Photo of the chopper landing near harwood:
Photo of the backbone, almost no snow:
Photo of the decent down to backbone looking up to baldy - still lots of snow:
I remember taking the backbone up to baldy last year and this section was not as bad as it is now. It was still a bit hairy but not as bad as it is now.
Photo of the sketch portion of the backbone looking back up:
I enjoyed summiting baldy from the ski hut and taking the backbone down to the notch then down the fire road to manker. A big new loop for me. It was great to get out of the 90* heat in the valley and soak up the 55-60* temps up baldy.
Panorama on baldy, one of the two guys in the pic has the hip holstered pistol:
All the pics are here:
http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=1075568