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| Dennis Poulin | East Trail  Date Climbed: Oct 10, 2008 | |
| Nice hike, saw elk and the airplane. This completed the CoHP's of AZ for me. | |
| Posted Jul 15, 2009 12:57 pm | ||
| Dundeel | White Mountains Paradise Date Climbed: Sep 9, 2008 | |
| Long hike but beautiful country. Used the West Fork (Little Colorado River) Trail. The valley is full of big meadows and gurgling waters. The elk would occassionally bugle from deep in the woods. Add 2 miles RT for trail detour due to road construction on 273. There were also dozens of trees down across the trail. Some had been there for quite some time. | |
| Posted Sep 16, 2008 1:02 am | ||
| oldadit | Long Hike Date Climbed: Jul 5, 1992 | |
| Hiked in and out on west fork trail. Baby Molly got to ride a lot in child carrier. We went back the EZ way with whole family in 1999. | |
| Posted Aug 5, 2008 6:32 pm | ||
| goat14er | East Baldy Trail Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2007 | |
| Great long hike in the forests led to the timberline and expansive views in all directions. We summited as high as we could legally (The summit with the "O" on it on the Baldy topo), and could easily see the summit within the reservation. Wonderful trail and checked out the plane wreck too. The rock formations down lower on the trail made for great pictures. | |
| Posted Sep 4, 2007 2:03 pm | ||
| weeds19 | Nice hike Date Climbed: Oct 5, 2003 | |
| A beautiful fall hike! | |
| Posted Mar 9, 2007 10:12 pm | ||
| surgent | Twice - 2000 and 2004 Date Climbed: Sep 19, 2004 | |
| Have gone both routes (6/24/00 & 9/19/04). I think I like the southern route better (called East Baldy Route), which we did in 2004 in a steady rain. Elk heaven. Camped at the Winn CG and stayed awake all night due to the other-worldly elk wailing. My reports | |
| Posted Sep 12, 2006 10:57 pm | ||
| BCL | West Baldy, East Baldy, Crossover loop Date Climbed: Sep 19, 2005 | |
| Loop hike. | |
| Posted Feb 23, 2006 5:21 pm | ||
| ericnoel | Route Climbed: West Baldy Date Climbed: Dec 23rd 2005 | |
| A very nice hike on a clear winter day with no other hikers out on this day. There is hardly any snow or ice on the mtn so for now this one can still be done under fall like conditions. Imagine that, an 11,000 foot mountain with marginal snow in December. We don't see that in WA. Anyway, the reservation-forest service boundary is rather feebly marked. I was unable to discern with the naked eye if the Baldy knob or the other contour is higher so I visited both. Stopped at Los Dos Molenos in Springerville which is a good option for post hike grub. | |
| Posted Dec 24, 2005 9:23 am | ||
| AlphaZeus | Route Climbed: East Baldy Trail Date Climbed: October 1st, 2005 | |
| I made it. I thank God I am still alive. Read more in the report. | ||
| Posted Oct 2, 2005 5:47 am | ||
| trip4182 | Route Climbed: West Baldy #94 Date Climbed: July 17, 2005 | |
| Steady 8 mile ascent to peak. Exactly 3 hrs up and 3 hrs down. Accidentally trespassed on apache sacred ground at summit. Weather was perfect. | |
| Posted Jul 21, 2005 2:11 am | ||
| Ken Dammen | Route Climbed: West Baldy/ East Baldy to Crossover Loop Date Climbed: July 8, 2004 | |
| Beautiful hike/climb. Started at 0600 to avoid the afternoon monsoon storms. The loop was about 17 miles approx. The wrecked airplane on the East Baldy Trail is very interesting. | |
| Posted Aug 21, 2004 5:50 pm | ||
| Jeff Moore | Route Climbed: east baldy trail Date Climbed: summer '01, '99, '95 | |
| Always on the east baldy trail, did the loop once, but prefer the east trail. i also find its less crowed. dont miss the downed airplane. | |
| Posted Dec 20, 2003 9:04 pm | ||
| peakbagger | Route Climbed: West Baldy Trail Date Climbed: August 23, 2003 | |
| Arizona continues to amaze... To all of you who would believe that this place is a mere sandbox littered with cactus plants and rattlesnakes, I recommend a visit to the Arizona high country. If I had been dropped in by helicopter I would swear I was in Wyoming. The hike to the summit of Baldy was uneventful, despite a bit of trespassing on reservation territory. Our bold move onto res land was followed by eight members of a local hiking club, so obviously the top is not heavily guarded by men with shotguns. Make the judgement call as you like, but I saw no signs telling me to go away or get out, and I sure as hell was not going to hike for two hours only to get a view of the summit only a few hundred yards to the south. Camping in the Ft. Apache wilderness area, was definately the highlight of the trip. There seem to be awesome spots to pitch your tent around every bend in the trail. Our stand of firs had a creek running right through it. Killer to see so much green just a few ours from the true desert. | |
| Posted Aug 24, 2003 10:52 pm | ||
| charles97 | Route Climbed: West Baldy, East Baldy, Crossover loop Date Climbed: August 11, 2002 | |
| This is a beautiful day hike in the summer. The trail is mostly flat with a couple stretches of elevation gain via switchbacks. The loop is worth doing, but if you had to choose only one trail, do the East Baldy Trail. It offers the cool looking rock formations along the way. Unfortunately, I must have missed the sign that marks the reservation boundary, because I just kept going up and before I knew it, I was at the peak already. That's my excuse anyway (and happens to be true). | |
| Posted Aug 20, 2002 2:46 pm | ||
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