
Starting from the Soledad Canyon Day use Area, head up the well-traveled trail into Bar Canyon.


Ruins along the Bar Canyon Trail.


Entering some narrows just before Bar Canyon Waterfall.


Waterfall. Fun Class 4 scrambling to get up via the waterfall, but apparently there is a Class 2 route to avoid the sketchy waterfall scramble.

Looking down from the top of the first set of falls.

Narrow section above the first set of falls before starting the sketchiest stuff.

The top of the falls looking down into the narrows of Bar Canyon.

Continuing up the canyon.

Bar Canyon opens up. You can see the screen field in the center (standard route, but it's dumb), and the more pleasant ridgeline on the right.

I opted to take the ridgeline on the way up.

Looking back into Bar Canyon on the way up the ridgeline.

Still along the ridgeline, you can see the scree on the left.


At the top of the ridgeline, looking north toward Baldy Peak (white blip in the center).

Looking south toward another peak, Bar Canyon on the right.

Heading up the ridge to Baldy Peak.

On the way up to Baldy Peak looking back toward the ridgeline, Bar Canyon on the right out of frame.

Baldy peak on the right.

Ridgeline I came up on on the right, southern Organ Mountains on the left.

Close-up into Bar Canyon.

Approaching Baldy Peak summit.


Baldy Peak summit, looking east toward Organ Peak.

Baldy Peak summit looking north toward the northern organs (Organ Needle).

Baldy Peak summit looking south toward the ridgeline I came up.
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