Mt. Baldy 2008-07-26

RichardK · Post by **RichardK** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 8:08 am

We hiked Baldy up the Ski Hut trail and down the Devil's Backbone yesterday. We passed 6 or 8 two person crews each carrying roofing panels to the Ski Hut.
The plywood is now covered with something black (tar paper?). It was unusually humid, but that made for a lot of clouds. Here is picture of Mt. Harwood:

Post by **Taco** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 8:27 am

Really cool. See any thunderstorms brewing?

RichardK · Post by **RichardK** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 9:52 am

Lots of clouds, but nothing got close to a real thunderhead.

simonov · Post by **simonov** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 3:21 pm

Richard, when did you come down?

I was on Cucamonga yesterday and after my hike as I was getting onto the freeway (about 1:00pm) I looked back and there was a massive thunderhead right over the top of Baldy.

RichardK · Post by **RichardK** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 4:57 pm

We reached Baldy's summit at 1:30 PM and stayed for half an hour. It was in full sun the whole time we were there.
There was a big cloud to the northwest that I kept hoping would give us some shade, but no luck. Dawson and Pine were in deep shadow.
You can get big clouds over Baldy that never develop far enough to storm.
Here is a picture of Baldy made from Telegraph Peak in 2005. It may have looked like this yesterday from a distance.

mtbphoto · Post by **mtbphoto** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 5:43 pm

Is that snow I see up there?

Post by **Taco** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 6:28 pm

Yup, that's an old photo, though.

FIGHT ON · Post by **FIGHT ON** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 6:32 pm

TacoDelRio wrote:Yup, that's an old photo, though.

is that a taco under the admin with the thing and the stuff?????????????????????????????????

Post by **Hikin_Jim** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 12:23 pm

Yes, but it's an old taco...

Post by **Taco** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 12:54 pm

This conversation about my avatar is now obsolete.