Inspiration Point Pavilion

September 17, 2011
Repairing Roof - damaged shingles

Below - Original 1996 photo postcard  Paul Ayers and Joel McCauley

The Pavilion or Ramada as some cal it, periodically needs maintenance.  The portion of the roof we are attending here is the most exposed to weather and the sun's heat.  The shingles are blown away by high winds which can be over 100 mph at times here.

Boy Scouts working on week removal            

Work Crew - December 5, 2009

At the Mt. Lowe Campground
We created another dam down the canyon anticipating a lot of
mud after the Station Fire

Photos provided by Brian Marcroft , Kevin Singleton, Robert Winters and Paul Ayers

/Driving up the Service Road to our destination....Cape of Good Hope from above

Several stops required to clear the road for passage....looking at some of the devastation

Getting tools at the Cape

The project begins near the Campground

The dam fencing after construction - Project completed

Notice that we purposely stacked large rocks at the base of the up side of the fencing so as to reinforce its strength against oncoming mud and debris

Time for chow

See our Debris Dam one week later after the rains.  It worked !!

Below, the dam we constructed the year before....still holds

Awesome views on a cold day

The area west of the Campground where the water flows through the
canyon is the location where we put the new dam

Looking south over the Phantom Sea

The Tom Sloan Saddle with Josephine Peak in the distance

The Tom Sloan Trail enters the devastation at the right center of the photo, the Mount Lowe Truck Trail can be seen faintly above it