Tag: Ontario Peak

Tried going to Ontario Peak a month ago, but decided to turn around when we saw a mountain lion on trail. This morning we headed…

Always a great hike going up to the saddle via Ice House Canyon Trail. We started at 6:00 am so the traffic was light. Reached…

Fun!!!

Backpacked at Kelly Camp to do an eating morning summit of Ontario Peak.

Had my first mountain hike with my new wife.  It has been a busy year for both of us.  Parking lot was nice and empty…

Today I completed the Ontario Peak trail. I hiked with a partner and we started at 7:30. It was a pleasant hike since there was…

First time up to Ontario Peak. Oh My Gosh, the views. I went on a weekday and there were not too many hikers. I shared…

So much BOOM!

Added Bighorn peak on to the hike. Trail that splits off to bighorn smaller and not maintained, but it was a cool addition. Great views

Bugs were a bit annoying and the summit a small area.

Hiked to Ontario Peak with two fun hiking buddies. The trail was lightly trafficked and we only saw two other hikers at the peak. It…

beautiful hike!!! Loved it!

Pretty views and nice hike up. Legs were jello from 5 days straight hiking.

Another cool peak accessible through the Ice House Saddle. A welcome change of scenery for those who haven’t hiked this side of the saddle with…

My friend and I arrived at the trailhead at 5:15am to get ahead of the crowds and heat!  It was our first time summitting Ontario…

Awesome hike

Started early since this trail head is limited with parking. The weather was fine. Everyone out there seems to be complying with Covid regulations. Good…

Hiked at 5:30am and trails were in great condition. Nice that there was a bathroom at the parking lot but there was no electricity. It…

Ontario Peak was fun!!! We started early and made it up to the saddle around 9. From there took the trail towards Ontario Peak! It…

I went with Ontario Peak in mind ended up doing Bighorn Peak also. It was a great day

Within the #SoCal hiking community, there is a certain challenge referred to as “ECBO(S)”, which includes Etiwanda, Cucamonga, Bighorn, Ontario and Sugarloaf Peaks. There is…

Spent the night at Kelly’s campground and got a early start getting to Ontario since we only had to go 1.8 miles from our campsite.…

MY FURBABY’S FINAL 6TH PEAK OF THE 2020 POPCHALLENGE!!!! AM SO PROUD OF MY HERSHEY. 13 MILES WAS BRUTAL. THIS TRAIL ALWAYS CHALLENGES ME, FIRST…

Truly a beautiful trail with an unforgettable push to the peak. Totally delighted in taking pictures and hanging out  at the summit. Love the Cucamonga…

Wow!!! What a hike! We all hated that all trails lied about the mileage. It is no where close to 12 miles it was 14…

Started off early at 7 AM to try and beat the heat. Up to the summit it was nice mostly shaded. Weather got up to…

Hiked with a bigger group this weekend! It was our friend Vani’s first big hike, first-ever mountain summit and she hit not one but TWO!…

(same as logged for Cucamonga Peak since I strung them together in one hike…  pictures see Cucamonga Peak log) Hiked up to Cucamonga Peak via…

Also bagged Big Horn while I’m at It, right….

Elevation: 8,694′ Prominence: 1,039′ Location: San Bernardino County Mountain range: San Gabriel Mountains Started at 6:00am Ended at 4:00pm Hot day to hike but with…

Very enjoyable experience

Great day for a hike. Awesome views. Could see the Baldy ski hut off in the distance. Not too many people on Friday and most…

Great morning!

Love it

took a day off to hike this before the heat arrived.   Left the trial head at 6:00am and it was cool in the canyon until…

Ontario Peak has a spectacular view

Hike to Ontario Peak on our way down from Cucamonga Peak.

Hiked up and ran down this trail on Saturday, July 4, 2020 beginning at 1:10 pm (no trekking poles). The parking lot and street was…

Out of all the hikes Ontario is not my favorite. It has no shade, and I always seem to choose the summer haha I’ve tried…

After completing Cucamonga, we made our way down to the large Xmas tree where the secret trail to Big Horn Peak and Ontario Peak began.…

This was an incredible hike. We climbed cucamonga, to Big Horn, then to Ontario! On our way down we saw a Big Horn sheep!! Absolutely…

I have never done this peak before and I must say it had better views than Cucamonga.  The profile was much easier than Baldy or…

We began by hiking up the Icehouse Canyon to the Saddle. There was a large stream meandering alonside the trail that was beautiful. The trail…

14 mile run/climb to Ontario Peak and big horn peak. Ontario Peak has some of the best views at the top that I’ve seen so…

Beautiful day.  Started out at 6 am. It got pretty warm by the time we finished.   Hard 7 miles up to the summit.  So…

Arrive early, to find parking everything we read before hand stated arrive before 7 am. We arrived around 6:10 am and the parking lot was…

Up, Up, Up beautiful rock and shale  scramble.

