Baldy Bear Flat 10-7-11

AlanK · Post by **AlanK** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 4:46 pm

I went up Baldy and back today from Baldy Village with Jay Olsen. There is nothing extraordinary about that, but I have not posted a trip report in a while and felt like... well... why not?

Pictures

lilbitmo · Post by **lilbitmo** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 4:51 pm

That summit flag and pole are taking a beating, it was standing straight up at 9:45 PM on Tuesday night when Yeti and I left the summit.

By the way what was your name again

JK

Glad to see you posting again

Dave G · Post by **Dave G** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 4:54 pm

Thanks for the info, Alan. I was wondering how white things were up there: not very

AlanK · Post by **AlanK** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 5:28 pm

Yeah, for more white, I guess we need to wait for another round of snow. On the other hand, I was totally unprepared for snow, so the conditions were not much to complain about.

It is a real challenge to maintain a flag on top of Baldy -- the wind is pretty relentless.

blueshammer · Post by **blueshammer** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 7:30 pm

Thanks for sharing. I've never been up the Bear Flat trail and have been meaning to give it a try for some time now.

Post by **HikeUp** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 9:52 pm

Hey dude, thanks for the TR!

Summit flags just don't last long no matter where they are. There used to be one on Hastings Peak (~4000') that never lasted more than a month or two at the very most.

RichardK · Post by **RichardK** » Sat Oct 08, 2011 8:40 am

What a difference a week makes. Here is the flag on October 1.

AlanK · Post by **AlanK** » Sat Oct 08, 2011 10:07 am

I was also up there on the first, after zero visits in September.

EManBevHills · Post by **EManBevHills** » Fri Oct 14, 2011 4:39 pm

1st time since the bike & hike the day of the tour of CA:
https://picasaweb.google.com/EManBevHil ... directlink