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Mt Baldy Hiking Trip - Feb 2008

view from the ridge
I was in L.A., so I hiked up Mt Baldy (officially, Mt San Antonio) via the Bear Canyon trail.
This gallery also includes a couple of shots from the next day, on the beach.
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you should see an image here First views after climbing out of the canyon. Note the thin, low clouds.
you should see an image here More clouds - ahead and above me.
you should see an image here View southish from about the same height as the clouds.
you should see an image here Another view of nearby clouds.
you should see an image here The trail is full of switchbacks here, so the climbing is very gradual.
you should see an image here Getting above the clouds now...
you should see an image here Close-up on clouds washing against the opposite ridge.
you should see an image here I think this is a Century Plant.
you should see an image here Stone outcrop and first westerly view as the trail gains the top of the ridge.
you should see an image here View northeast.
you should see an image here A view southward down the ridge.
you should see an image here Bark of a pine tree.
you should see an image here A lower peak (to the southwest) half-hidden by clouds.
you should see an image here View west. Note the fallen rime ice in the foreground.
you should see an image here Another "island in the clouds".
you should see an image here Hard to resist a Japanese-style composition like this.
you should see an image here View northeast.
you should see an image here More of the "sea of clouds".
you should see an image here The clouds are rising now...
you should see an image here Pines silhouetted against the clouds.
you should see an image here On descent, the same spot as ten photos before, with clouds definitely higher.
you should see an image here Low visibility inside the clouds.
you should see an image here That rock outcrop again - no view now.
you should see an image here Santa Monica pier in a squall.
you should see an image here Santa Monica piergeon.