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| sistinas | Route Climbed: Old Baldy Trail  Date Climbed: May 11, 2008 | |
| Great climb... this was actually my third attempt (first time I had footwear problems, the second time I was sick and just out for the day). A bit hot starting out but it was pleasant at the summit. Annoyingly buggy the whole way up. | |
| Posted May 12, 2008 6:18 pm | ||
| goat14er | Old Baldy and Super Trails Date Climbed: May 4, 2008 | |
| Great day hike and escape from the heat below. Lots of bugs aruond Old Baldy Saddle, but suspect that won't last for too much longer | |
| Posted May 5, 2008 1:08 pm | ||
| Bob Bolton | With my wife! Date Climbed: Apr 21, 2008 | |
| Wonder of wonders, my wife made it to the summit of Wrightson! She was trashed but elated both at the top and back at the car. We used the Old Baldy Trail. Perfect day. | |
| Posted Apr 24, 2008 2:52 am | ||
| Dean | Outstanding hike Date Climbed: Apr 13, 2008 | |
| With Bill Bens and Rick Hartman, we went up the old Baldy trail. I really enjoyed this one and it could easily become my favorite in Arizona. | |
| Posted Apr 18, 2008 12:07 pm | ||
| Stu Brandel | Beautiful Hike Date Climbed: Apr 21, 1995 | |
| A wonderful place. The north and east side had a lot of snow, and I saw a large line of turkeys about half way up. | |
| Posted Dec 30, 2007 7:27 pm | ||
| Montana Matt | One of my favorites Date Climbed: Aug 15, 1999 | |
| One of my first hikes in Arizona. It is also one of my favorites. I have summited this peak numerous times from both the Old Baldy trail and coming up Florida Canyon. It is great to hike any time of year. | |
| Posted Sep 30, 2007 4:12 pm | ||
| hans.schenk | Via Old Baldy | |
| Climbed this in 1998. Did it several other times...in snow, and in heat! A classic summit in Southern AZ! | |
| Posted Sep 26, 2007 10:23 pm | ||
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| PeakMule | Re: Old Baldy Trail | |
| Sorry I didn't see your note until now. At the time of my hike, last summer, Old Baldy was the only trail open to Wrightson. The "Florida" fire did a real number on the others, particularly the route from Gardner Canyon. | |
| Posted Sep 5, 2007 11:46 am | ||
| ericnoel | Wrightson Date Climbed: Apr 19, 2007 | |
| Took the Super Trail to Josephine Saddle and then the Old Baldy trail for the rest of the way as well as down. A very pleasant hike and the grade is fairly gentle the whole way. Very expansive views from the summit. | |
| Posted Apr 20, 2007 12:25 am | ||
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| Andinistaloco | Re: Old Baldy Trail | |
| Peakmule, Are the Wrightson trails open to the summit now? Since I've moved out of Tucson it's harder to keep up with the news. If they are I'll make a note on the page. | |
| Posted Nov 22, 2006 7:20 pm | ||
| Dennis Poulin | Old Baldy Trail Date Climbed: Nov 13, 2006 | |
| This is a great hike on a fabulous trail. Lots of switchbacks near the summit. Fantastic views in all directions. | |
| Posted Nov 22, 2006 5:40 pm | ||
| PeakMule | Old Baldy Trail Date Climbed: Jun 30, 2006 | |
| Monsoons started early this year, so the hike from the trailhead to Old Baldy Saddle was hot and steamy. Paused at the saddle to wring out my hat, hankie and shirt, then zig-zagged up the switchbacks to the top and cool breezes. The tremendous view opened up on several thunderstorm cells with the potential to come my way, so I didn't linger. Roundtrip time: 5 hours. | |
| Posted Jul 6, 2006 2:41 pm | ||
| surgent | Once east, once west Date Climbed: Apr 24, 2004 | |
| Climbed this big guy in 1998 from the west via Super/Old Baldy trails. Very hot day - over 100 back at TH afterwards, 115+ in deserts. Yikes! Second time went with my wife via Gardner Canyon to the east. Just beautiful. One of AZ's finest overall peaks. | |
| Posted Mar 23, 2006 8:27 pm | ||
| chismsj | Route Climbed: Old Baldy Trail Date Climbed: December 31, 2005 | |
| Made it to the top in 2:40, with my fearless beagle in the lead. Quite windy on the summit, but bearable in a light jacket. Florida Fire damage minimal, with only a short stretch of burned trees between Baldy Saddle and the summit. I believe I was the only one to summit that day, as I found out upon returning to the trailhead that all trails above Josephine Saddle are closed due to the fire. You would not know this unless you did some trip recon on the web, or read the trail sign located near the restrooms, neither of which I did. There is one spot just above Josephine Saddle where the trail is washed out, and in several locations fallen trees block the trail, but all is manageable. It's my opinion that the route is easily hikeable, and should be opened soon. Bellows Spring had some water for the beagle. | ||
| Posted Jan 3, 2006 10:07 am | ||
| nebben | Route Climbed: Old Baldy trail Date Climbed: 5.28.05 | |
| 1:53 up, 1:30something down (ran about half of the trail down because of a close lightning strike). Beautiful views, even with the storm clouds brewing all around. Definitely an asset to Tucson residents (or even Phoenix area peeps as well). Very impressive cliffs along the ridge and next to the summit itself. | |
| Posted May 29, 2005 7:04 pm | ||
| Larry V | Route Climbed: Old Baldy Trail Date Climbed: Dec 31, 2004 | |
| Scenic hike. Encountered plenty of ice on the trail where shaded. | |
| Posted Apr 3, 2005 8:53 pm | ||
| RyanS | Route Climbed: Figure 6 Date Climbed: March 26, 2005 | |
| We hiked up the Old Baldy Trail, summitted Wrightson and then Ian (a wonderful peak in its own 'right'... I wish my camera hadn't crapped out on me, or I'd have submitted an SP page...). After that, we used the Super Trail to return to Josephine Saddle and we hiked back to the TH back on the Old Baldy Trail. A wonderful hike with a completely different character from our climbs of Wasson and Baboquivari on the previous two days. | |
| Posted Mar 27, 2005 2:17 pm | ||
| EastKing | Route Climbed: Old Baldy Trail Date Climbed: 3/4/05 | |
| Had good pics but I thought some punk in Tuscon stole my camera out of my car when I was mailing off packages!! I got a phone call from the hotel and they had found it. Thank God. As for the hike itself, it was surprisingly easy. There was ice on the northern switchbacks near the summit but not on the south. I went there to hike the mountain again two days later only to find it covered in snow and being hit by a number of thunderstorms. No trip to Tucson would be complete without this climb. | |
| Posted Mar 7, 2005 2:01 pm | ||
| mountaindog | Route Climbed: Old Baldy Trail Date Climbed: summer 1997 | |
| Great trail and area. Hotter than hell though. | |
| Posted Feb 8, 2004 10:49 pm | ||
| Felsberg | Route Climbed: old baldy Date Climbed: many | |
| this is one of my favorite mountains in the tucson area, been up on top with t-storms all around and each one a discrete mass of black clouds and lightning over the sonoita plains, its wonderful. climbed once barefoot after my barefoot ascent of crough patrick in ireland. had to put shoes on for the return trip. rewarding. | |
| Posted Dec 20, 2003 9:00 pm | ||
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