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Mount Baden Powell Update

the hike:
Mount Baden Powell
date: 7/24/2001
location: Angeles NF, Southern California, USA
type: Out & Back
distance: 8 Mi RT
time up: 78 min
time back down: 70 min
start time: 8:02 am
peak time: 9:20 am
leave peak time: 9:40 am
end time: 10:50 am
start elev: 6565 ft
peak elev: 9399 ft
elev gain/loss: 2834 ft
coordinates: truck: N 34°22.387'; W 117°45.131'
peak: N 34°21.516'; W 117°45.881'
other GPS info: truck elev: 6509 ft
peak elev: 9387 ft
air miles: truck to peak: 1.2 MI
difficulty: **
scenic: ****
technical: *
driving directions: From I-15, exit at Hwy 138 N. Take this to Hwy 2, make a left. Take hwy 2 a few miles past Wrightwood to Vincent Gulch Parking area. Park here.
hiking route: Start hiking up the red-colored dirt of the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT). Hike 4 miles back & forth on switchbacks up the side of Baden Powell to the top. Very very simple to follow, no forks, no branches; one trail, one direction - up. GO.
details: This didn't start out as a Baden Powell hike; I intended to hike up the PCT making Baden Powell my first stop. My goal was to get to the top of Baden Powell in 60 min or less. I had then planned to continue on the PCT for a total round trip distance of about 22-30 miles. It didn't happpen. About 3 miles up Baden Powell I was attacked by what seemed to be 30 bears and 22.5 mountain lions. I fought hard and fought bravely but ultimately lost the battle, or so I thought. Then, without warning, a giant tsunami swept over the San Gabriels from the Pacific and carried me back down the mountain. I landed right next to my truck, drove over to Guffy and hiked Mt Baldy instead. Well honestly there ain't much to tell except my plans were cut short because of some new boots and some big **m* blisters. So I stopped at Baden Powell. I hiked pretty good though, even with the blisters, I didn't stop once the whole way up & had an average up speed of 3.07mph. Looking over the cities was pretty cool. There was a thick layer of clouds hovering over them but where I was it was perfectly clear, so it was like I was on top of the clouds looking down on them. The weather was heating up quickly & I was soaked by the time I had gone about 1/4 mile. It was fairly warm at the peak at 9:20am too. I was taking it easy coming back down the trail & I actually stayed on the trail the whole way down as opposed to last time I hiked Baden Powell where I barely remember touching the trail on the way down. I passed up two people on the way up and passed the same two people (still going up) on the way down. Pretty uneventful overall. Case you didn't catch it, the bear/mt lion thing surprisingly didn't really happen. It seemed like every wooden sign I saw along the way was broken and just laying on the dirt. At the halfway point (2 miles from the start), there is a wooden sign that says (from memory):
<-- Lamel Spring 1/4 mile
--> Baden Powell 2 Mi
--> Little Jimmy Spring 9 Mi
--> Islip Saddle 11 Mi
--> Crystal Lake 12 Mi
My ultimate goal on this day hike was to make it to Cooper Canyon and see the waterfalls there but that probably would have been about 40 miles round trip & whell whho khnows.
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trail condition: Excellent secion of PCT
forest: White fir, Jeffery Pine, Lodgepole Pine, Limber Pine
what sucked: the drive there
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