Mt. San Antonio (10,064) as seen from the ridgeline looking south just before Mt. Baden-Powell summit.
Only 0.2 of a mile and a couple of hundred of feet to the summit.
Mt. Baden-Powell summit marker.
Mt. Baden-Powell (9,399) as seen from the Angeles Crest Highway (SR-2).
The obelisk dedicated to the founder of the Boy Scouts, Lord Robert Stevenson Smyth Baden-Powell.
I hiked with members of my hiking group to the 9,399 foot summit of Mt. Baden-Powell.
Great day. We started the hike at 9:40 a.m. at Vincent Gap (6,565) and finished at 1:10 p.m. with a 15-minute summit rest. Took me a little over 2 hours to reach the summit.
This trail is part of the annual Angeles Crest 100 trailrunning race. This trail would be a great quick acclimatizing trail for anyone starting out on their Mt. Whitney training. It is an 8-mile out and back with 35 long switchbacks in between. Some say there are 41 so I may have lost count on my descent. The trekking poles came in handy on the ascent and descent. The views of Mt. San Antonio ("Baldy"), West Baldy, Iron Mountain, Mt. Harwood and the desert at Mt. Baden-Powell's summit were spectacular.
