To
get to the campground: Take
the 210 east and exit on Baseline Road (exit 52). Turn left at the light at the
end of the ramp on to Baseline Road. Make the next right on to Padua Avenue. Drive
1.7 miles and turn right onto Mount Baldy Road (there will be a traffic light).
Continue up Mount Baldy Road for seven miles to Mount Baldy Village (where
there is a visitor center) and drive another four miles up the road to the
campground on the right.
Campground address: 689
Mount Baldy Road, Angeles
National Forest, Mount Baldy, CA 91759
To hike the loop:
1.
Park along Mount Baldy Road just past Manker Flats Campground at
the bottom of Falls Road.
2.
Start hiking up the paved road toward San Antonio Falls (0.6
miles)
3.
A third of a mile past the falls, turn left
up a narrow unmarked trail and hike up to the Sierra Club Ski Hut (2.6
miles)
4.
Cross Baldy Bowl and hike north up a ridge to
the summit (4.5 miles)
5.
Enjoy the view from the highest summit in the
San Gabriel Mountains
6.
Descend eastward down Devil’s Backbone Trail across
a daunting ridge to Baldy Notch (7.8
miles)
7.
Descend the dirt road next to the operating
ski lift, passing San Antonio Falls to
return to the trailhead (11.3 miles)
