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| Hiking | 12.26 Miles |
4,485 AEG |
| | Hiking | 12.26 Miles | 7 Hrs 47 Mns | | 1.87 mph |
| 4,485 ft AEG | 1 Hour 13 Mns Break | | | |
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| partners | | Our second hike in the Los Angeles area was Mount San Antonio or Mount Baldy as many call it. We choose to do the hike as a loop which is always more fun and started from Mount Baldy Trailhead near Manker Flat at about 630am. This is a very popular hike so recommend doing it on a weekday if you can. It was a Friday for us so pseudo weekday and there were fair number of other hikers.
We started on the road to the notch Ski Area for the first 3 miles or so. Easy hiking for sure and good warm up for the rest of the day. Once past the ski area we continued on ski run trails to the start of the Devils Backbone trail. Devils backbone is very narrow in spots and unfortunately on this day the winds were howling to the point lifting off the mountain was a concern. We discussed a couple of times if we were making the right choice. However, we pressed on and surprisingly the winds were much less on the summit.
The summit is pretty wide and flat so no problem finding a spot to break even with several groups. Had a nice long break to enjoy being over 10,000 feet for the first time. Eventually we hiked back down on the Baldy Bowl Trail which was really steep on the top part with very little in the way of trail construction. A few switch backs thrown in would have been nice.
We reached a saddle at about 8800 and the trail did get better with actual switchbacks. Continuing the descent we reached the San Antonio Sierra Club Ski hut. Water flowing in the creek next to it so a nice location that according to the signage can be reserved by anyone. The last couple of miles was good trail back down to Mount Baldy trailhead. Great loop even if partly on road! |
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