Baldy-Pine-Baldy Traverse

October 11th, 2025 at 10:41 AMAngeles National Forest, USFS, CA

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Distance14.6 mi

Elevation gain7,200 ft

CruxClass 1

Route typeLoop

Duration7 hr

Quality8/10

Vehicle to trailheadCar

EcoregionSouthern and Baja California Pine-Oak Mountains

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Baldy-Pine-Baldy Traverse — Starting along a private road. View toward Mount Baldy, far above.

Baldy-Pine-Baldy Traverse — Joining the Baldy Bowl Trail (left).

Baldy-Pine-Baldy Traverse — After a short distance along the Baldy Bowl Trail, joining the unofficial Register Ridge Trail (right).

Baldy-Pine-Baldy Traverse — Steeply ascending the Register Ridge Trail.

Baldy-Pine-Baldy Traverse — View back.

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Baldy-Pine-Baldy Traverse

Baldy-Pine-Baldy Traverse — Approaching the Devil's Backbone Trail junction.

Baldy-Pine-Baldy Traverse — View back.

Baldy-Pine-Baldy Traverse — Continuing along a use trail toward Mount Harwood.

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Baldy-Pine-Baldy Traverse — View back.

Baldy-Pine-Baldy Traverse — Mount Harwood summit. View west toward Mount Baldy.

Baldy-Pine-Baldy Traverse — Passing some weather equipment on the traverse to the Harwood-Baldy saddle.

Baldy-Pine-Baldy Traverse — View toward Dawson Peak and Pine Mountain, my next two destinations after Mount Baldy.

Baldy-Pine-Baldy Traverse — Descending to the Harwood-Baldy saddle.

Baldy-Pine-Baldy Traverse — Starting up Mount Baldy's east slope.

Baldy-Pine-Baldy Traverse — View back toward Mount Harwood.

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Baldy-Pine-Baldy Traverse — Mount Baldy summit. View southeast.

Baldy-Pine-Baldy Traverse — Continuing north along the North Backbone Trail toward Dawson Peak.

Baldy-Pine-Baldy Traverse — Trail sign for the town of Wrightwood.

Baldy-Pine-Baldy Traverse — Descending 1,200 vertical feet to the Baldy-Dawson saddle.

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Baldy-Pine-Baldy Traverse

Baldy-Pine-Baldy Traverse — Approaching the saddle.

Baldy-Pine-Baldy Traverse — Starting up Dawson Peak's southwest ridge.

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Baldy-Pine-Baldy Traverse — Trail fork. Stay right for Dawson Peak.

Baldy-Pine-Baldy Traverse — View back.

Baldy-Pine-Baldy Traverse — Dawson Peak summit.

Baldy-Pine-Baldy Traverse — View southwest toward Mount Baldy.

Baldy-Pine-Baldy Traverse — Following a use trail along Dawson Peak's ridge toward Pine Mountain, visible ahead.

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Baldy-Pine-Baldy Traverse — Rejoining the North Backbone Trail. View north toward Mount Baldy.

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Baldy-Pine-Baldy Traverse — Descending to the Dawson-Pine saddle.

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Baldy-Pine-Baldy Traverse — View west toward Iron Mountain.

Baldy-Pine-Baldy Traverse — Starting up Pine Mountain's south ridge.

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Baldy-Pine-Baldy Traverse — View back.

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Baldy-Pine-Baldy Traverse — Pine Mountain summit. View south.

Baldy-Pine-Baldy Traverse — Bypassing Dawson Peak's summit via the North Backbone Trail on the return to Mount Baldy.

Baldy-Pine-Baldy Traverse — View west along the upper reaches of the Fish Fork of the San Gabriel River. Mount Baden-Powell is on the far right.

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Baldy-Pine-Baldy Traverse

Baldy-Pine-Baldy Traverse — From Mount Baldy's summit, traversing to West Baldy (left).

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Baldy-Pine-Baldy Traverse — Starting up a use trail along West Baldy's east slope.

Baldy-Pine-Baldy Traverse — West Baldy summit area.

Baldy-Pine-Baldy Traverse — View northwest toward Mount Baden-Powell.

Baldy-Pine-Baldy Traverse — View northeast toward Pine Mountain, Dawson Peak, and Mount Baldy.

Baldy-Pine-Baldy Traverse — Returning to the saddle between West Baldy and Mount Baldy.

Baldy-Pine-Baldy Traverse — From the saddle, veering right to intersect the Baldy Bowl Trail.

Baldy-Pine-Baldy Traverse — View back toward West Baldy.

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Baldy-Pine-Baldy Traverse — Joining the Baldy Bowl Trail.

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Baldy-Pine-Baldy Traverse — View south toward Thunder Mountain, Telegraph Peak, Bighorn Peak, Ontario Peak, and others.

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Baldy-Pine-Baldy Traverse — Entering the Baldy Bowl.

Baldy-Pine-Baldy Traverse — Crossing a boulder field.

Baldy-Pine-Baldy Traverse — View back.

Baldy-Pine-Baldy Traverse — Approaching the San Antonio Ski Hut.

Baldy-Pine-Baldy Traverse — Descending San Antonio Canyon.

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Baldy-Pine-Baldy Traverse

Baldy-Pine-Baldy Traverse — Rejoining the private road.

Baldy-Pine-Baldy Traverse — View toward San Antonio Falls on the way back to the parking lot.