Distance

3.9 km to summit

29.2 km total

Elevation

1,384 m start

2,503 m max

Vertical

2,618 m gain

Time

3 hr 16 min to summit

15 hr 20 min total

Porcupine Loop to Midnight Peak, with two adjacent peaks added (Baldy West & South). The added difficulty and duration to the trip is why we did the loop clockwise, so we could start with the difficult scrambling required on Baldy’s west ridge. No water on route and exposed to the sun along the ridge for the vast majority of the day. The heat got to us by the time we reached Tiara Peak.

Route name

South Baldy 29.2 km route

loop
Obstacles

no water source, rockfall/loose rock, weather

Key gear

helmet

Other peaks climbed on this trip

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