Hike Log

Ontario Peak getting buzzed by a plane

Trailhead:

Icehouse Canyon Trailhead

Type of Hike:

Day hike

Trail Conditions:

Trail in good condition

ROAD:

Road suitable for all vehicles

Bugs:

No bugs

Snow:

Snow free

Link:

I'll update this later on with my full hike video.  But here is a video I took at the peak.  Just got to the peak, and was just filming around.  Then went to climb the rocks, and just as I got to the top, a plane buzzed us.  He was low, the video really doesn't do it justice how low he was.  I'd say from my vantage point, he missed a tree by 5 feet.

Now about the hike.  I started early in the morning when it was still dark.  A bit after 5 am.  Parking lot was packed, and by the time I started my hike all the parking spaces in the main lot were taken.

Hiked in the dark for a while.  And like Cucamonga Peak, that hike to the Icehouse Canyon Saddle is just brutal.

But unlike Cucamonga, the Ontario side is much more of a forgiving hike.  There is one hard section, but overall it's just a slight incline of a hike to the top.

The view from Ontario is nice, Baldy is right there.  On a clear day you could probably see Wilson and the ocean.  (today was not a clear day)

Shade wise, if you go in the morning, you have the saddle blocking the sun for a while.  On the Ontario side, since I left so early, I did have shade up much of the hike, since the trail is predominantly on the East side of the mountain.  There were no bugs that I noticed. But noticed a lot of baby chipmunks running around.

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  1. If interested, here is a full video of the hike.
    https://youtu.be/cfpJ-Fo8Dz8

    Also, forgot to add. The water situation up there is pretty dry. Around the 2 mile mark, there is a spring that was still flowing. The stream around the 3 mile mark was dry. It was flowing a few months ago, but I didn’t see any water there this trip. So if you are hiking light and hoping to fill up along the way, the spring will be your last chance.

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