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The two RV Gypsies at Mount Baldy
in California
September 25, 2022

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Below: Travel to Mount Baldy

Mt Baldy Mountain

 Mount Baldy Mountain
Mt Baldy sign Mount Baldy sign

Mount Baldy or Old Baldy, is a 10,064 feet summit in the San Gabriel Mountains on the border of Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties of California. Lying within the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument and Angeles National Forest, it is the high point of the range, the county, and the Los Angeles metropolitan area.

Mount Baldy's sometimes snow-capped peaks are visible on clear days and dominate the view of the Los Angeles Basin skyline. The peak and a subsidiary one to the west form a double summit of a steep-sided east–west ridge. The summit is accessible via a number of connecting ridges along hiking trails from the north, east, south, and southwest, plus a ski lift.

Below: The two RV Gypsies and family arrived at the parking lot near the ski lift at Mount Baldy
My Baldy parking lot
Mount Baldy panorama
Mt Baldy Mt Baldy
Mt Baldy ski lift map

Below: Mt Baldy has relatively cold and very wet winters with moderate snowfall. (Luckily the two RV Gypsies and family were here in September, not in the winter). Winter temperatures often fall to 30 °F at night. It is usually 39–49 °F during the day during the winter, and 25–35 °F at night. Annual snowfall is about 42 inches.

Summer temperatures are mild to warm, and can get chilly at night. Daytime temperatures are 76–86 °F, with lows of 49–62 °F . Thunderstorms are not common, on occasion they brew in the mountains in and surrounding Mt Baldy. They usually occur in the afternoon, and clear up by late evening. And Guess What! Seconds after the two RV Gypsies and family paid for the ski lift, it started raining. So Lee Duquette went back inside the pay station and gift shop area to ask if they had any raincoats, and the lady provided everyone with a plastic raincoat at no extra charge. However, it did cost then $25 a person to ride the ski lift, round-trip.
Mt Baldy chair left station The Two RV Gypsies on the ski lift
Karen Rasmussen's family on the chair lift Karen Rasmussen's family on the chair lift
Mt Baldy Mt Baldy
Mt Baldy Mt Baldy
Mt Baldy Mt Baldy
tree Karen Duquette
Larry and Emily Emily
Bobbie Rasmussen, Lee Duquette and Ilse Blahak Karen Rasmussen's family
The three girls
Mt Baldy scenery

Below: There is a path to walk higher up Mt. Baldy, but Emily was getting tired.
Mt Baldy scenery Mt Baldy scenery
Mt Baldy scenery bird on a tree top

Below: The Chair Lift down
The Chair Lift down The Chair Lift down
Ilse and Bobbie
family on the chair lift family on the chair lift

Below: - Yes - some people do walk up the mountain instead of using the chair lift.
walker walker
walker
path up Mt Baldy path up Mt Baldy

Below:Two People walking down the mountain

Two People walking down the mountain Two People walking down the mountain
Mt. Baldy scenery
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