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THE LOOKOUT Volume XLV I Number 4 July - August 2009 OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER of the HUNDRED PEAKS SECTION Angeles Chapter THE LOOKOUT Volume XLV I Number 4 July - August 2009 OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE HUNDRED PEAKS SECTION Angeles Chapter Caltrans Opens Angeles Crest Highway On Wednesday, May 20, 2009 Caltrans opened the eleven mile stretch of the Angeles Crest Highway from Islip Saddle to Vincent Gap which had been closed for several years. After a brief ceremony marking the completion of a new bridge that spanned a completely washed out section of roadway, Caltrans workers opened gates at Vincent Gap and at Islip Saddle, and vehicles once again were able to drive the length of the Angeles Crest Highway from Wrightwood to La Cañada. Once again we HPSers will be able to start our hikes to peaks such as Throop, Lewis, Hawkins, Burnham, Copter Ridge and other peaks from Dawson Saddle; or we can devise practical hikes involving car shuttles that span the newly opened stretch of highway. The newly constructed bridge on the Angeles Crest Mileages from La Cañada on Highway just west of Vincent Gap. the Angeles Crest Highway Hundred Peaks Section Members Honored Location Highway Marker Miles at Angeles Chapter Banquet La Cañada 24.63 0.0 Dark Canyon 30.02 5.39 Angeles Forest Hwy 33.80 9.17 Switzer’s 34.14 9.51 Colby Trail Head 34.50 9.87 Red Box 38.38 13.75 Barley Flats T/O 42.60 17.97 Mt Sally (east end) 45.00 20.37 Vetter/Mooney 47.54 22.91 Three Points (Hillyer) 52.95 28.22 Cloudburst Summit 57.21 32.58 Akawie Trail Head 57.72 33.09 Kratka Ridger 60.54 35.91 From left, George Wysup, Ignacia Doggett and Wayne Tunnels (west end) 62.97 38.34 Bannister at the Chapter Banquet Islip Saddle 64.10 39.47 Windy Gap 66.26 41.63 At this year’s Angeles Chapter Awards Banquet, Dawson Saddle 69.42 44.79 several members of the Hundred Peaks Section were Vincent Gap 74.61 49.98 honored. Wrightwood 81.00 56.37 George Wysup received the Elna Bakker Nature Interpretation Award. Ignacia Doggett, Wayne Bannister r The route 1 trail head for Kratka Ridge was formerly and Virgil Popescu received Outings Service Certificates, known as Vista Picnic site. while Ingeborg Prochazka received a Special Service Certificate. Virgil Shields received the Phil Bernays The Adopt - A - Highway section of the Angeles Service Award. Crest Highway is the five miles of highway from mileage 51.4 to 56.4 as measured from La Cañada. Congratulations to all! HUNDRED PEAKS SECTION MEMBERSHIP REPORT – MAY 2009 By Greg DeHoogh ACHIEVEMENTS: List Finish #10 #3 – Peter Doggett – 5/9/09 – Madulce Peak 200 Leads #21 – Pat Vaughn – 4/22/09 – Little Shay Mountain 100 Explorers #6 – Peter Doggett – 6/24/07 – Delamar Mountain 1000 Peaks #13 – Edith Liu – 4/18/09 – Mount San Antonio #14 – Ignacia Doggett – 8/31/08 – Silver Peak 100 Peaks #1115 – Snezana Boro Zdravkova – 5/9/04 – Mount Lukens 25 Snowshoe Peaks #16 – Jim Fleming – 3/14/09 – Onyx Peak #1 NEW MEMBERS NEW SUBSCRIBERS DONATIONS Mary Holle Mark W. McCreary Keith Christensen - $23 Bruce Vogt Tom Sudeck - $8 MEMBERSHIP COUNTS: 314 Members (267 primary + 47 household) 43 Subscribers 357 Total ur newsletter, The Lookout, is published six times a year. 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McDill on April 11th, cleanup and outing went very smoothly, with some very with two hikes and a mountain bike trip, was very "interesting" items recovered, including a couch, front successful. This peak, which was formerly on the HPS portion of a motorcycle, etc. Just another day in the San List, brought much interest from so many of our Gabriels! members. I think it will be a terrific re-addition to the List And later in the month of May, our Banquet in time (hopefully, soon). The summit is in the Sierra Speaker from this past January attained the summit of Pelona range, north of Mint Canyon, and overlooks the Mt. Everest. YES! Bill Burke, on his third attempt, Antelope Valley to the north and Mt. Gleason area of the reached the highest summit on earth to complete the San Gabriels to the south. This area is not as popular a Eight Summits trek that he has been working on for hiking area as many in the mountains, but features years. For details, you can go to his website at wonderful canyons, ridges, and views for little effort. eightsummits.com. As I write this, he is on his way home The following weekend, in San Diego County, from Nepal. Namaste, Bill! I know that may of our was our annual Spring Fling at Foster Lodge in the members have been following along on this adventure. Laguna Mountains. Multiple hikes to most (if not all) the Whew! I probably have not mentioned many of our Cuyamaca and Laguna summits were led by our great activities, forgive me if I missed anything. leaders, and an enjoyable time was had by all. On May This summer will continue the fine traditions of 2nd, two of our members, Peter Lara and Sandy the Section, with many fine outings to our higher peaks. Sperling, were wed at Falls View, near the base of Our 16th Annual Waterman Rendevous, scheduled for Yosemite Falls in Yosemite Valley. It was an incredibly Saturday, July 25th, features six different hikes, all of beautiful setting, awe inspiring, and very wonderful to see varying levels of difficulty, to appeal to all abilities. Join Peter and Sandy and their families so happy. I wish that us - it will be mucho fun! We are also co-sponsoring a everyone in HPS could have been there! number of Mule Pack trips to the Sierra Nevada The next day, at the Chapter Banquet, several of Mountains, a great opportunity for our members to our members were recognized and awarded for their explore the "Range of Light." And, don't forget to attend contributions to the Chapter.
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