We are also hiking Baldy this Saturday 4/15. I am wondering about trail conditions. The most recent post I can find online says that there are no boot tracks past the ski hut. We would like some snow travel practice with or without crampons but I want to be smart about it and if the trail is too dangerous or requires too much in the way of mountaineering skills, we can wait for a later date. Any advice would be appreci
My friend had a friend that did it a couple of weeks ago and it was Ok. We are watching the weather conditions this week and are hoping for the best. We are bringing microspikes and poles. He is experienced in winter mountaineering and we will turn back if needed.
It was awesome! We went up baldy bowl/ski hut trail and down devils backbone. We used microspikes for maybe 30 minutes to an hour on the way up and didn’t need them at all on the way down. It was a beautiful day to hike it!