Saucer Canyon Mine
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 9:01 pm
Anybody been down to Saucer Canyon?
I recently went to check out a mine shaft supposedly there under the first "big" dryfall. It was sure interesting getting down to the canyon.
I started from Eaton Saddle. Took Mt. Lowe fireroad to Brown Mtn ridge firebreak (passing Tom Sloane Saddle). Then dropped down into Saucer Canyon.
Spooky
![Image](http://i58.tinypic.com/o8gefs.jpg)
up and down brown mtn ridge
![Image](http://i57.tinypic.com/2zdytjq.jpg)
Lots of bushwhacking, scrambling. You know, San Gabes style.
It looks like it would make a very beautiful canyoneering trip setting it up as a car shuttle, then ending at Millard Canyon side. I never seen Saucer Canyon Falls from that end but I'd love to check it out when its flowing.
The mine itself only went in about 30 feet.
![Image](http://i59.tinypic.com/iqy62h.jpg)
I read on Christopher Brennan's site that there is an aircraft wreckage just below the second waterfall. I climbed to the top of the fall but didn't feel like climbing down. I heard some animal down there and I was kind of not looking forward to all that elevation gain going back to Brown Mtn ridge. (So much damn up and down).
All in all, a nice beautiful hidden canyon.
More info:
http://angelesadventures.com/saucer-canyon-mine/
I recently went to check out a mine shaft supposedly there under the first "big" dryfall. It was sure interesting getting down to the canyon.
I started from Eaton Saddle. Took Mt. Lowe fireroad to Brown Mtn ridge firebreak (passing Tom Sloane Saddle). Then dropped down into Saucer Canyon.
Spooky
![Image](http://i58.tinypic.com/o8gefs.jpg)
up and down brown mtn ridge
![Image](http://i57.tinypic.com/2zdytjq.jpg)
Lots of bushwhacking, scrambling. You know, San Gabes style.
It looks like it would make a very beautiful canyoneering trip setting it up as a car shuttle, then ending at Millard Canyon side. I never seen Saucer Canyon Falls from that end but I'd love to check it out when its flowing.
The mine itself only went in about 30 feet.
![Image](http://i59.tinypic.com/iqy62h.jpg)
I read on Christopher Brennan's site that there is an aircraft wreckage just below the second waterfall. I climbed to the top of the fall but didn't feel like climbing down. I heard some animal down there and I was kind of not looking forward to all that elevation gain going back to Brown Mtn ridge. (So much damn up and down).
All in all, a nice beautiful hidden canyon.
More info:
http://angelesadventures.com/saucer-canyon-mine/