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: 10 miles round trip on road, trail, and cross-country

Gain: 3900'

Time: 5-6 hours round trip

Rating: Class 1, strenuous

Original: Byron Prinzmetal, August 2002

DRIVING ROUTE 4

• 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 4

• From the parking area (6160'), pass the gate and hike up the road where it turns right past the waterfall. About 1/4 mile past the waterfall there is a faint trail goes up the left bank.
• Follow the trail to a sign in register (about 100 meters) from the road.
• Proceed up the trail for about another 50 meters past the sign-in box to where the trail makes a bend to your right (east). There is a stand of three trees at this bend on your left (west).
• About 15 meters past the bend, there is a lone tree on your right (east) where a use trail begins.
• Turn right (east) and ascend the slope via the use trail until you reach the ridge. Please be sure to note where you met the ridge for your return.
• Turn left (north) and hike up the ridge until you meet the Devil's Backbone Trail. Please note where you met the trail for your return.
• Turn left (east) and follow the trial to the summit.