I Tackled Baldy with Matt and the boys. We started at Maker Flats and took the fire road to The Notch, then via Devil's Backbone to the summit. The boys did well we had minimal stops until the final summit push. We made the summit by 10 AM (started at 7:30 AM) and it was glorious. We had Temps in the 40's to 50's with a nice breeze. On the way down, we planned to return down the Bowl Trail and check out the plane wreck on the southwest face. It wasn't until we passed the only other hiker on the mountain that I realized we had taken the wrong trail off the summit. I asked If he started at Manker and said, "No, the village." I though the scenery was a little different.
We ended up going 4 miles out of our way and finishing at the visitor's center, 5 miles down the hill. MAN, that decent is steep. From the ridge near West Baldy to the gulch at Bear Flat, it is absolute torture. The decent was down Steep, rocky and loose switchbacks through shoulder wide thickets. All sun, no breeze. Anyone who wants to hike up from the Village is nuts! Anyway, Amy's dad picked us up and drove us back to Manker Flats. All in all, a fun day.
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Ah...a perfect Sean story. How I've missed those. Did you invoke "the disclaimer" before beginning the hike?
I did not invoke. I should just carry printed disclaimers with me at all times. Any time I have a bright idea, it could mean anything form getting lost to drawing blood.
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