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San Gabriel Mountains > Mount San Antonio (Mount Baldy) > Climber's Log|
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| Mgross | Route Climbed: Baldy Bowl Date Climbed: June 5, 2004  | |
| A nice hike with good easterly views. Lots of people on the summit. I highly recommend doing this in Spring or fall. The Summer is a bit too warm. | |
| Posted Jul 19, 2004 6:10 pm | ||
| MelbaToast | Route Climbed: Devil's Backbone Date Climbed: October 1999 | |
| The Backbone Trail was intimidating in some places for an inexperienced hiker...steep sides that fall away for what looks like miles...but it was a thrill to get to the top. I forgot about getting back down! Fun trip that I'd love to do again. | |
| Posted Jul 7, 2004 1:46 am | ||
| pusdkq6ee | Route Climbed: hike up: Skit Hut Trail, hike down: Devils Backbone Date Climbed: July 4 2004 | |
| Every time going up there is an excitment.; good training hike. beautifull view eventhough there are many smog in S. Ca. GO THERE AGAIN AND AGAIN | |
| Posted Jul 4, 2004 7:28 pm | ||
| pusdkq6ee | Route Climbed: skit hut trail Date Climbed: June 26 2004 | |
| It is very steep. I hiked up before; may be I am older now. It was a good hike. psudkq6ee | |
| Posted Jul 2, 2004 10:17 am | ||
| RobertCharlesAltman | Route Climbed: Baldy Notch/Devil's Backbone Date Climbed: 6/20/2002 | |
| I enjoyed the area today. I took the road up to the ski area, and visited Thunder, Harwood and finally Baldy. I was very happy to see a herd of Bighorn Sheep up there and snapped some fine photos. Lovely area. | |
| Posted Jun 22, 2004 12:57 am | ||
| Shaun Matyas | Route Climbed: San Antonio Ski Hut Trail Date Climbed: February, 2003 | |
| This is the only hike in which I feel I cheated, we parked at the lot and paid to take the ski lift up, which feels weird without a snowboard under my feet, yet, from the hut, the hike was fun and the wind-n-snow added to the excitement. | |
| Posted Jun 11, 2004 7:54 pm | ||
| sierradiscgolfer | Route Climbed: Baldy Notch/Devil's Backbone Date Climbed: June 6, 2004 | |
| My first night time summit on a gorgeous moonlit night. I summitted at 2am, slept till ~6am and awoke to a huge swarm of moths. | |
| Posted Jun 8, 2004 10:39 am | ||
| Mike Zastoupil | Route Climbed: Devils Backbone / Ski Hut Date Climbed: 5/23/04 | |
| My dog and I had a great trip. It was great to get above the clouds. | |
| Posted May 27, 2004 1:52 pm | ||
| 395guy | Route Climbed: Bear Canyon/Baldy Village Trail Date Climbed: May 22, 2004 | |
| Great day for a hike. 6000' elevation gain on this steep 6-mile trip. Hiked with my hiking buddy Dan. Took our time. Headed up the trail at 6am. On top at 10:30am. Quite a few people on top (20-30?). Went over to west peak of Baldy before heading back down. The hike down is not too much fun due to its steepness and loose scree. First time up this trail, although second time on top of Baldy. Great hike. Met a man on the way up who was hiking this trail for the 123rd time! | |
| Posted May 22, 2004 8:47 pm | ||
| cbuelow | Route Climbed: San Antonio Ski Hut Trail Date Climbed: May 8, 2004 | |
| Did a loop hike -- up the Ski Hut Trail, down the Devil's Backbone Trail. The snowfield below the summit is only about 15 - 20 feet wide at this point. There were a few dozen people at the summit when I was up there. Visibility wasn't great at the top, but at least heat wasn't a factor. A great way to spend a Saturday morning! | |
| Posted May 8, 2004 7:54 pm | ||
| csundra | Route Climbed: Baldy Village Trail (Church Route) Date Climbed: September, 1995 | |
