"With Keith Hamrick. Baldy Mountain is an officially named summit with 500 feet of prominence that lies entirely on public land, but due to several challenges it only has one documented ascent by Chris Kerth. I wanted to squeeze it in this weekend before the big storm, knowing that Cache Creek would likely become impassable for the rest of the season after heavy rains. While there are more efficient ways to just climb Baldy Mountain by itself, we planned a big loop that would allow us to tag 3 other summits. From Cache Creek Canyon Regional Park, we forded the river and climbed up to some trail. We climbed up and over some ridge then dropped back to Cache Creek where we had our second ford. We then climbed up Peak 1840, though I struggle to call it a “peak” since it only has 240 feet of prominence. We then dropped down to Buck Island Campground where we had our third ford of Cache Creek. We found a car here that we surmised was abandoned, even though it wasn’t that old. The bathrooms were victims of buckshot. Keith suggested that the people who camped here probably drank too much Busch Light. We then followed Davis Creek upstream, finding some very large bear prints in the sand. The..." — seancasserly • Dec 16, 2023