Mount Baldy

This was my third ever time hiking Baldy, and it was the first time I've done it without snow. We got to the parking lot

We did the hike as a counterclockwise loop. WE chose to ascend via the ski hut trail and descend via the Devils Backbone trail. As

I've done this trail before and was dreading it because I knew how much of an incline it was and yup, incline still there! Saw

Having done Mt Wilson 2 weeks earlier I thought I'd be more ready for this one. It was a brutal hike but really enjoyable. Great

It was a warm and sunny day… I was just glad that there were no bugs but noticeably a lot of people on the trail.

We took register ridge up, and ski hut down. Went on a weekday afternoon and saw no one, even had the summit to ourselves.