The trail to Icehouse Saddle begins at a parking area 1.5 miles beyond Baldy Village and can be done either as a straight out-and-back or as a loop. To do the loop, after passing a series of private cabins, you take the Chapman trail to the left which zig zags up over the mountain's rocky shoulders to Cedar Glen and finally to a junction with the main trail about 5 miles from the start. From there it's another half mile to Icehouse Saddle. Returning down the main trail, it is 4 miles back to the parking area. Icehouse Saddle is quite a trail junction, with trails going off in one direction to Timber Mt, Telegraph Peak and Baldy Notch, in another to Ontario Peak, in a third to Cucamonga Peak, and in a fourth down the Middle Fork Trail to Lytle Creek. I don't know any other place in the San Gabriels where you can take five different trails from a single location. Icehouse Saddle is a lovely shady place to have lunch before continuing in whatever direction you choose.

Grant's woodland-gilia
Gilia splendens ssp. grantii
Scrophulariaceae
[Named for Adele Gerard Grant, 1881-1961]

Grinnell's penstemon
Penstemon grinnellii var. grinnellii
Scrophulariaceae
[Named for Fordyce Grinnell, Jr., 1882-1943]

Scarlet monkeyflower
Mimulus cardinalis
Scrophulariaceae

Arched elegant rock-cress
Arabis sparsiflora var. arcuata
Brassicaceae

Mountain sticky cinquefoil
Potentilla glandulosa ssp. reflexa
Rosaceae

Hairy yerba santa
Eriodictyon trichocalyx var. trichocalyx
Hydrophyllaceae

Clasping-leaved caulanthus
Caulanthus amplexicaulis var. amplexicaulis
Brassicaceae

Chaparral whitethorn
Ceanothus leucodermis
Rhamnaceae

Rock buckwheat
Eriogonum saxatile
Polygonaceae

Leafy daisy
Erigeron foliosus var. foliosus
Asteraceae

Branching phacelia
Phacelia ramosissima var. latifolia
Hydrophyllaceae

California fuchsia
Epilobium canum ssp. latifolium
Onagraceae

Hoary nettle
Urtica dioica ssp. holosericea
Urticaceae

Purple nightshade
Solanum xanti
Solanaceae
[Named for Janos Xantus, 1825-1894]

Southern mountain phacelia
Phacelia austromontana
Hydrophyllaceae