Mt Baldy 369528 Scramble on 26-May-2019

Ten Ramblers and one guest from down under left the the trailhead at 9:15 AM and headed up the steep Mount Baldy trail. Higher up the group had to make decision to take the OT5 bypass or the scramble route up the ridge. Three chose the bypass and the rest donned helmets and start up the scramble route.

Cathy and Phyllis down climbing the crux

Phyllis on the scramble section of the ridge

The scramble route was dry and totally snow free, allowing for safe and enjoyable scrambling. We all regrouped at the base of the summit block. The summit block was covered with 5-10 cm of new snow from the day before.

Snowy summit block of Mount Baldy

The guest and his sponsor chose to not continue on to the summit of Mount Baldy. The rest of the group donned microspikes and headed up the summit block.

Michael, Vi and Bruce starting up the summit block of Baldy

Inge and Phyllis near the top of the summit block

No difficulties were encountered on the summit block and nine Ramblers reached the summit two and a half hours after leaving the trailhead. The group settled in on the windless summit and had a long lunch while enjoying the views.

Ramblers on the summit of Mount Baldy

Looking South towards South Baldy from the summit

A quick descent of the summit block brought us back to the top of the scramble route.

Descending the upper ridge of the summit block

Some scrambled the whole route down, some part of the route and other took the bypass option.

Descending the scramble route on the ridge

Vi coming down the lower section of the ridge

Back in the trees we caught up to the guest and his sponsor. After a short debrief back at the vehicles, we all said our farewells and headed home (7 to Calgary and 4 to Canmore )

Thanks to Gary, Phyllis, Inge, Clifton, Bruce, Vi, Cathy, Barbara, Michael and guest Peter Long for their great company and for joining me Kevin (S/C) on a very enjoyable day in the front range of the Rockies.

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