Mount Baldy

oh so HOT, the sun was blazing down on us.

Started shortly after 7 a.m. from Manker Flat. Decided to do the loop in reverse and took the Baldy Bowl trail up. Reached the ski

Nearly 6,000 feet in six miles just to the Baldy summit, more elevation gain than San G or Whitney! Of course, without the higher elevations.

Beautiful hike. We parked at the ski lift and started hiking in the dark at 5:30 a.m. Some brutal stretches for sure. We were at

Good day, hot weather but I started at 0845, and should have started earlier, hiked up to ski left restaurant then across devils backbone, then

Great experience! Went up the ski hut trail to baldy bowl. Came down the Backbone Trail. Epic hike and Devils Backbone lived up to it’s