Height gain: 800m/2625'
Ascent date: Mar 11, 2005
Ascent time: 2:00hrs One way
Comment: Moderate scramble
(1) Here's our first trip to Mt. Baldy. My wife and I only got
to the crux then we turned back. We had enough of the cold and
ice.
(2) Almost exactly a year later, I came back with Alex. We
planned this trip to do the traverse, and with no indication
of a good ridge condition, we took our gear with us.
(1) This is the gendarme, what most people avoid and just hike
at the bottom-right of it.
Gotta give art a credit. At the bottom of the first pic, there's
a pretty cool bench.
(2) We reached the summit after 2hrs of steep hiking. Notice
my shirt and pants ballooning. The wind was so strong from the
ridge up, we could barely keep our balance.
(1)
This is the connecting ridge to the South (left) and West summits.
(2) After about 15mins, we headed for our next journey. On
the way for the Mt.
Baldy Traverse to South and West Peaks.
