San Gabriel MountainsBaldy Bowl Climber's Log
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| zoomloco | Excellent access for snowboarding  Date Climbed: Mar 1, 2011 | |
| Faster and more fun than summer ascents; Second time this winter; the most convenient mountain route to shred in SoCal (though not the best- see san J's Snow Creek Couloir). TR on triple crown snowboarding here: http://pullharder.org/2011/04/13/the-socal-triple-crown-shredding-the-range-highpoints/ | |
| Posted Jul 7, 2011 12:42 pm | ||
| Darren9 | Great practice area Date Climbed: Jan 29, 2011 | |
| Baldy bowl is a fun place to practice mountaineering skills. | |
| Posted Jan 30, 2011 6:55 pm | ||
| haishan | Nice conditions Date Climbed: Jan 1, 2011 | |
| Skinned up the center of the bowl alongside 30+ new friends on a beautiful New Years Day. Big mistake to ski back down the S ridge, nothing but wind-swept breakable crust. | |
| Posted Jan 18, 2011 1:28 am | ||
| DukeJH | Good Day Date Climbed: Jan 8, 2011 | |
| Self arrest practice in the bowl and an ascent left of the rocks. Snow what slushy but to be expected at 42 F. | |
| Posted Jan 10, 2011 3:45 pm | ||
| SierraCJ | Lots of traffic Date Climbed: Jun 14, 2009 | |
| From Manker to Hut lots of traffic. Deviated from hut trail and went straight up bowl. Wonderful trip. | |
| Posted Jan 7, 2011 1:05 pm | ||
| MtnDoser | Icy but fun Date Climbed: May 16, 2010 | |
| cut across to the summit | |
| Posted Dec 17, 2010 1:36 am | ||
| Bill562 | Ski climb/descent Date Climbed: Apr 17, 2010 | |
| Totally windless and warm. Spring corn conditions. | |
| Posted Apr 17, 2010 10:51 pm | ||
| jspears0001 | Nice Day Out Date Climbed: Apr 10, 2010 | |
| Nice day, good snow, but very windy once we crested the top ridge prior to the last slope to the summit. | |
| Posted Apr 16, 2010 11:18 am | ||
| mdostby | Another fun day on Baldy Date Climbed: Dec 26, 2009 | |
| Climbed one of the chutes in the bowl with a group of good friends that "forjan" put together. Some went up the main trail and some up the bowl. We came down the devil's backbone. Bypassed the "crux" by climbing up to the ridge proper of the backbone then descending the ridge all the way. Very hard snow conditions in the upper bowl. All in all a great day in the mountains with great friends! | |
| Posted Dec 27, 2009 2:58 pm | ||
| fossana | fun day with the socal crew Date Climbed: Dec 26, 2009 | |
| Thanks to Miguel for rounding up the SoCal mountaineering crew (I tagged along only as a pseudo mountaineer). Great group and other than the windy summit, a pleasant day. | |
| Posted Dec 26, 2009 7:52 pm | ||
| LMo | Monday Morning Date Climbed: Mar 16, 2008 | |
| Started up about 5:30a from Manker Flats, topped out at 9. Awesome way to spend a Monday morning. | |
| Posted Mar 27, 2009 12:39 pm | ||
| farrisgl | Prefer this route in the Winter Date Climbed: Jan 15, 1971 | |
| I have done this route 5 times. Easier with snow on the route. I hate scree slopes. | |
| Posted Mar 22, 2009 1:28 am | ||
| Alex Wood | Cold! Date Climbed: Feb 15, 2009 | |
| Freezing at the top. Great day and an amazing climb. Thanks Blair and Aaron! | |
| Posted Feb 16, 2009 12:05 am | ||
| Blair | Windy at the Summit Date Climbed: Feb 15, 2009 | |
| Went up with Aaron and Alex. Aaron gets the kudos for braking trail up the snow slog. Cold and blowin 30+ at the summit, my 2nd baldy summit. My winter ascent! UPDATE- Ski Descent, sort of... 1-24-10 With Aaron again, we skied the Bowl. Fell numerous times, lucky I got out unscathed! | |
| Posted Feb 15, 2009 9:18 pm | ||
| nwhitcomb | lessons learned Date Climbed: Mar 19, 2008 | |
| First ascent of bowl, solo. Got a late start and had some trouble with my crampons, wound up hitting the top near sunset, learning a valuable lesson about climbing in the dark as I got a little lost on the way down. Made it out eventually, though, thanks in part to directions from a helpful snowmobile mechanic. Will be sure to head up earlier next time. | |
| Posted Dec 27, 2008 12:29 am | ||
| hol571 | Baldy Bowl Date Climbed: Feb 9, 2008 | |
| Beautiful day and a great climb | |
| Posted Oct 29, 2008 2:22 pm | ||
| Augie Medina | Super Bowl Sunday Storm Date Climbed: Feb 3, 2008 | |
| Did the Bowl with Travis, Taco Del Rio and Tom Becht in a howling storm with whiteout conditions and severe winds at the top. Great adventure with a great groups of guys. | |
| Posted Jun 23, 2008 2:18 pm | ||
| Augie Medina | Super Bowl Sunday Storm Date Climbed: Feb 3, 2008 | |
| I've done several snow climbs of the bowl, the last being during white-out conditions and severe winds at the top with Taco Del Rio, Travis and Tom Becht. Memorable day with a fabulous group of guys. | |
| Posted Jun 23, 2008 12:56 pm | ||
| johnm | Baldy Bowl Date Climbed: Feb 9, 2008 | |
| The bowl was in great shape with well consolidated snow. Went right up the center. Plenty of blue ice under the snow near the top. Mild temperatures with deep blue skies. Great way to spend the day! | |
| Posted May 23, 2008 4:11 pm | ||
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