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Lying within Mount San Jacinto State Park it is the highest both in the range and the county, and serves as the southern border of the San Gorgonio Pass. Naturalist John Muir wrote of San Jacinto Peak, "The view from San Jacinto is the most sublime spectacle to be found anywhere on this earth!" [4]
The Cactus to Clouds Trail (C2C) is a hiking route in California.It begins in Palm Springs, California, and ascends to San Jacinto Peak.With a net elevation gain of roughly 10,300 feet (3,100 m), it has one of the greatest elevation increases among day-hike routes in the United States.
Map of Mt. San Antonio (main peak is labelled "Mt Baldy") and the region to the south and east. Mt. San Antonio lies in the Angeles National Forest. Its summit is 10,064 feet (3,068 m), and marks the boundary between San Bernardino County and Los Angeles County. [8] A sub-peak, West Baldy, is 9,996 feet (3,047 m). [1] [4] [9]
The U.S. Forest Service has closed all trails to Mt. Baldy's peak until December 2025 to help the ecosystem recover from a fire. Hikers are defying the closures.
View of Mount Baldy and the San Gabriel Mountains looming over the Los Angeles Basin. Mount Baldy or Mount Baldy Village, formerly Camp Baynham and Camp Baldy, is an unincorporated community in the San Gabriel Mountains located in San Bernardino County and Los Angeles County in Southern California, with the county line running through the community.
In January alone, 15 hikers were injured or lost on Mt. Baldy, and two died. San Bernardino County's sheriff is asking for new measures to restrict access to the peak.
The highest peak in the range is San Jacinto Peak (3,302 m; 10,834 ft) NAVD 88, [3] and the range is also a Great Basin Divide landform for the Salton Watershed to the east. The hills east of Live Oak Canyon Road, in San Bernardino County, are the northernmost extent of the range. Mount San Jacinto as viewed from the north
The Bridge, Line and Airport fires have burned about 184 square miles of land in Los Angeles, Orange and San Bernardino counties, affecting many popular outdoor destinations.