| Probably my first peak. I hiked it in college, almost 10! years ago. I went from Baldy Village with a bunch of very fit guys who kicked my butt. Despite being last to the top, and despite it being a smoggy day so you couldn't see anything, reaching the top felt great. It was an overnight trip, and we slept in rocky wind shelters at the top. I had just gone on my first backpacking trip a few months before, little did I know climbing was next. Ah, memories! | |
| Posted May 5, 2004 1:08 am | ||
| notinkansas | Route Climbed: Ski Hut trail as far as hut, then up creek bed to Harwood Date Climbed: May 2, 2004 | |
| Thought I’d try a different route this time to include Harwood. Most of the San Antonio creek bed was scree, which made it a little tough but it is a direct line to Mt. Harwood. Then down Harwood, and up Mt. Baldy. | |
| Posted May 3, 2004 10:05 pm | ||
| Reiksgib | Route Climbed: San Antonio Ski Hut Trail Date Climbed: April 24, 2004 | |
| Climbed this route on a beautiful clear day in SoCal. You could see Catalina and San Clemente Islands offshore. Snow was not significant as there were only a few patches on the switchbacks up above the bowl, and one small easily navigated snowfield just before the summit. Met Bud Halley at the Sierra Club hut; he is the yodeling guy. If you have been on this mountain enough, you have surely heard him. | |
| Posted Apr 26, 2004 12:43 pm | ||
| WhereAmI | Route Climbed: Ski Hut Date Climbed: August, 28, 2003 | |
| Training for a Colorado 14er and in the meantime I found a beautiful and worthy peak in it's own right. I did a big loop and ended up running down through quicksand like scree for a couple miles near the ski lift. I'm just glad I didn't go up that way. | |
| Posted Apr 23, 2004 3:07 am | ||
| StephaneFitch | Route Climbed: Devil's Backbone Date Climbed: March 20, 2004 | |
| Exceptionally mild day at the summit. My collaeague Bill Sherman and I ascended via the route that most people choose for a descent and vice versa: started at 6,200 feet, down the road from the trailhead (we'd run out of gas on the way in and had to stop a mile short); walked the fire road past the falls and all the way to Mt. Baldy ski lodge; then climbed to the summit via Devil's backbone route. Soft snow from the storms that hit L.A. two weeks ago will probably be gone in a month. We descended down the more direct route to the falls. Lovely day. | |
| Posted Mar 22, 2004 1:22 pm | ||
| ALGUIEN1 | Route Climbed: Bowl Trail Date Climbed: 03.18.04 | |
| Started from Manker flats at 7 AM and reached the top at 10:30. Great snow conditions to practice self arrest and to do some glissading. | |
| Posted Mar 21, 2004 10:05 pm | ||
| notinkansas | Route Climbed: Baldy Bowl Date Climbed: March 6, 2004 | |
| Snow was a little soft but I had to try going up the bowl. It was fun! Met rwkent on the summit. | |
| Posted Mar 13, 2004 1:45 am | ||
| Rick Kent | Route Climbed: Ski Hut / Baldy Bowl Date Climbed: 3/6/04 | |
| Hiked up the Ski Hut trail to the hut and then ascended directly up the bowl. Three feet of snow and the warm day made for a lot of postholing (and of course it was windy). | |
| Posted Mar 10, 2004 6:33 pm | ||
| Rick Kent | Route Climbed: Ski Hut / Devil's Backbone Date Climbed: 10/24/03 | |
| Hiked up via the ski hut trail and down over the Devil's Backbone. It as windy and one of the big fires was burning down near San Antonio Heights. The fire and wind must have scared everyone off. I was the only one on the summit. | |
| Posted Mar 10, 2004 6:32 pm | ||
| lidijagrazulis | Route Climbed: Up the Ski Hut Trail and down the Devil's Backbone Date Climbed: Summer 2001 (or was it 2002 - can't remember :P) | |
| Challenging and wonderful dayhike! | |
| Posted Feb 19, 2004 6:38 pm | ||
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