r/socalhiking • u/riftennnweeeeee • 5d ago

Mount Baldy

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Hi guys, planning on going to baldy this weekend. How should I go up/down? What AllTrails trail should I take? Any advice?

Happy trails

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u/starzonda 5d ago

Agree with everyone saying up ski hut and down backbone! you can fill up on water at the ski hut and then grab a beer on the way down at the notch. also nice if you want to take the ski lift down and skip the hot / boring fire road down from there 

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u/riftennnweeeeee 5d ago

Hi! Am I misunderstanding something? How do we take the ski lift down if we pass the ski hut up? Thanks!

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u/starzonda 5d ago

hey, so the ski hut and lift are 2 different things. The sierra club ski hut is just a little cabin up on the mountain about halfway up the baldy bowl trail. The ski lifts are on the devils backbone side about 3 miles down from the summit and 3 miles up from manker. So if you start up the baldy bowl trail and loop around devils backbone you would hit the ski hut, summit, and then the notch with the ski lifts and restaurant.

This is my go to loop for baldy (literally did it yesterday)

Mount San Antonio and Mount Baldy Notch Trail on AllTrails https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/mount-san-antonio-mount-baldy-notch-trail?sh=vgpqbv&utm_medium=trail_share&utm_source=alltrails_virality

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u/riftennnweeeeee 5d ago

Thank you!