either way, this entry will be changed. Thanks for the heads up! The trail does have some elevation changes on the way up to the saddle, but this just looks like bad math on my part. That’s what I get for majoring in a communications field.

Antler is correct in noting the total gain is just 1,300 feet. The elevations for my GPS look pretty accurate. I blame TopoFusion.

Either way, this entry will be changed. Thanks for the heads up!

]]> By: Antler http://www.modernhiker.com/2007/01/22/mount-lawlor-hike/comment-page-1/#comment-73 Antler Sun, 18 Feb 2007 21:42:40 +0000 http://www.modernhiker.dreamhosters.com/2007/01/22/mount-lawlor-hike/#comment-73 How do you get 2820' of elevation gain out of the trip from Red Box (4660') to Lawlor (5957')? Fall off the trail a few times? Just kidding. Looks like your gps was jumping up and down a bunch while on the way from Red Box to the Strawberry/Lawlor saddle. How do you get 2820′ of elevation gain out of the trip from Red Box (4660′) to Lawlor (5957′)? Fall off the trail a few times? Just kidding.

Looks like your gps was jumping up and down a bunch while on the way from Red Box to the Strawberry/Lawlor saddle.

]]> By: The Vicarious Outdoorsman http://www.modernhiker.com/2007/01/22/mount-lawlor-hike/comment-page-1/#comment-31 The Vicarious Outdoorsman Tue, 23 Jan 2007 00:51:50 +0000 http://www.modernhiker.dreamhosters.com/2007/01/22/mount-lawlor-hike/#comment-31 I gotta say, I love this Google Earth feature. If you haven't tried it, you're missing out. TRY IT! It's easy! I gotta say, I love this Google Earth feature. If you haven’t tried it, you’re missing out. TRY IT! It’s easy!

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