Upper Millard, after the fire, before the rains

Hiker Ken Farley went up the Sam Merrill trail at the top of Lake Avenue -- way up -- last weekend and took a bunch of photos that depict both the devastation of the Station Fire and the remarkable landscapes that were saved.
The above shot is from Upper Millard Canyon looking to the east toward Mt. Disappointment and Mt. Wilson. You can see the burned out areas down below, and the beautiful greenery that remains.
Ken has more insight than your average bear into our mountains. He's a geophysicist and chair of the division of geological and planetary sciences at Caltech. I believe he was accompanied on the hike by his wife, fellow geologist Kristen Farley, a former academic herself who is the big boss of Pasadena Up & Moving, the exercise advocates who plan the monthly walks with the mayor around the Rose Bowl.
Both hikers are ultra-marathoners who know the mountains as well as anyone. Today and for the next coupla, no one is supposed to know the mountains as we stay out of them because of the intense danger of debris flows in this rain.
Comments
Actually the view is to the west down Grand Canyon to Millard. The closer lower hump is Brown Mountain and the bigger hump behind it is Mount Lukens, the highest point in the City of Los Angeles. Disappointment is to the photographer's right and Wilson is behind him. I know, picky, picky picky. I went up on Monday and have some more severe photos which I will circulate in the next couple of days-Paul
Posted by: Paul Ayers | October 14, 2009 1:56 PM
Actually the view is to the west down Grand Canyon to Millard. The closer, lower hump is Brown Mountain, the farther bigger hump is Mount Lukens, the highest point in the City of Los Angeles. Disappointment is to the photographer's right and Wilson is behind. I know, picky, picky, picky. I went up on Monday and have some more severe photographs which I will circulate in the next couple of days.-Paul
Posted by: Paul Ayers | October 14, 2009 1:59 PM
Lovely photo, shame it's such a sad picture - I loved Millard Canyon, it was so close to the big city but you'd never have known it.
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