I was super excited for this hike because it was my first time up Ontario. We had 7 in our group. Most of them had…

Went up Icehouse Canyon to Kelly camp and set up our tents. Took day pack from there to Ontario peak. We did Cucamong Peak the…

Awesome Start! Perfect temp to start without my jacket. Beautiful waterfalls and streams in the beginning.  Got hot in direct sun. Definitely steep areas! Bugs…

Great views. Highly recommend.

Hiked to Kelly’s camp on Saturday and stayed the night there. Got back on the trail at 5:30 to summit, and then back down. I’ve…

Parking full even at very early morning. Plan your hike accordingly and arrive real early, otherwise you’ll have to park over half a mile away😅

Amazing day and views with the clouds below…after Ontario, also hiked Bighorn and then went down and connected with Cucamonga saddle. Super steep!

First 6pack peak done solo. Got to the trailhead around 630am with only a few cars. The weather was perfect in the mid 60s even…

I had just done Cucamonga Peak so I decided to do Ontario Peak as well

Great Day of Hiking! This is why we hike… very few people after the “saddle“.  I had about a half hour all by myself for…

Lovely hike today with some great dudes roughly 13 miles and just over 3700 feet and above the clouds. The views were amazing. Saw some…

Great views, start early to get morning shade.  Ran out of time or would have done more of the surrounding peaks.  Trial in good condition.…

last 2 miles very hot

Was a great day on Ontario peak weather was perfect!

it was a beautiful clear day out cool in the morning then warmed up in the afternoon on the way down. Light winds perfect day.

Just beautiful 😍😍

Awesome

Hiked Cucamonga & Ontario from Icehouse. Very busy at the TH, had to park .5 miles away from the parking lot even though we arrived…

Ontario called and I had to go

#16/18✅ It’s my second time to this peak. Met a few 6POP challengers along the trail.  Great day for a hike with friends. Happy Trails…

beautiful hike; crowded to the saddle then on your own….

Second peak of the day and bugs were annoying in certain areas and were so annoying. To and from the peak we saw a total…

There are a lot of hikers going up ice house saddle but most are going to cucamonga peak. While we were going up Ontario we…

We started at the ice house canyon to the saddle. First we went to bighorn the ontario. Trails are well marked but bugs are out…

Empezamos el sendero de ice house a las 6:20 am mi esposo y yo llegamos al saddle a las 8:20 am el camino estuvo fresco…

An overnight stay at Kellys Camp with a deer, plenty of squirrels and chipmunks and nobody for miles around. The excursion to Ontario Peak and…

What a beautiful sunday hike. Not to hot and got little windy at the top. Almost got bitten by a rattlesnake.  Scared the s*** out…

Ontario Peak’s breathtaking views from its summit are now my favorite.  Totally work the 15 miles I hiked today.  Lots of people on the Icehouse…

We bagged 3 peaks in one day from our last hike – Ontario Peak (8,694ft), Bighorn Mountain (8,441ft), and Cucamonga Peak (8,858ft) #AROO Went up…

Long hike.

What a beautiful sunday hike. Not to hot and got little windy at the top. Almost got bitten by a rattlesnake.  Scared the s*** out…

Bagged 3 peaks starting with Ontario, then Big Horn and ended up at Cucamonga Peak!

Great weather

We arrived at the parking area at 6 a.m. and got the very last parking spot!  It was a little chilly when we started our…

Got an ear start at Icehouse Canyon Trailhead, because I knew it would be a mad house in the later hours. It was perfectly overcast…

Trail was good started early to beat the heat. The views were amazing and we got to experience to be above the clouds. Great experience…

Weather was a bit rough. A few snow patches to cross. Great hike!

Great day for hike!!!

6/6/2020 Today, I summitted Ontario Peak.  I am in training for my upcoming Langley and Mt.  Whitney hike.  I carried a 30 pound backpack to…

Spent such a beautiful day, foggy, drizzly, sunny and overall amazing. Ran into friends at ice house and the peak. Celebrating 2 years cancer free,…

What a glorious day to be on the mountains, then unexpectedly see some our hiking friends AND finally saw a couple of elusive Big Horn…

Long hike, lots of bugs. Not too many people. Good water availability. Very hot today.

