Mt. Baldy:

Mt Baldy is the common name for Mt. San Antonio.  I have been hiking in the area for 30 years!  About three years ago just after my daughter was born, we bought a cabin in ice house canyon and have spent almost every weekend there ever since.  The cabin is located just over a mile up the ice house canyon trail at an elevation of around 5500 ft.  There is no road access so all supplies have to be packed in over a mile up a trail that gains about 700 feet of elevation.  Not to bad, unless you are trying to move a 225lb wood stove!   Here is a shot looking up ice house canyon toward Ice House Saddle.  

History of Cabin #39:  

The cabin was built in 1926 by the Chapman brothers.  It was originally about 200 square feet with a seperate outbuilding that was another 80 square feet.  It was constructed from native stone and split logs oriented vertically and caulked with cement.  Electricity was installed sometime in the 30's as part of the rural electrification project.  Telephone service was installed in the late 1940's.  The phone system was just upgraded in 2005.  We now have DSL in the canyon!  There is something wonderful about sitting in an idyllic setting working on these webpages.  

In the 1960's another 150 square feet was added on giving a more modern kitchen.  The cabin was purchased in 1984 by Chris Reyna.  He did a terrific job of maintaining the cabin.  I purchased it from him in 2003.  In 2004 I upgraded the outhouse by replacing the siding and adding a sink.  I replaced the roof on both the main cabin and outhouse. In 2005 I replaced the 1920s era Ben Franklin stove with a modern EPA2 woodstove.  The cabin used to be VERY smokey due to cracks in the old stove.  
  
Maps of the Area:

This is a scan of a 25 year old map that gives the names ofthe various creeks feeding Ice House Canyon.  It also shows the old trail that used to traverse away from the canyon prior to the rerouting in the mid 80s.  
There is a geo-cache somewhere in the area.