Location: Los Angeles County, about 13 miles north of Upland, 48 miles from Los Angeles

Maps

Auto Club: Los Angeles and Vicinity

Forest Service: Angeles National Forest

USGS Topo: Mount San Antonio 7½, Telegraph Peak 7½, Mt Baldy 7½

HPS: Route(s), waypoints and explanation of usage

Nearby Peaks: Dawson Peak,Mount Harwood

Distance: 8 miles round trip on road, trail, and use trail

Gain: 3900'

Time: 5-6 hours round trip

Rating: Class 1, strenuous

Original: Warren E. von Pertz, January 1969

DRIVING ROUTE 2

• Take the 210 freeway east to Baseline Road exit in the City of Claremont. Turn left (west) at the bottom of the off-ramp onto Baseline Road.
• Almost immediately, take the first right (north) onto Padua Ave.
• Go 1.8 miles north on Padua to the intersection with Mount Baldy Rd. Turn right (northeast).
• Take this road northeast and then north about seven miles to Mt. Baldy Village.
• Pass through Mt. Baldy Village and in about four miles, intersect San Antonio Falls Road on the left (gated). Park here.

Note: There is a good parking lot for ridesharing in this area. To get there, after turning west on Baseline Road, continue past Padua Avenue a short distance to Mills Avenue. Turn north on Mills, and continue to Mt. Baldy Road. The parking lot is at the northeast corner of this intersection.

HIKING ROUTE 2

• From the parking area (6160'), pass the gate and hike up the road about 1/2 mile to where a faint trail goes up the left bank.
• Follow this trail up to the Sierra Club's Baldy Ski Hut at 8100'.
• From here a use trail crosses the main bowl west to the south ridge of Mount San Antonio.
• It then goes up this ridge to the summit.