Mount Baden-Powell
Vincent Gap, Angeles Crest (PCT) · near Wrightwood · Los Angeles / SoCal
Hiking
At a glance
- Difficulty
- strenuous
- Route type
- out-and-back
- Distance
- 8.25 miles
- Elevation gain
- 2,830 ft
- Time needed
- day
- Best season
- June–October · Snow-covered and hazardous in winter/spring
Permits and booking
- Permit required
- No
- How the permit works
- No hiking permit; a National Forest Adventure Pass is required to park at Vincent Gap.
- How hard the permit is to get
- 1 of 5
What is here
- Features
- 9,399-ft summit · Pacific Crest Trail switchbacks · Ancient limber pines (Wally Waldron Tree, ~1,500 yrs) · Mojave-to-ocean panorama
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Allowed
- Good for a first timer
- No
Hiking detail
- Intl tip
- It's high-altitude — pace yourself and carry more water than you think, since there's none on the ridge. Snow lingers into late spring; without an ice axe and traction, wait for a dry summer trail.
The guide
One of the highest and most rewarding summits in the San Gabriels, climbing some 40 PCT switchbacks to a 9,399-foot crown ringe…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Mount Baden-Powell — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 34.3729, -117.7523