Stoddard Peak Hike Guide

The area that you hike through was devastated by the 2003 Padua Fire. Trees like these small pines have grown since then.

Stoddard Peak is named after WH Stoddard, who in 1880 opened one of the first resorts here in the San Gabriels. Stoddard was the brother-in-law of railroad tycoon Collis Potter Huntington , and moved to the mountains from Sacramento attempting to alleviate

From the canyon along Mt Baldy Road, we climb up in the shadow of a bigger peak called Turtle’s Beak (6857 feet) around to the south where we end up at Stoddard Peak.

The majority of the hike is a gradual uphill, and then the last part is a steep climb to a false summit, and then a small down and up to Stoddard Peak.

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The parking area isn’t huge, but there’s usually somewhere to grab a spot. Parking is free, and there are no toilets or water fills.

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Stoddard Peak is named after WH Stoddard, who in 1880 opened one of the first resorts here in the San Gabriels. Stoddard was the brother-in-law of railroad tycoon Collis Potter Huntington , and moved to the mountains from Sacramento attempting to alleviate

From the canyon along Mt Baldy Road, we climb up in the shadow of a bigger peak called Turtle’s Beak (6857 feet) around to the south where we end up at Stoddard Peak.

The majority of the hike is a gradual uphill, and then the last part is a steep climb to a false summit, and then a small down and up to Stoddard Peak.

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The parking area isn’t huge, but there’s usually somewhere to grab a spot. Parking is free, and there are no toilets or water fills.

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