3 hikers die on Baldy!

[KonoctisWigwam]

@Havasu

If your backyard!

 

[Havasu]

Yes it is. I've never hiked up there, but my wife hikes it 2-3 times a year. She said this area freezes up solid, with a 700 foot cliff on one side, and a 200 foot cliff on the other side. It gets extremely slippery this time of year and she will only go in the heat of the summer. Me...I'll just look up and admire it from a distance!

 

[Saudade]

Tragic. I've hiked Baldy (back in the '80s). Lot's of folks aren't prepared for the weather change near the summit (high winds and temp change, even in mid summer) as well as the altitude and never bring enough water.

 

[xchecker]

I've backpacked, hiked, and skied Baldy area dozens of times. ALWAYS went prepared for the worst, or so I thought. Bears, Mountain lions, rocks slides, weather changes, etc. Got lucky a couple times.
Hiked Devils backbone a few times. Not a trail to lose your SA(situational awarenss) on.
Had a deer dart onto the highway when heading up the mountain to go skiing back in the early '80s. Avoided the deer, spun out, wound up against the hillside instead of off the cliff. Damn lucky! Not a lot of guardrails back in those days.