395guy - Aug 6, 2006 10:18 pm Date Climbed: Aug 5, 2006
2 Eagle Scouts on Baden-Powell
My brother, my son (7yo), and I hiked up Mt Baden-Powell from Vincent Gap. The three of us had our picture taken at the Baden-Powell monument on top... 2 Eagle Scouts and hopefully 1 future Eagle Scout. Perfect day for a hike 60s-70s and cloudless blue skies.
As we were leaving to head down the trail, we met a rather serious looking trail-runner. We discovered that this was Jorge Pacheco of Los Angeles who has won the Angeles Crest 100-mile endurance race 3x (2001, 2003, 2004). He was out doing a 40-mile training run (b2b with another 40-miler the next day). I had my picture made with him right at the Wally Waldorf tree (where Jorge was looking for some water bottles he had stashed). In the background of my picture, you can see the sign announcing this as the high point (9300') for the Angeles Crest 100. Really cool that I met him at this point.
skotty - Jul 10, 2006 9:40 pm Date Climbed: Jun 10, 2006
Fun local climb
Decent local training hike - steep from the start.
BLT - Jun 26, 2006 1:07 am Date Climbed: Jun 25, 2006
Baden-Powell
Did Baden-Powell from Vincent Gap: uneventful and a bit warm. Angeles Crest Hwy access to Vincent Gap is still from the east only.
banjobonch - Jun 19, 2006 1:15 am Date Climbed: May 14, 2006
Baden Powell
My last time in my favorite mountains before moving to...??...Texas???
tongos2 - Jun 7, 2006 5:57 pm Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2005
vincent gap to dawson saddle and back
started from vincent gap at 10:35 AM, made Dawson Saddle, the road at 1:30 PM, hiked back and made vincent gap at 4:30 PM, touched summits of baden powell, burnham along the way. just under 6 hours. It was a very hot day, high nineties, ran out of water before descending the switchbacks down to vincent gap. Impressive views of the sierra and the ocean areas. 17 miles.
johnm - May 3, 2006 3:57 am Date Climbed: Apr 30, 2006
Route Climbed: from Vincent Gap
Great weather for a hike, fairly clear with some lower valley haze. A lot of snow and ice still on the lower trail. More so on north facing switchbacks than the east facing switchbacks until you gain altitude. At 8100 feet switched to crampons and climbed vertical. Modest postholing in some areas. Summit view of Baldy was spectacular. On descent ran into the only other summit hiker for the day, A Brit who was training for Shasta and going to enjoy his dinner on top. Only other soul encourted for the day was a trail runner training for the Angeles Crest 100 mile endurance run.
tonyo - Mar 5, 2006 1:18 am Date Climbed: Mar 4, 2006
Vincent Gap trail
Great day for a hike. I started solo, but met a couple of hikers on the way up. The entire trail was covered with new snow; we were the first ones in the new snow and the only ones on the mountain today.
Route Climbed: from near Islip Saddle Date Climbed: Sept. 19, 1999
We first did Mt. Burnham, which is something over 9,000 ft. Then, we summitted Baden-Powell. To make things a little challenging, we then dropped down along a very steep ridge to the summit of Ross Mountain. Ross is about 7'400 ft. elevation so we had dropped about 2,000 feet to get to it. The descent to Ross was tough enough, but then we had to ascend the 2'000 feet back up to Baden-Powell to get back to our start. This is a challenging hike.
Route Climbed: from Vincent Gap Date Climbed: January 15th 2006
First time i came up the mountain wiht ice on it. Above 7500 feet there was absolutely nobody else on the mountain. Would've been suicide without crampons! The sky was very clear and it was easy to see the ocean and Catalina Island. About 15 degrees with wind on the summit. Gorgeous day! Made it down pretty fast as we were glissading down most of the way, using our axe as brake.
