Mount Baldy

Started 9am, still lots of parking. Hiked up via Baldy Road into Devil’s Backbone. Made a little detour to add Mt Hardwood on the way

I missed the Baldybowl trail turn-off and ended up taking the dirt road up to the ski lift notch, which was fine, since it was

Arrived at Manker Flats at 6am and went up via devils Backbone to Mt Baldy Peak. The trail from the waterfall to the top of

Got a bright early start to the hike.  Got to the parking area at 5:30 AM and that was almost not early enough.   By 5:45

Great weather, great trail conditions, great hike! Took me five hours to complete the loop, started around 1:30 finished at 6:30. Hardly anyone was on

Beautiful day. Started at 7:30. Relaxed pace with several stops. Summitted at 11:40. Spent 1/2 hour at the summit and back at the car at