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: 12 miles round trip on trail

Gain: 6000'

Time: 10-12 hours round trip

Rating: Class 1, very strenuous

Original: Warren E. von Pertz, January 1969

DRIVING ROUTE 3

• 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.
• Park in the USFS Visitor's Center parking lot or by the road.

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 3

• From the parking area (4200'), hike up past the church on Bear Canyon Drive. Bear Canyon Drive is about 200' south of the Visitors Center. It soon becomes the Bear Canyon Trail.
• Hike this trail past several cabins for about a mile to Bear Flat.
• Continue up the trail as it follows a ridge up to the summit.