
Alice in Wonderland house?

Stoddard summit

Baldy from Stoddard Peak
Since I started early, most of the road was in the shadow of Ontario Ridge, making it cold. In a few more miles, the road became overgrown and shrunk to a single track. It also lost elevation continuously from Stoddard Flat to the base of Frankish. There was a cairn marking the use trail up Frankish. The use trail eventually merges with another dirt road that winds around Frankish. That road leads to the top, but I took a steep firebreak that was more direct.

Broken gate buried in dirt on the way to Frankish

Ontario and Cucamonga from Frankish. The pano doesn't capture how dominant Ontario is from this vantage point. It looked gigantic.

Hazy view of the Inland Empire from Frankish
I found a use trail heading out to Spring Hill on the way back. I was surprised to find a metal pole with what looked like a tin foil flag, and an unusual LA County benchmark. After looking at it, it apparently marks the boundary between LA County and San Bernardino County. It was a lucky Friday the 13th after all. The peak of Spring Hill was still almost 0.2 miles away and I was energized about finding something. The use trail faded and I followed animal trails until those faded, and the last 200 feet was just nasty bushwhacking. I was disappointed to get to the small summit clearing and find a steaming cup of jack squat.

Burned tree, start of use trail with Spring Hill in background

Pole and benchmark on the way to Spring Hill

Boundary benchmark between LA and San Bernardino Counties

Disappointing Spring Hill summit
Full report:
http://ironhiker.blogspot.com/2013/12/s ... -hill.html
I made a custom Google Map of all my hikes linked to trip reports:
http://ironhiker.blogspot.com/p/map-of-all-hikes.html