Popular Trips in Sheep Mountain Wilderness
Blue Ridge to Guffy Campground via the Pacific Crest Trail
Big Pines, California, United States
5.5 miles
5.5 miles
This hike follows the Pacific Crest Trail from Blue Ridge
Campground to Guffy Campground and is a continuation of our earlier hike on the
PCT that began at Inspiration Point and ended at Blue Ridge Campground. This is
a beautiful section of trail that skirts along Blue Ridge switching back and forth
between the north and south side of the ridge yielding fantastic views of the
San Gabriel Mountains to the south and the High Desert to...
I had heard about this hike from a few people as well as read about it in a couple hiking books so I was super excited to finally do it. We started out at approx. 11am and got back to our car around 5pm. I know we could have done this hike in a few less hours but then it wouldn't have been half as fun. We actually did a lot of...
Forgot my Garmin handheld... Damm! Finally figured out I had GPS Privacy set to E911 OnlyWe met at the appointed hour at 5:30am and got going about 5:40am with a spring in our step.Making good time past the badly mis-located Sheep Mtn Wilderness Boundary marker, past the helipad to "Laurel Saddle" in about 2:10min. Took a 20min break, cached ½ my 6 liters of water and headed up the very steep route...
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http://opadventureteam.com/2011/08/05/bridge-to-nowhere-hike-southern-california/
one of the toughest 12 mile hikes you can find. also took the side trail up to West Baldy.
We didn't make it to the top. Despite being 2 miles from the Baldy summit, the climb was a little over 2,000 feet and I didn't think I could get back in time for Mother's Day.
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