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Ascent of Mount San Antonio on 2013-06-01

Climber: Jim Wick

Other People:

Solo Ascent

Date:

Saturday, June 1, 2013

Ascent Type:

Successful Summit Attained

Motorized Transport to Trailhead:

Car

Peak:

Mount San Antonio

Location:

USA-California

Elevation:

10064 ft / 3067 m

Ascent Trip Report

As this was a last minute solo hike, I went up via the ski lift and then traversed Devil's Backbone. Despite my heights thing, I was able to get thru it...hiking poles really helped with the balance as the trail at places is one-way/no passing. Along the way up, I ventured up Mount Harwood. The trails were very busy with people. There was one group of 60 which really made a lot of noise. Plus add the usual 20-30 people at the summit; it was too crowded and noisy. So I continued on without stopping and hoofed over to West Baldy for a quiet lunch. I forgot to check the watch at the segments; I was at West Baldy in 2.75 hrs from the Notch (top of ski lift). I relaxed on West Baldy until the large group left Mount Baldy summit. I then hiked back to get photos from the summit. There was a sail plane (aka glider) that was doing acrobatic manuevers above the peak which was really cool. Also saw a fire-fighting DC-10 flying about level with peak a few miles away on route to do a drop on a fire about 25 miles away. I was back at the Notch in 1.5 hrs. The times included the slow-downs along the busy trail. Note: I had purchased the lift tickets online at 25% discount (than purchasing at the lift). I also saw about a hundred cars parked at Manker Flats so get there early if you choose that route.

Summary Total Data

Elevation Gain:

3579 ft / 1091 m

Distance:

8.5 mi / 13.7 km

Route:

Ski lift & Devils Backbone

Trailhead:

Mt Baldy Ski Resort Parking lot 6485 ft / 1976 m

Grade/Class:

Class 1

Quality:

6 (on a subjective 1-10 scale)

Route Conditions:

Maintained Trail

Gear Used:

Ski Poles

Weather:

Pleasant, Breezy, Clear

Descent Statistics

Time Down:

1 Hours 30 Minutes

Ascent Part of Trip: Mt Baldy 2013

Complete Trip Sequence:

Order	Peak/Point	Date
1	Mount Harwood	2013-06-01
2	Mount San Antonio	2013-06-01
3	West Baldy	2013-06-01

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