Mount Baldy, CA
Sunday, June 21, 2009 at 08:46PM 
Above: the chair lift that travels up Mount Baldy in the San Gabriel Mountains. Mount Baldy is about one hour east of Los Angeles, and the area provides great mountain vistas, rustic inns and restaurants, hiking, camping, mountain biking and skiing.

Many wildflowers still in bloom along the way.







Above and below: yucca plants in full bloom.



Above: an example of a Native American dwelling.
Below: an example of a dwelling built during the Gold Rush.





Above: the San Antonio River valley.

Above and below: San Antonio Falls, a 1/2 mile hike from the main road.








Above: a mountain biker starting the ride down Mount Baldy.

Above: the hiking trail on Mount Baldy.