Route Climbed: Vincent Gap Date Climbed: January 21, 2006
This was my sixth hike up the trail since July, but the first time I turned back. The trail was just too icy this time. About half an hour up the trail, I encountered a group of three hikers coming down. They had boots and poles, but no crampons or ice axes. They were about 500 or so feet in elevatioin above me when one guy in the group had slipped and fallen down the slope. He looked me right in the face and said that the only reason he was alive was because he'd hit a tree and it broke his fall. He was convinced that he'd be dead if that hadn't happened. With only Yaktraks on my boots, I decided then and there to turn back. Glad I did. Met up with another couple of hikers coming up when I was on the way down. They had crampons, but I don't know if they went to the summit. I'm sure they encountered the other three on the way up. Hope they managed OK.
Route Climbed: Vincent Gap Date Climbed: December 18 2005
A few light wind gusts at the summit ridge and a light layer of snow above about 9000 feet, but no storm clouds and overall a very pleasant day for the hike. Nice to run into banjobonch on the ridge. Note to Eric from Lancaster: please register on this site and send me an email!
Route Climbed: Trail from Vincent's Date Climbed: 11-05
Hadn't hiked Old North Baldy in a number of years. A great day, one of my favorite hikes that I had forgotten about. Look forward to making some snow climbs up it this winter.
Route Climbed: Vincent Gap Date Climbed: November 20th
This the first time I have bagged a 9000 plus peak in 15 years. The hike up took me 1 hour and 56 minutes. The view and the Geocache on top made the trip well worth it.
395guy - Aug 6, 2006 10:18 pm Date Climbed: Aug 5, 2006
2 Eagle Scouts on Baden-PowellMy brother, my son (7yo), and I hiked up Mt Baden-Powell from Vincent Gap. The three of us had our picture taken at the Baden-Powell monument on top... 2 Eagle Scouts and hopefully 1 future Eagle Scout. Perfect day for a hike 60s-70s and cloudless blue skies.
As we were leaving to head down the trail, we met a rather serious looking trail-runner. We discovered that this was Jorge Pacheco of Los Angeles who has won the Angeles Crest 100-mile endurance race 3x (2001, 2003, 2004). He was out doing a 40-mile training run (b2b with another 40-miler the next day). I had my picture made with him right at the Wally Waldorf tree (where Jorge was looking for some water bottles he had stashed). In the background of my picture, you can see the sign announcing this as the high point (9300') for the Angeles Crest 100. Really cool that I met him at this point.
skotty - Jul 10, 2006 9:40 pm Date Climbed: Jun 10, 2006
Fun local climbDecent local training hike - steep from the start.
BLT - Jun 26, 2006 1:07 am Date Climbed: Jun 25, 2006
Baden-PowellDid Baden-Powell from Vincent Gap: uneventful and a bit warm. Angeles Crest Hwy access to Vincent Gap is still from the east only.
banjobonch - Jun 19, 2006 1:15 am Date Climbed: May 14, 2006
Baden PowellMy last time in my favorite mountains before moving to...??...Texas???
tongos2 - Jun 7, 2006 5:57 pm Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2005
vincent gap to dawson saddle and backstarted from vincent gap at 10:35 AM, made Dawson Saddle, the road at 1:30 PM, hiked back and made vincent gap at 4:30 PM, touched summits of baden powell, burnham along the way. just under 6 hours. It was a very hot day, high nineties, ran out of water before descending the switchbacks down to vincent gap. Impressive views of the sierra and the ocean areas. 17 miles.
johnm - May 3, 2006 3:57 am Date Climbed: Apr 30, 2006
Route Climbed: from Vincent GapGreat weather for a hike, fairly clear with some lower valley haze. A lot of snow and ice still on the lower trail. More so on north facing switchbacks than the east facing switchbacks until you gain altitude. At 8100 feet switched to crampons and climbed vertical. Modest postholing in some areas. Summit view of Baldy was spectacular. On descent ran into the only other summit hiker for the day, A Brit who was training for Shasta and going to enjoy his dinner on top. Only other soul encourted for the day was a trail runner training for the Angeles Crest 100 mile endurance run.
tonyo - Mar 5, 2006 1:18 am Date Climbed: Mar 4, 2006
Vincent Gap trailGreat day for a hike. I started solo, but met a couple of hikers on the way up. The entire trail was covered with new snow; we were the first ones in the new snow and the only ones on the mountain today.
