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| Deb | Moonlight Ascent  Date Climbed: Jun 5, 2012 | |
| Hardy hike after sunset to spend the night on Baldy and descend Bear Cyn Trail in the morning. Great work-out and a great bottle of wine with cheese on the windy summit. Good times as usual with Heather. | |
| Posted Jun 7, 2012 12:59 am | ||
| MtnDoser | Day after a storm Date Climbed: Nov 5, 2011 | |
| Nice trek in the snow. Very cold up top. Took longer than expected due to snow. Loved every minute of it! | |
| Posted Nov 18, 2011 8:06 pm | ||
| klotito | prep for "crazy hikes" Date Climbed: Sep 20, 2011 | |
| I really liked this trail! Sort of a time trial to see how I'd do on tougher hikes (Iron Mt., C2C, etc). | |
| Posted Sep 20, 2011 5:41 pm | ||
| jspears0001 | Start early Date Climbed: Jun 19, 2009 | |
| First time up Baldy I went via the Devil's backbone and came down around 2pm. Hike was good, but man start early...it must have been 110 out, I'm bald, and I forgot sunscreen. Enough said. | |
| Posted Jan 15, 2010 6:01 pm | ||
| farrisgl | Completed several times once on Snowshoes Date Climbed: Jan 23, 2003 | |
| Climbed this great route several times, including once on snow shoes starting at about the 5,500 foot level, just a couple of days after a storm. No tracks but what a tough slug up and down the mountain. | |
| Posted Mar 22, 2009 1:34 am | ||
| MelitoIrpino | First time on this trail Date Climbed: Nov 23, 2008 | |
| After doing the Ski Hut and Devil's Backbone about 20 times over the years I finally gave this trail a try. It was a perfect day; slightly cool and no wind to speak of. It took me about 3 hours and 10 minutes up and 2 hours 15 down. I really enjoyed this trail, not too many people on the trail and a very good workout. Not sure if I would put this one as more difficult as Vivian Creek. I'll definitely do this trail again. | |
| Posted Nov 23, 2008 10:00 pm | ||
| SoCalHiker | Adverse weather conditions Date Climbed: Oct 4, 2008 | |
| Started in the village at very light drizzle. Between Bear flat and the ridge fog with some sunny patches. The last 2 miles to the summit very, and I mean very strong winds and rain at almost freezing temperatures. Had to take cover in one of the rock shelters on the summit; returned via ski hut since I was afraid of the winds on the backbone. Intense but rewarding experience. | |
| Posted Oct 5, 2008 11:42 pm | ||
| Augie Medina | Part of an Ultra | |
| I've done this trail a few times including once in the Baldy Peaks 50K ultramarathon where it was the route to the first ascent of Baldy in the race. The second ascent was via the Ski Hut trail. | |
| Posted Jun 23, 2008 2:28 pm | ||
| EManBevHills | A Grand Day Date Climbed: Apr 27, 2008 | |
| Expected a scorcher but it was quite pleasant. Crampons were not needed. | |
| Posted Apr 28, 2008 12:42 pm | ||
| Vic Hanson | Great Hike! | |
| Did it sometime in 2002 for my second Baldy summit, the first time was from Manker Flats to the ski lodge and Devil's Backbone. | |
| Posted Apr 1, 2007 4:35 pm | ||
| EManBevHills | With Moki (Dog) Date Climbed: Jul 20, 2006 | |
| Will Wyles' dog is a trooper. Where's the shade? | |
| Posted Jan 19, 2007 1:27 am | ||
| MtnAv8r | Long and Never Ending | |
| Did this one in a snow storm. Topped out in 80 mph winds, and white out. Its long and dreadful in all seasons. | |
| Posted Jan 13, 2007 6:51 pm | ||
| itpimps | Long but rewarding Date Climbed: Dec 2, 2006 | |
| This route is a great alternative to the Ski Hut route. It was quite windy for the last mile or two since you are quite exposed. Hiking this route gives much better views along the way. I'll be sure to do this in the summer :) | |
| Posted Dec 8, 2006 4:21 am | ||
| MelbaToast | Long and Hot | |
| Training route for an early September one-day Mt. Whitney climb. Perfect! We did the Devil's Backbone trail too and didn't have a lot of trouble with Whitney. (We didn't do them in the same day, but that's an idea -- a very sadistic idea, but it would get you in shape for sure) | |
| Posted Oct 8, 2006 7:05 pm | ||
| SkydiveKen | work out Date Climbed: Jul 23, 2005 | |
| First time on this trail. Tough route but not too much traffic. Have to try this in winter. PICS | |
| Posted Jul 14, 2006 3:38 pm | ||
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