San Gabriel West ford to Cogswell Dam and beyond

calicokid · Post by **calicokid** » Sat May 02, 2009 10:53 pm

Rode bike with a friend on the west ford to Cogswell Dam and beyond to see how far we could go to reach the Red Box Rincon junction. We went to about 12 mi mark from Hwy 39 so we were about 0.5 to 1 mi from the junction.
Weather was nearly perfect for a ride. Saw a bear on the trail and scare the heck out of my buddy. Did not see a soul after passing the Dam. Will come back soon to do a 28-mile complete loop.

Post by **Taco** » Sat May 02, 2009 11:11 pm

Were you able to pass the gate at the dam? I didn't want to go past... right at the helipad, if that helps.

calicokid · Post by **calicokid** » Sun May 03, 2009 9:38 pm

Taco,

Just ignore the (No Trespassing) sign on the fence. The gate is open most of the time; I remembered that the only time it was close on the eve of Sep. 11th of that year.

As long as you keep hike/ride on the main trail and keep off some private property driveways; will be Okay.

Post by **Taco** » Mon May 04, 2009 2:55 pm

Roger that, thank you sir.

Ze Hiker · Post by **Ze Hiker** » Mon May 04, 2009 5:39 pm

you're going to hike on private property?! someone who will not be named would not approve!

calicokid · Post by **calicokid** » Tue May 05, 2009 10:06 am

Taco,

What is beyond the Dam? Are you thinking of Devils Canyon?

Post by **Taco** » Tue May 05, 2009 2:24 pm

Nah, just wanted to see things, nothing in particular.

Post by **Hikin_Jim** » Tue May 05, 2009 3:58 pm

According to Christopher Brennan, the lower end of Devil's looks pretty interesting.

EnFuego · Post by **EnFuego** » Sat May 09, 2009 1:45 pm

Zé wrote:you're going to hike on private property?! someone who will not be named would not approve!

hehe!!! We wouldn't want to start another never ending thread on that subject.

Calico - where abouts did you see the bear? About how many miles were in when you saw it? I used to ride my bike back there a lot, but that was only to fly fish. This was a long time ago when I was only into fishing and photography.

When do you plan on doing the loop?

mattmaxon · Post by **mattmaxon** » Mon May 11, 2009 11:23 am

calicokid wrote: see how far we could go to reach the Red Box Rincon junction.

Rode from Mt Wilson to SR-39 a short while ago via the Rim Trail & Newcomb Pass

Nice ride...

Was Looking at Red Box to SR-39 sometime

Curious as to the location of the bear.... Any memory of where it might be?

Thanks
Matt

calicokid · Post by **calicokid** » Mon May 11, 2009 11:59 pm

Mattmaxon & Enfuego - we were about 10-11 miles in from the West Ford river trail gate off hwy 39 where we encountered the bear. The bear scats were all over the trail at that point. Plenty of water and vegetation in that area. Here is the map showing where that mama bear about (between point B and C):
http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=34.22749,-11 ... rvoir%20CA

I plan to do the loop somewhere in June. Earlier is the better, the bugs and the heat starts show up on the trail already.

mattmaxon · Post by **mattmaxon** » Tue May 12, 2009 8:00 am

Cougarmagic posted a photo over in Flora & Fauna

https://eispiraten.com/viewtopic.php?t=1379

http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=34.22807,-11 ... at%20photo

The elevation I recorded was 3467ft, about 1.2 miles from the junction on top, right in between your 2 points

About 4¼ miles from the road across the dam