Mt. Baldy ski area, San Gabriel Mountains, California

Mt. Baldy ski area, San Gabriel Mountains, California

(...) While the staff is great, and the locals are tremendous, this is a very advanced mountain with extremely challenging conditions that are nothing like anything else in Southern California. You cannot compare a slope like, say, Vertigo at Mountain High West, rated as a double-black diamond, with any double-black diamond at Baldy, where the slopes are far steeper and have numerous obstacles. While I found some really sweet powder their last week, the area is prone to very high winds, sheets of glassy ice where you

    would never expect them, and even after a big snowfall, there are stretches of mud, dirt, and rocks. If you take training seriously, and are experienced, and you pay attention every single second, and you don't mind having the living crap scared out of you, you
can have a great time on this mountain. If you are lazy, drunk or inexperienced, be prepared to go home in a cast-- or a helicopter. --Ma says Matthew.

The Mt. Baldy Ski Patrol is the best ski patrol in the country and the mountain is absolutely fantastic! says Jay Reidy.

There are 4 lifts here, and they are fun to hitch a ride with. Mt. Baldy is a petite ski area with a medium drop from top to bottom if compared to other west coast ski mountains. This ski resort has an average fraction of demanding ski

runs and an average proportion of green and blue runs. Mt. Baldy has a decent assortment of runs and a small number of lifts. There's 400 acres of skiing territory, and it's all in tremendous shape. This ski mountain has snowfall close to the local average every season. The mountains of California in wintertime are a perfect place for snowboarding and skiing. You have to go 310 miles to get to a ski mountain in possession of a fuller-size height difference. The drop from top to bottom of 2,100 feet is beyond doubt inspiring. The 8 feet of wonderful snow that falls here yearly keeps the runs well covered throughout the winter. All the 28 runs here are totally fun. There's a ski map of Mt. Baldy on this page for your reference. The wonderful mountain view of California and the thrill of zipping down a slope are incentive enough to come here to ski. The close by accommodations are a bit away from the bottom of the hill, but if you don’t have reservations, you might end up snoozing in your car. The mountains of the San Gabriel Mountains in winter are a tremendously perfect place if you get pleasure from snowboarding and skiing. Good exercise and just being on the trails for a while attract snow people from near and far. Snowboarding and skiing in this part of California is so much fun every day of the snow season. The snow covered mountains of the San Gabriel Mountains is a vista worth seeing. As you're on this net page you are probably into skiing or snowboarding, either way, this region has many ski mountains.

Mt. Baldy ski area management's own description

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at Mt. Baldy ski area
QUICK STATS
Vertical drop: 2,100 feet
Top Elevation: 10600 feet
Base Elevation: 8500 feet

Total Runs: 28
- 40% Expert and Advanced
- 40% Intermediate Runs
- 20% Beginner Runs
- Longest Run: 2.5 miles

Total Lifts: 4
- 4 Chair Lifts

Skiing Area: 400 acres
- Snowmaking on 100 acres
Annual snowfall: 8 feet
Snowboarders Welcome

Coordinates:
Latitude: 34.269687
Longitude: -117.622318

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These outdoors activities are available near Mt. Baldy ski area.

Ski Areas Near Mt. Baldy ski area:

Mountain High, California , 8 miles away
   1600 vertical feet
   62 runs - 16 lifts
   35% Expert & Adv.
   40% Intermediate
   25% Beginner

Ski Sunrise, California , 8 miles away
   816 vertical feet
   24 runs - 4 lifts
   30% Expert & Adv.
   55% Intermediate
   15% Beginner

Mt Waterman, California , 12 miles away
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   40% Expert & Adv.
   25% Intermediate
   35% Beginner

Snow Valley, California , 41 miles away
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   30 runs - 11 lifts
   35% Expert & Adv.
   35% Intermediate
   30% Beginner

Snow Summit, California , 51 miles away
   1200 vertical feet
   31 runs - 14 lifts
   25% Expert & Adv.
   65% Intermediate
   10% Beginner

Bear Mountain, California , 53 miles away
   1700 vertical feet
   34 runs - 12 lifts
   30% Expert & Adv.
   55% Intermediate
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Shirley Meadow, California , 105 miles away
   600 vertical feet
   7 runs - 3 lifts
   30% Expert & Adv.
   40% Intermediate
   30% Beginner

Las Vegas Ski, Nevada , 178 miles away
   1000 vertical feet
   11 runs - 4 lifts
   20% Expert & Adv.
   60% Intermediate
   20% Beginner

Sierra Summit, California , 200 miles away
   1600 vertical feet
   45 runs - 11 lifts
   61% Expert & Adv.
   28% Intermediate
   11% Beginner

Trails Near Mt. Baldy ski area:

Pacific Crest Trail - section 7, County , 2 miles away, 52.1 hiking miles, 7647 feet elevation difference

Baldy Trail, Los Angeles County , 2 miles away, 7.5 hiking miles, 7055 feet elevation difference

Ontario Peak Trail, San Bernardino County , 2 miles away, 5 hiking miles, 1159 feet elevation difference

National Parks Near Mt. Baldy ski area:

Mojave National Preserve, Barstow - CA , 54 miles away