Lookout Mountain

Sheep Mountain Wilderness, CA

Info

Distance
5.4 mi
Elevation gain
2,900 ft
Route type
Out & back
Duration
5 hr
Crux
Class 1
Quality
5/10
Vehicle type
Car

Peaks bagged

1
Lookout Mountain
HPS
6,829 ft / Rise 149 ft
2
Peak 69306,930 ft / Rise 398 ft

Trip report

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Starting from the Mount Baldy Visitor Center, located just up the road from the Bear Canyon Trailhead.
Trip report photo for Lookout Mountain
Along Bear Canyon Trail, passing by the oldest and largest Bigcone Douglas Fir in the world. Named "Old Glory", the tree is estimated to be 700 years old and 165 feet tall.

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Leaving Bear Canyon Trail, dropping into the ravine below.
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Ethan crossing Bear Canyon Creek.
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Starting up a gully that rises about 800 feet to a southerly saddle of Lookout Mountain.
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Trip report photo for Lookout Mountain
Some brush and low-hanging branches near the saddle.
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From the saddle, view back toward Telegraph Peak.
Trip report photo for Lookout Mountain
View southwest toward Sunset Peak.
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Starting up Lookout Mountain's south ridge. The firebreak was buried in 1-2 feet of snow.
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View back.
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Steep section below the summit.
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Trip report photo for Lookout Mountain
Lookout Mountain summit. View north toward Mount San Antonio.
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View northeast toward Telegraph Peak (center), Timber Mountain (right of center), and Ontario Peak (far right).
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View south toward Sunset Peak.
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Traversing toward Peak 6930.
Trip report photo for Lookout Mountain
Trip report photo for Lookout Mountain
View back toward Lookout Mountain as we make slow progress through the snow.
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Peak 6930 summit. View northeast.
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View south.
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Returning to the base of Lookout Mountain.
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Contouring Lookout Mountain's east slope to rejoin the firebreak.

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