Mount Baldy via The Devils Backbone trail (Ski lift + hike)

Mount. Baldy Via the Devil’s Backbone Trail

(Ski Lift + Hike)

Sunday August 17, 2014

TRAILHEAD TIME: 8:00 A.M.

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Sunday, August 17, 2014:  Mount Baldy via The Devils Backbone trail  (Ski lift + hike)

 

 

Rating:  Strenuous.                                Trailhead Time:  8:00 A.M.

 

Description

We will take the ski lift (open chair lift; fee $12 roundtrip if purchased online at the following link below; otherwise it’s $25 if purchasing it there) to the mountain station of Mount Baldy (7,800), where we will begin our hike.  We will hike the Devils Backbone trail to the summit of Mount Baldy at 10,064.  This is the highest point on the San Gabriel Mountains.  We will return the same way via the ski lift.  There are spectacular views of both the San Gabriel and the Antelope valleys from the mountain.  Hike is 6.4 miles round trip.  Be prepared for variable weather.  We may have an early dinner at a local restaurant after the hike.  Plan your car pools accordingly.

 

To Purchase Lift Tickets Online, please go to the following link: 

Mt. Baldy Website:  http://www.mtbaldyskilifts.com/ and look for “Sugar Pine Chair Lift” and click the “Buy Now” button

 

Mt. Baldy Customer Service where you may purchase tickets:  909-982-0800 (hours 10-3 daily)

 

What to bring
Two liters of water, lunch, snacks, hat, sunglasses, sunscreen, hiking boots or shoes with good traction, daypack, hiking poles/sticks, shorts and a T-shirt or long pants and long sleeved shirt, depending on weather.  Clothes should be loose fitting, and light-colors are preferable.

 

Footwear:  Hiking boots or shoes with good traction. Absolutely no sandals or open toed shoes.

 

 

WEST SIDE Pico Blvd Carpool: 6:05 A.M. Leaving 6:10 A.M.    

Meet at the municipal parking lot on the south side of  Pico Blvd west of Robertson blvd between Robertson blvd and Livona ave next to B Nai David Congregation 8906 Pico Blvd L.A. 90035. Form your own carpool and please share the cost of transportation and parking, if any, with the driver. 

West Side Carpool Map Link  http://g.co/maps/hgyxr

 

 

Directions

Take I-10 E. After 8.6 miles keep right to continue onto CA-60 E.  Follow the signs for Pomona / I-5 S / Santa Ana.  After 11.5 miles take the exit onto 605 N then after 8.2 miles exit onto 210 E / Foothill Fwy towards Foothill Fwy / San Bernardino.  Continue on CA 210 E for 7.8 miles and exit at Base Line Rd where you will turn left then after 0.2 miles make the first right onto Padua ave and drive 1.8 miles.  Turn right onto Mt. Baldy Rd and travel 10 miles until you reach the end of the road by the ski lift where we will meet.

 

Destination Mount Baldy Map Link:  http://goo.gl/maps/ySDc

Mount Baldy Google Driving Directions Link from the West Side:  https://goo.gl/maps/GVSur

 

 

Valley carpool:  6:10 A.M. LEAVING 6:15 A.M.
Meet in Sherman Oaks at the corner of Riverside Dr and Hazeltine Ave (between Woodman and Van Nuys Blvd).  Meet on Riverside Avenue on the south side, across from Trader Joes and Stansbury avenue at the driveway entrance to the Sunkist building located at: 14130 Riverside Dr, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423.   Form your own carpools and please share the cost of transportation and parking, if any, with the driver.  
Valley Carpool Map Link: http://g.co/maps/stgg8

 

Directions:

Fwy 101 E to Fwy 134E to Fwy 210 E, to Base Line exit.  Left at the light on Base Line Rd, right on N Padua Rd, to Mount Baldy Rd.  Go through Mt. Baldy Village and continue to the end of the road by the ski lift where we will meet.

Mount Baldy Map Link:  http://goo.gl/maps/ySDc

Mount Baldy Google Driving Directions Link from the Valley:  https://goo.gl/maps/gOLSJ

 

 

 

Trailhead time:  8:00 A.M.
 
 

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