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East Fork of the San Gabriel River
A 10 mile hike along the San Gabriel River to the Bridge to Nowhere - a large concrete bridge in a rocky canyon.
A 10 mile hike along the San Gabriel River to the Bridge to Nowhere - a large concrete bridge in a rocky canyon.
Moderate
10.2 mi/
16.4 km
16.4 km
Guides
A 10 mile hike along the San Gabriel River to the Bridge to Nowhere - a large concrete bridge in a rocky canyon.
Community Trips
Full write up at <a href=http://www.modernhiker.com/2008/08/11/hiking-the-east-fork-of-san-gabriel-river-to-the-bridge-to-nowhere/">Modern Hiker</a>.
A classic hike to the highest point in Los Angeles County. Full write-up at Modern Hiker.
Total Length 12.1 Miles Moving Time: 4hr 27minStopped Time: 3hr 53minTotal Time: 8hr 21min
After a week of getting psyched up for a nice end of February hike to Chantry Flats, Lori and I loaded up the truck and headed to Sierra Madre. Once up to Chantry Flats, it was immediately apparent that this was the weekend everyone in the San Gabriel valley was using their E ticket ride to mother nature. There was nowhere to park unless you wanted to burn more than a couple of uphill...
Iron Mountain (also called Sheep Mountain) is listed as "Iron Mountain #1" in the Sierra Club HPS hikes list. Our total mileage was 14.54 miles roundtrip to the summit. The total ascent was recorded at 7,147 feet and descent 7,152 on my Garmin 60CSx, which is generally regarded as being very accurate.We made the decision to make this hike after last weekends trek up Rattlesnake Peak, located about four miles to the southwest...
At Vincent Gap there are a number of hiking options. You can hike the Pacific Crest Trail to the summit of Mount Baden-Powell, hike down Vincent Gulch to the upper east fork of the San Gabriel River, or take an easy hike on an old wagon road around the eastern flank of Mount Baden-Powell to the Stamp Mill at Big Horn Mine. The later of these is Hike #82 in John Robinson's...
This was our first hike in the San Gabriel Mountains since the Station Fire took the lives of two firefighters and burned nearly 161,000 acres of National Forest. I'd been planning this hike since our Big Pine to Blue Ridge hike after seeing that part of the Pacific Crest Trail runs through the area. On Saturday, I called the Ranger Station to make sure Highway 2 was open to Inspiration Point. The road was...
East Fork to Allison Gulch, Allison Mine, & Heaton Flat Trail
Glendora, CA, California, United States
12.0 miles
12.0 miles
Full Trip Report HereNaturally the elevation stats are wrong on this site, it is ~ 3500 ft gain for this hike.
