Want to spend a Sunday exploring Mt. Baldy? This is the trip for you! We are so lucky to be joined by Mt-Baldy-local, Professor Dr. Diana Blaine, for our hike up the Cedar Glen Camp Trail. We’ll trek about 4.4 miles with a 1,387 ft elevation gain to reach the lovely Cedar Glen camp ground. Once there, we will take a break for an early lunch before heading back home! Come for some amazing views and wonderful conversations.
PACKING LIST:
WATER! (at LEAST 32 oz.)
Sunscreen
Hiking shoes or sneakers
Lunch + Snacks
WAIVERS
Professor: Diana York Blaine
DEPARTMENT: Gender & Sexuality Studies
SCHOOL: Dornsife
Professor Blaine grew up in Pomona at the foot of Mt. Baldy, over which she ran wild as often as possible. Today the mountain still serves as a source of pleasure, wonder, and spiritual solace for her, and she looks forward to sharing this beautiful part of her world with students. When not in nature, Dr. Blaine teaches in the Department of Gender and Sexuality Studies, where she also serves as the Director of Undergraduate Studies. Her research and publications examine gendered representations of death in media, including analysis of corpses in advertising, literature, news, films and television. For better or worse, she sees everything through the lens of mortality.
PEAK: Mt Baldy (Cedar Glen Camp Trail)
DIFFICULTY: 3/5
SCENERY: Amazing ~peak~ views, cute cabins, & (possibly) some running streams
FUN FACT: According to Google: “Locals have affectionately called it Mount Baldy (or sometimes Old Baldy) because of its barren treeless summit.” We’ll have to ask Professor Blaine about this.
TRIP LEAD: Bianca
wants to know if one peanut in a bag of M&Ms counts as trail mix…?
Contact Bianca: bventola@usc.edu
Read Bianca’s bio here.