EISPIRATEN

If you're planning on going from the top down you'll run into some pretty thick blackberry jungles above those two falls. It's doable, but it will be slow sailing.

There are hundreds of lost secrets in this mountain range. My next adventure began when I found an old photo from 1909 in the Los Angeles Herald. It was in the Fishing Section (fishing was big in that day in the East Fork) They use to stock the stream and there were some pretty big trout in it. The ...

That deer scalp is bizarre. Doesn't look like something a mountain lion would do.

I see a broken leg in your future.

LOL, that's a little deeper than the last time I saw it. Willie looks like Freddy Krueger in that T-shirt. Perfect sound track.

I don't know how it's even possible to buy a canyon like that. Seems to me that's on forest land. At first I thought it might be some drug operation trying to keep people out, but there was nothing back there.

Thanks for the great info. No visible signs of building as of yet. The signs seem to have slowed the graffiti down drastically, although there is some beyond them. Very intimidating though. "Smile, you're on camera" etc.

There's nothing at all back there. A lot of graffiti at the beginning, so the signs may have been put up to keep taggers out. They seem to be working, it's a jungle once you get beyond the signs. There are at least 20 of them with cellular camera notices, although I didn't spot any cameras.

Agreed. It has unbelievable photos and articles from the 1800s. Here's a photo of a trolley that used to go up to Camp Baldy.

There was a trail at one time. It still exists for the first quarter mile or so, and then it becomes bushwhack city.
Officially the tallest fall in this mountain range is Bonita Falls near Lytle Creek at 160 feet, but I've found a few that are taller.

Who ya gonna infect in the middle of nowhere?

Eating a poisonous mushroom is said to be one of the most painful ways to die.
And if you're unfortunate enough to live, your liver is destroyed for life.

Some of you might recognize the falls below. This picture was taken around 1905. 99% of the people who visit this waterfall call it Stoddard Falls, which could not be further from the truth. https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/photobucket/oi411/albums/pp195/minefinder/Hikes/Stoddard%20Canyon/1a_z...

The Horseshoe mine has been inactive since the 1920s, still private property. That's why the bungee company at the Bridge To Nowhere has to lease the bridge from the Saunder's family for every jump. Another good example is the Falcon Mine, inactive for over 50 years, still private property. Monte Cr...

I think you stated it perfectly. It's private property. And not just the first 1/4 mile. It's a patented mine, just like the property the Bridge To Nowhere stands on (which is also private property owned by the descendants of the owner of the Horseshoe mines). Not bustin' you chops, just stating a f...

Why do you pick a time of day when running into people is unlikely? Just wondering.
I could care less if anyone goes back there, but you know it's private property. Just because you don't see a soul doesn't mean it's not.

The whole mine site and road are on private property. Pharroah had to get permission from quite a few people to film back in there.

https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/4.bp.blogspot.com/-7B8WlcBcHK0/XHXazYUv7fI/AAAAAAAADfo/O9MOnlNdN1QccDerbRUL9sj5wOje6l6_ACLcBGAs/s640/knoxcabin.jpg Here a couple of photos I found in an old newspaper called the Azusa Pomotropic. The cabin on the left (located in Cattle Canyon) belonged to Joh...

The Swarthouts were some of the original Mormon pioneers of San Bernardino. Some of them lived in Lone Pine Canyon.

Here's Nathan

There's a great writeup on the whole clan you can read here ....

The History of the Swarthout Family

Sad. He was a school teacher. The dude they're looking for is undoubtedly dead as well.

Most of the Southern Pacifics I see are almost completely black, but I have seen tan ones like that.
The latest one I saw was dusty black with no pattern whatsoever.

I've never seen a Southern Pacific Rattlesnake with that straight banding around the tail section.

I like how the guy put on the hazard lights after the car was upside down, before he ran away.
And where do you run to on the Angeles Crest in the middle of the night, when you're drunk?

Great shot. I didn't know there were western diamondbacks in the San Gabriels.

"Investigators were told the car was borrowed by a friend of the registered owner."

Could have been worse.

Here's a pdf with all the rules. You can pick up a permit at the East Fork OHV area or at the Glendora ranger station
https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DO ... 319636.pdf

I walked up part of it from the bottom. It is a lonnnnnng ass road. You can take a 4 wheeler the whole way if you get a permit.

I have John Robinson's description of it somewhere. I think it was in Mines of the San Gabriels. Can't seem to find his book at the moment, but apparently the mine had no known name and the miner's name was unknown as well. Hard to believe he was able to transport ore out of that location, but at le...

Wasn't able to get all the way to the back of the canyon, which is where it is. The overgrowth was horrific. But there's a way to come in from the back side and climb down, I'll try it one of these days. Missy from angelesadventures.com was able to reach it years ago. She said the mine wasn't that d...