Augie Medina - Feb 18, 2006 12:12 am
Route Climbed: from near Islip Saddle Date Climbed: Sept. 19, 1999We first did Mt. Burnham, which is something over 9,000 ft. Then, we summitted Baden-Powell. To make things a little challenging, we then dropped down along a very steep ridge to the summit of Ross Mountain. Ross is about 7'400 ft. elevation so we had dropped about 2,000 feet to get to it. The descent to Ross was tough enough, but then we had to ascend the 2'000 feet back up to Baden-Powell to get back to our start. This is a challenging hike.
Luciano136 - Feb 8, 2006 10:50 pm
Route Climbed: from Vincent Gap Date Climbed: January 15th 2006First time i came up the mountain wiht ice on it. Above 7500 feet there was absolutely nobody else on the mountain. Would've been suicide without crampons! The sky was very clear and it was easy to see the ocean and Catalina Island. About 15 degrees with wind on the summit. Gorgeous day! Made it down pretty fast as we were glissading down most of the way, using our axe as brake.
bonehead2005 - Jan 22, 2006 10:00 pm
Route Climbed: Vincent Gap Date Climbed: January 21, 2006This was my sixth hike up the trail since July, but the first time I turned back. The trail was just too icy this time. About half an hour up the trail, I encountered a group of three hikers coming down. They had boots and poles, but no crampons or ice axes. They were about 500 or so feet in elevatioin above me when one guy in the group had slipped and fallen down the slope. He looked me right in the face and said that the only reason he was alive was because he'd hit a tree and it broke his fall. He was convinced that he'd be dead if that hadn't happened. With only Yaktraks on my boots, I decided then and there to turn back. Glad I did. Met up with another couple of hikers coming up when I was on the way down. They had crampons, but I don't know if they went to the summit. I'm sure they encountered the other three on the way up. Hope they managed OK.
Don't hike solo, and always have the right gear.
peakbager - Jan 19, 2006 12:57 am
Route Climbed: Vincent Gap Date Climbed: June 2001Nice hike up on an outstanding day.
D-bo - Jan 7, 2006 5:15 pm
Route Climbed: Vincent Gap Date Climbed: October 2001Great Hike. Awesome View.
Smith93 - Jan 2, 2006 4:33 am
Route Climbed: Vincent Gap Date Climbed: May 31, 2003It was a very easy and fun hike. Tons of people on the trail though which sort of takes away from the experience but it was still fun.
bonehead2005 - Dec 19, 2005 11:20 am
Route Climbed: Vincent Gap Date Climbed: December 18 2005A few light wind gusts at the summit ridge and a light layer of snow above about 9000 feet, but no storm clouds and overall a very pleasant day for the hike. Nice to run into banjobonch on the ridge. Note to Eric from Lancaster: please register on this site and send me an email!
Rileywyna - Dec 19, 2005 10:50 am
Route Climbed: regular route Date Climbed: 2002Summited this with Thrope peak. Nice day in the Mountains and a very nice summit
banjobonch - Dec 18, 2005 6:21 pm
Route Climbed: Vincent Gap Date Climbed: December 18, 2005Light rain at the trailhead at 6:00 A.M. Cold wind and snow flurries from about a mile below the summit all the way up. Also hit Throop Peak.
theronmoon - Dec 5, 2005 10:24 pm
Route Climbed: Trail from Vincent's Date Climbed: 11-05Hadn't hiked Old North Baldy in a number of years. A great day, one of my favorite hikes that I had forgotten about. Look forward to making some snow climbs up it this winter.
banjobonch - Dec 4, 2005 3:45 pm
Route Climbed: Vincent Gap Date Climbed: December 04, 2005Cold and very windy at the summit at 8:00am. Didn't stay at the summit more than 2 min.
kit fox - Dec 1, 2005 5:17 pm
Route Climbed: Vincent Gap Date Climbed: November 20thThis the first time I have bagged a 9000 plus peak in 15 years. The hike up took me 1 hour and 56 minutes. The view and the Geocache on top made the trip well worth it.
graham - Nov 25, 2005 1:46 pm
Route Climbed: Vincent Gap Date Climbed: ~1970Hiked up Baden-Powell several times with Boy Scouts in the 70s.