On Wednesday, I met my hiking buddies at the trailhead.
It was short but hiking along the Gabrielino trail and the Arroyo Seco was very refreshing. There was lots of water flowing in the streams with multiple creek crossings.
Several ruins from the old resort days are still in place and the old wood-burning stoves are still intact at Switzer's camp.
Once we checked out the falls we climbed above it and explored further down the canyon. We found a huge waterfall where the canyon ends. It was spectacular with a huge pooI of water below it. However, before we could see it there was a huge downed tree that we had to carefully climb over.
To add, I read several reports on the actual name of this spectacular waterfall. Some call it Upper Switzer falls and/or Royal falls. There was also info that there are three falls beyond Switzer that aren't considered part of the original Switzers. Maybe someone can clear this up for me.
Anyways, we had the trail all to ourselves (which was very nice), until we headed back to our cars.
What's the name of the falls at the end of the canyon?
