EISPIRATEN

Uncle Bob looks like he had one too many, left the safety of his truck and got swept downstream by raging waters

I started seeing it after Chantry opened for hiking

Girl Hiker wrote: Wed Jun 03, 2026 12:13 am It is just a landmark

Yes but who's Bob? And why is he so bloated and looking like he is about to be swept away. There's gotta be a good story here...

WTF is this? Who is Bob? Alongside Chantry Flat road.

I did the first part of this from Spruce Camp, there used to be a wildlife camera about 1/4 mile in. I turned around at the first drainage crossing as I was in the middle of another hike.


David I did not see a wildlife camera or any fresh scat for that matter. We did observe and listen to a ...

Sounds good Nate

What an amazing adventure! There is so much history in the SanGabes. Also, hard to imagine a bear would be sleeping exposed to the elements like that.

Thanks Dima. Note the roadbed continues past SA North Fork and terminates at the Gabrielino trail somewhere around here: 34.218379, -118.024173

The landslide bypasses are relatively short, but steep and loose. The biggest challenge was pushing through sections where the road grade is gone due to ...

This weekend was a culmination of some advanced scouting and preparations. We set out for Spruce Grove camp on Friday night. The weather and hiking conditions were perfect. We snagged a good campsite, downed a hearty beef stew and turned it in early. The next morning we started back down the trail ...

The answer was so specific along with the dog breed that I fell for it. Today I double checked and here is a different response. Fuck AI is right.

According to google AI and MTB lore, the name of Ken Burton's dog, a German Shorthaired Pointer, was Wella. She accompanied him while building the nearby trails.

Hey thanks for chiming in everyone. Funny because I originally posted in February and no one responded then. I figured my post wasn't "edgy" enough for this audience LOL

Brown Mtn ridge is super fun. Going up from Wella's on a cool breezy morning was fine. You get a lot of elevation gain behind you ...

This is now getting political attention:
https://www.newsweek.com/congressman-calls-for-fbi-help-over-missing-general-scientists-11764096

Congressman Calls for FBI Help Over Missing General, Scientists
Published Mar 31, 2026 at 12:26 PM EDT

Representative Eric Burlison, a Missouri Republican ...

And the plot thickens

https://nypost.com/2026/03/27/us-news/another-vanished-official-could-be-tied-to-missing-and-dead-us-scientists-report/

Melissa Casias, who worked with her husband as an administrative assistant at Los Alamos National Laboratory [LANL] — famous for developing nuclear weapons ...

Started at the trailhead at top of Rising Hill in Altadena. We bagged Wella's Peak and then ascended the west ridge towards Brown. It was a bit of a steep bushwack, but we were able to find the trail fine and eventually ascended the ridge. Up and down we went bagging Brown Mtn and 3-4 other ...

Hiked to First Water yesterday and can atest to a fine job by the trail crew. The burn scars are still there, but also so much greenery it was super enjoyable. New roaring cascades below too. I missed this trail so much and it's a miracle that a year later it's open, albeit not all the way yet to ...

Well done and a big thank you to the trail volunteers.

Glad to see someone's getting out there. I have been grounded by a bum knee, holiday travel and now the flu. So frustrating. There's so much water out there!

Thanks for sharing. Does anyone know what happened to the Idle Hour structures? Fire? Flood?

Also there is that "T" placed above Henninger flat.
T.jpg

I have seen it in many historical photos. What did the "T" stand for? It appears to have been maintained for a few decades.
T2.jpg

That is super bold to wander alone into bear country. Kudos! Did you see any remnants of the cabin itself?

Oh hey, look at that. We talked about this in an earlier post


Thanks for sharing

Coincidentally I found some cool reading on the Loomis Ranch. Not sure if this was posted before. My fave is the Elsie Corwin mountain lion story.
http://loomisranch.org/index.html

Site also includes the ...

Yes we wandered around. We didnt go on the private property just walked by it on the road where you can access the main trail.


Considering my crew did all of the work on the trail and we had to study the entire area to be allowed to do the work, I'm obviously very aware of pretty much exactly ...

The issue with the San Gabriels is there is no one really in charge. No one has a vision for the range. Different areas are under different jurisdictions and funding is minimal. Fire safety seems to be the top priority, if anything at all. Unless there are endangered species, as I recently posted on ...

I like the project....here are a few contributions. I am sure there are many others....

Rona May Cuena
https://ktla.com/news/local-news/family-searches-for-woman-swept-away-by-river-in-san-gabriel-mountains/

Julian Sands
https://people.com/what-was-julian-sands-cause-of-death-11761689 ...

Gary Robert Nuetzel went missing in 2024, Chantry Flat
https://www.sfgate.com/la/article/missi ... 894296.php

Those Sierra Club archives are amazing. Too bad they are not searchable...

Early Sunday hike. First a warmup to Monrovia Falls and then up Sawpit, via Overturff trail and back down the fire road. Amazing time to go there. Water and blooms everywhere. Lots of bees and bugs too. Trails in great condition mostly shaded. Deer Park is easily accessible and so are the cabin ...

This is awesome and why I joined this forum. Congrats.

Sweet hike!