"I started this hike at 10 AM and it was a little hot at that time. The hike up is a well maintained trail and is quite easy trail. The views down into the city were nice and the trails were well signed, so you can’t get lost. There is 60 switchbacks on this trail and the summit is quite nice, the views towards Mt Wilson, Santiago Peak, and the city. The summit also had a heart, a bench, and a new sign." — lc444 • Nov 12, 2024

"This hike was started at 9 AM. After a bit of ascending with views into the valley, I climbed up the Bastard Ridge. After climbing for a whole hour on Bastard Ridge, I summited Jones Peak. Jones Peak has no views because it was swallowed by a dense fog. After another climb on the trail towards Hastings Peak, I left the clouds. But this section is very overgrown. After a large climb up I reached Hastings Peak. The summit had great views above the clouds, a survey benchmark, and the Ruby Wilson Bench. After that we descended and then ascended a very steep hill towards the Mt Wilson Toll Road. After a boring section on the Mt Wilson Toll Road we finally reached the shade! After a while through the shade we reached the small rocky trail towards the summit of Mt Wilson. After a long climb with the occasional views into the sea of clouds we finally reached the summit of Mt Wilson. It had 2 benchmarks, a summit sign, and amazing views into the LA basin. I didn't visit the observatories this time because it was 3 PM when I summited. But I did go see the Cosmic Cafe, which had decent views. After that I went down on the Mt Wilson Toll Road until the Mt Wilson Trail. At the Mt Wilson trail I..." — lc444 • Sep 19, 2023

"I drove a long way from my home in LA to get here at 5AM with my friends in the VHC. Then we walked up the road to the trailhead and saw a gateway sign. Then we went on the trail to the real trailhead. Then we went on the trail for about aa few minutes till we got to Charli's New Trail/ Bastard Ridge. Then we asended the Charli's New Trail till we got to a cool bench. Then we merged onto the steeper Bastard Ridge. There were steep parts, then level parts until Jones Peak. The only thing unusual was a red pole which I guess was a blaZe. False peak after false peak, we made it to Jones. The summit had a sign, a unusual bench, and a rock heart. Jones Peak's views were clear and better than Hasting's Then we descended to Jones Peak Saddle. The trail just got more overgrown after there. Then the trail was fully overgrown by the part where we reached the trail's largest meadow. It was like this until the summit of Mt Hastings. The summit of Hastings had some decent views, clouded by the dust storms in LA. Then the trail after Hastings was in a better shape. Then after a small peak we descended to the most risky ascent on the trail. This part had a grade of about 75-97% and surprisingly, ..." — lcnguyen • Jan 10, 2022

"Started out about 8:30am and temperatures were nice and cool. Shade all of the way up too because the sun was coming up the other side of the ridge. It's a solid workout though with the constant grade climbing; the last 200' or so is pretty steep and rocky. But sit on the bench at the top for great panoramic views of the entire Los Angeles metro region." — marc • Mar 31, 2019

"My girl and I went up on a cloudy windy day to explore Bailey Canyon and Jones Peak. I very much enjoyed the trail and the canyon as well as the distant views out toward Los Angeles and the Ocean. It was humid out but not too hot. Nice and warm hiking up that steep trail but we got some relief from some freakish out of no where wind and some here and there sprinkles. The top was great and once again we were greeted by a swallowtail butterfly just like on so many of the peaks I have climbed throughout California. This is my 1st time up here and Peak #53 of my 100 in 2014 goal. This was the Same day that the Massive downpours hit the local mountains dumping 5 inches of rain on Mt. Baldy and Killing a man trapped in his vehicle." — 1-with-Nature • Aug 3, 2014