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Mt. Baldy ski area, San Gabriel Mountains, California
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| | (...) 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 |
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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.
This ski mountain has an average part of black and red trails and an average share of green and blue trails. Mt. Baldy gets covered by an average amount of snow every season. This ski mountain has 400 acres of skiing area, and it's all | |
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in nice condition. Mt. Baldy has an acceptable mixture of trails and a rather humble total of ski lifts. The 28 ski slopes at this ski mountain are tremendous. The mountaintops of California covered in beautiful snow are a delightful location for snowboarding
or skiing. No other ski mountain for 310 miles has a higher vertical drop. There are 4 good ski lifts here, and they are in tremendous condition. Mt. Baldy has a height difference of 2,100 feet which is truly unbelievable. Mt. Baldy is a petite ski mountain having
a roughly average elevation difference if compared to other west coast ski mountains. Winter in the mountains of California and marvelous runs are sure to keep you returning. The seasonal snowfall of 8 feet keeps the coverage tremendous. In wintertime the San
Gabriel Mountains is so scenic you won’t believe it. The trailmap of Mt. Baldy on this web page naturally says a thousand words. Whether you're skiing or snowboarding, there are a lot of delightful ski mountains for that around here. The snowboarding and the skiing
in this part of the country is lots of fun every day of the snow season. The San Gabriel Mountains and its mountaintops make for a delightful vista. Getting a delightful workout and just being on the trails for a while have skiers coming here. There aren’t any
rooms nearby, but if you're prepared to go a short length then no problem, and if you make reservations ahead of going, you're all set.
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Mt. Baldy ski area management's own description
Skier and snowboarder reviews of Mt. Baldy ski area, California:

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| These outdoors activities are available near Mt. Baldy ski area. |
| | Ski Areas Near Mt. Baldy ski area:
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Mountain High, California
, 8 miles away 1600 vertical feet 62 runs - 16 lifts 35% Expert & Adv. 40% Intermediate 25% Beginner |
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Ski Sunrise, California
, 8 miles away 816 vertical feet 24 runs - 4 lifts 30% Expert & Adv. 55% Intermediate 15% Beginner |
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Mt Waterman, California
, 12 miles away 1300 vertical feet 10 runs - 3 lifts 40% Expert & Adv. 25% Intermediate 35% Beginner |
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Snow Valley, California
, 41 miles away 1041 vertical feet 30 runs - 11 lifts 35% Expert & Adv. 35% Intermediate 30% Beginner |
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Snow Summit, California
, 51 miles away 1200 vertical feet 31 runs - 14 lifts 25% Expert & Adv. 65% Intermediate 10% Beginner |
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Bear Mountain, California
, 53 miles away 1665 vertical feet 34 runs - 12 lifts 30% Expert & Adv. 55% Intermediate 15% Beginner |
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| | Trails Near Mt. Baldy ski area:
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Pacific Crest Trail - section 7, overlapping
County
, 2 miles away, 52.1 hiking miles, 7647 feet elevation difference |
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Baldy Trail, Los Angeles
County
, 2 miles away, 7.5 hiking miles, 7055 feet elevation difference |
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Ontario Peak Trail, San Bernardino
County
, 2 miles away, 5 hiking miles, 1159 feet elevation difference |
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| |  Mt. Baldy ski area Trail Map Trail map supplied by Mt. Baldy ski area, copyright ©. |
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* Distances listed are direct linear distances, actual travel distance may be different.
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