It was “mind over matter” at this point. Utterly happy but exhausted after several hours of peak-bagging.

Cucamonga was the 2nd of my “6 Pack of Peaks” & I was excited for my first 8000+ altitude hike. I made such good time…

January I made some pretty big goals. I’m thankful to have these incredible opportunities to tackle them despite the chaos around us. I signed up…

My second peak for the day 🙂 (same trip report as Cucamonga Peak) Another amazing day out on the trails! This was my first time…

I headed up on a beautiful Friday morning to the Ice House Canyon parking lot. It was about 3/4 full at 7 am. I headed…

A slog to the Saddle, but a beautiful run to Ontario Peak. Weather and trail were in perfect. Took Chapman Trail down – to avoid…

awesome experience. Great weather

I made Ontario Peak yesterday with my friends, weather was perfect, trail was clean, no snow.

Beatific and serene. Much less crowded than Cucamonga. A few patches of snow, streams roaring. We even had water running on the trail at one…

Two peaks in one!  First to Big Horn then to Ontario.  First solo hike of this length and I might be hooked!

The weather was perfect! 66 degrees! This is one of my favorite hikes! So many beautiful pine trees, cool view of Baldy Bowl, & the…

Perfect weather for hiking Ontario and Bighorn Peak.

Good hike.

Quick one nighter to stay on top of Ontario, then broke camp the next morning and went up Bighorn before going back Icehouse.  Pretty crowded!…

One of my faves!!! Was hoping since Most people were heading towards Cucamonga that Ontario would be less crowded. It was definitely less crowded but…

Beautiful clear day hiking with my Trail Sisters to Ontario Peak. Bugs were out everywhere and very annoying, thank god we packed our bugs net.

Hiked to Kelly Camp and set up for overnight.  Hiked up Cucamonga and then Ontario and back to Kelly Camp.  Nice way to get both…

Generally snow free except for a few patches of slushy snow near Kelly Camp & near the peak. Micro spikes not needed; trail shoes should…

Great day for Ontario, Big Horn, and Cucamonga Peak. A few patches of snow but no microspike needed

We made it a double whammy overnight adventure. Took our time hiking both Ontario then Cucamonga and retreated back to kelly’s camp where we camped…

Start time afternoon. Nice weather! Patches of snow but trail is clear to hike to the top. Made it back down in the evening. It…

My 11th hike of the challenge, Ontario Peak. Only a few cars in parking lot when I started on Sunday, much different story when I…

Trail is overgrown brush and fallen trees and lots of snow crossing but not too hard to cross with hiking poles.  Nice clear day we…

Hit Ontario Peak today arriving at the trail head at 5:30 am and already just about full. Got to the saddle before the rest of…

After completing Cucamonga I moved on to Big Horn by heading up the ridge line and then over to Ontario.

Awesome hike to Ontario Peak. Arrived to the trailhead at 7 am, parking lot totally full and had to park 1/2 mile up the road.…

We got an early start at Ice House Canyon, but even at 5:30 the parking lot was beginning to fill up. Once we got passed…

This was peak #3 that day. We hiked Cucamonga first, then Bighorn, and last Ontario. The trail from Bighorn to Ontario was hard to find…

Had a great overnight hike with some thru hiker friends. Lots of elevation. Great views.

Let’s pick up where we left off shall we. The gals and I successfully made it down Cucamonga Peak to the small saddle, and upon…

Lots of snow patches on the way to Ontario peak. Trekking poles recommended. 18 miles total with the 3 peaks.

Great hike.  Ended up doing Cucamonga, Ontario and Bighorn.

As a walker I brazenly thought walking and hiking were interchangeable. In a whim to visit waterfalls, I decided it was a good idea to…

Ontario Peak – #12 / 18. More snow fun!!  

Hike #17 of the Six (Eighteen) Pack of Peaks Challenge. Ontario Peak via Middle Fork Trail, 17.2 miles and just over 5040’ in total elevation…

Took the kids on their first hike and hit Ontario Peak via Ice House Canyon. It was a long and hard day for us. Naturally,…

Icehouse Canyon opened up, and in anticipation of its closure due to…people…I went out of my order for the Alt-Six to get Ontario done, lest…

Left home at 500am and arrived at Ice House by 600am, forgetting it was the first day of daylight savings change. Very dark! After waiting…

March 9th was planned to do my second attempt to do Ontario Peak in winter time. And since I dont have a lot of experience…

Was planning on doing Ontario as my 6th, and the proprietor at Nomad Ventures down in Temecula told me about taking Falling Rock Canyon to…

No trail after 3 miles. Lots of snow, lots of fun.