"What a fun day! We drove down from Vegas after work on Thursday, getting to the Manker Flats campground a little after 8pm. We set up camp and tried to get some sleep, but the campground was so noisy, we only got a few hours before our 2am wakeup. We were on the trail a little after 3am to beat the crowds. Following Icehouse Canyon up, we reached the saddle around sunrise and took a short break. We continued on to Timber Mountain, Smetana Hill, Rees Point, Telegraph Peak, Thunder Mountain, Gold Ridge and finally Baldy Notch. We thought about hiking the trail back down, but the allure of the gondola was too great. We enjoyed a nice ride down the gondola, but we still had to hike a few more miles down the road to get back to our vehicle at Icehouse Canyon Trailhead. A wonderful young fellow saved us our last mile or so by asking if we wanted a ride. (the road hike was not included in our GPS track). It was a tiring, but extremely rewarding day!" — Kevin • Jul 24, 2020

"May 30, 2020. Parked across from the Baldy Trout Ponds and hiked up the Bear Canyon Trail to Mount Baldy, then took Devils Backbone Trail over to the Three T’s Trail. Summit all three T’s and came down Ice House Canyon. Hiked back down the road to my car. Very windy, over 50 mph winds on the exposed parts of the trails, even though the mountain weather forecast was only 20 mph. 21.8 miles and 8,035 feet of elevation gain. 10 hours and 51 minutes on the trail. " — runningvegan • May 30, 2020

"Climb up from the Timber/Telegraph saddle was long and hot, but the views from the top blew me away. Sweeping 360s with Baldy, San G, and a distant San Jacinto. Very cool summit." — edg • Aug 2, 2015

"Long Hike up there and Route finding was not easy at times, Hit a few False Peaks along the way. The Peak Register is trashed and the Sign is Missing too. The Third Peak of Four for Today. " — Nuernberger • Dec 29, 2014

"Went up with 2 of my friends,getting our legs warmed up for lots of hiking in yosemite. It was a gorgeous day but had some pretty intense wind in the pass between telegraph and Timber. This was peak #40 of my 100 in 2014 goal. We enjoyed some cold beers on the summit and then made our way to Timber Mountain." — 1-with-Nature • Jun 15, 2014

"The snowshoe up was difficult. Had there been anymore snow trail finding would have been extremely difficult. But with the fresh snow the summit was spectacular- Snow on the slopes of all the Baldy area peaks (except Baldy ironically) with the storm that had just passed through still raging over San Gorgonio to the east." — Christopher • Feb 8, 2012

"While doing the 3T's we had already hit Mt. Timber and dropped down a couple hundred feet in elevation before getting our ass kicked going up Telegraph but man let me tell you, the view from this summit did not disappoint. A very Prominent Peak with nothing obstructing the view to the east and north over the deserts. Great views of Mt. Baldy and its surrounding peaks as well. I hiked up a small cooler in my pack with 2 tall boys and this is where we cracked them. An awesome beer it was and an awesome summit to drink it on. Now off to Thunder Mountain. Unfortunetely I lost all my Pics from this trip. :(" — 1-with-Nature • Aug 6, 2010

"Took the ski lift up, then missed the actual trail down from Thunder - so I went straight down the ridge to connect. Steep uphill going towards the peak but still an easy walk from here." — jeffhubatka • May 9, 2009