Mount Baldy

Great views throughout and at the top.

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

This was an early summer hike up to Mt. Baldy. We did the hike counter-clockwise, first up to Baldy Notch then across the Devil’s Backbone