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The vintage ski lifts were installed in 1952 by Harwood Developments. They were operated as Mt Baldy Ski Lifts Inc. and were managed by Herbert Leffler from 1953 until his retirement in 1969. The resort was sold to an investment group in 1969. In 1987, Bob Olson proposed a project to make Baldy "The Disneyland of the Mountains." [1]
Devil's Backbone – (3.2 miles one way from Notch: A service road at Mt. Baldy Notch leads to the Devil's Backbone trailhead and continues to the main peak. Mt. Baldy Trail – (6.5 miles one way to Mt. Baldy Summit): This is the oldest and longest trail to the summit. Because it starts at Mt. Baldy Village, it has almost 6000' of elevation gain.
Mount Wrightson in the nearby Santa Rita Mountains has an elevation of 9,453 feet (2,881 m). It is the type locality of a species of Noctuidae or owlet moths (see List of butterflies and moths of Arizona) Mount Lemmon is named after Sara Lemmon, a plant collector and the first white woman to ascend the peak in 1881. [11]
The highest elevation, Mount San Antonio (Mount Baldy) at 10,069 feet (3,069 m), [8] rises towards the eastern extremity of the range which extends from the Cajon Pass (Interstate 15) on the east, where the San Gabriel Mountain Range meets the San Bernardino Mountain Range, westward to meet the Santa Susana Mountains at Newhall Pass (Interstate 5).
Because of the elevation Mount Harwood turns out to be ranked the 4th highest peak in the San Gabriel mountains after Dawson Peak, Mount San Antonio or "Old Baldy" being the highest at 10,064 feet (3,068 m). The only way for hikers or tourists to access Mount Harwood is to take Mt. Baldy Road off I-210. A National Forest Adventure pass ...
The San Bernardino County’s rescue team has located the second hiker who was missing on Mt Baldy. A 75-year-old hiker named Jin Chung was located on Tuesday (24 January) by the search and rescue ...
Mount Wrightson: Santa Cruz: 9453 ft (2881 m) (Liam Peak) Greenlee: 9441 ft (2878 m) Pastora Peak: Apache: 9407 ft (2867 m) Sitgreaves Mountain: Coconino: 9388 ft (2861 m) Merrill Peak Graham 9288 ft (2831 m) Bill Williams Mountain: Coconino: 9264 ft (2824 m) Kaibab Plateau High Point: Coconino: 9176 ft (2797 m) Mount Lemmon: Pima: 9157 ft (2791 m)
Sprung Spring was named after the Sprung family, for it is thought that it was they who first improved it. Mount Wrightson was originally named 'Old Baldy' after Captain Richard Ewell, who bore the same name, and was stationed at Ft. Buchanan in the 1850s. But his service in the CSA [clarification needed] denied his name being attached to the ...