East Fork San Gabriel River Through Hike
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- Опубліковано 24 лип 2023
- This was a 3-day 2-night backpacking trip from Vincent Gap to Heaton Flats along the East Fork of the San Gabriel river. There were 13 of us, and with so much snow on Mt Baldy this year the river crossings were treacherous. We saw big horn sheep, snakes, trout, water falls, the bridge to nowhere, and gold mines! What a wild place! The date of this trip was from July 21st to 23rd, 2023.
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Alan's video from this trip: • Canyon full of legends
Robert's video from this trip: • EAST FORK OF THE SAN G...
Jason's video from this trip: • Vincent Gap to Heaton ...
This is what LA has to offer, Saturday at the beach and Sunday a hike in the mountains.
Exactly!
I'm excited to move there soon! Do you feel safe though? My family is a little worried from everything they see in the news haha but I figure it's like most cities: Just stick to the good parts, and keep your head on a swivel and you should be fine. Would be interesting to hear from you perspective though
@@raymondkyruana118 Honestly, it is extremely safe, I have live here all my life and never had an issue with crime. I stay away from unsafe places. Mass shooting have happen in small cities too.
thank you!!!@@humbertovazquez3733
@@raymondkyruana118keep your head on swivel just don't stare nobody down...
I grew up in Downey right in the middle of Azusa Canyon and The Beach the half way mark on the San Gabriel River...it's just a river bed in Downey.
There are great places to swim in the San Gabriel River and cliff jumping too!
If you like fishing I suggest Huntington Beach pier...catch your own sardines and throw them under the pier! That's where most of the fish are.✌️
Eric Underwood Class of 81 Downey High School Downey California
One of my favorite places when I lived in SoCal. I'll be back someday.
Definitely a gem of the San Gabriel's
The plane crash was a Schweizer SGS 2-32 glider that crashed in 1974, thankfully the two souls onboard survived.
That is correct. Here is some more info on it: ua-cam.com/video/ESWNd7zugQI/v-deo.htmlsi=YzdTzYj1NITqC-8l
Yeah, but they left their trash behind!
Great video David!
The water looks so blue right now. Defenitly some good insight for anyone planning on a EFTH.
Thanks for all the efforts putting the Ol sign back together again 🙌
Not to mention nurturing the apple tree . What a great adventure and group.
Thanks Steven! Yeah, the color of the water was awesome. The others did the heavy lifting on the sign. I just carried a bag of cement and a fertilizer stick for the apple tree. Hope you can join us on the next one. Cheers!
Beautiful mini adventure. I think three days is perfect for that region. Thanks for sharing!
You are welcome and thanks for watching!
Wow such a beautiful place 🫶
It really is!
Clicked your video right when I was notified... 3d later???
Great video, it was nice meeting you. I had a blast on this trip, great group. It was brutal and fun at the same time. Awesome video again, enjoyed watching. Thank you for sharing, take care David. 🇺🇲
Thanks Jason. It was great meeting you as well. Hope to see you on more adventures. Cheers!
Cuanta belleza nos ofrece la naturaleza gracias por compartir
Es verdad y es un placer compartirlo contigo.
thank you for good the video bos
You are welcome and thanks for watching
Great video, David. That place is gem in this range, I think most part will remain wild for years to come. Tagay!
Thanks Robert. I totally agree, and now we know where all that snow on top of Baldy has gone, in to the East Fork 😉Until the next one. Tagay!!!
Looking beautiful
Thanks for sharing. I had no idea you found another Gopher snake. And that Bighorn was just posing for you! See you on the next adventure.
With such a big group it’s good to have multiple camera people to get all the sights. Thanks for cutting that tree going down to Mine Gulch. And yes, see you on the next adventure! Cheers!
It's beautiful river and water falls, like to visit similar place like this!
You should!
I used to backpack that canyon in the 1980s. Crazy to see all the people near the bridge to nowhere. In the 80s you wouldn't see anyone.
That must have been pretty cool to be there back then. Fortunately not many people get past the bridge because there isn't much of a trail.
Agreed….I moved away from So Cal in 1990….way too many people
What an awesome trip 👏 😊
It was the third time I've done it and definitely the nicest!
GOOD STUFF!
Thanks!
Looks like a fun trip
It was fun. Thanks for watching
beautiful trail. That water was super blue
Yeah, I loved the color of the water too!
What a Paradise🤗💞🦈….. it’s my dream some day…. That’s real 🏕 camping, real fishing🐟, real hiking 🥾 and, lots of stamina.
The Creation of God 🙏is perfect !
I hope you are able to make it out there one day. It is even more beautiful in person!
My stomping grounds. My family and I use to hike these mountains
A lot of water this year. That's for sure. And not to be 'that guy' but a thru hike is a little different. Those are on long trails. Good clip. Hope it was a good one.
Yeah with so much snow this past winter, we knew there was going to be way more water than usual and we were not disappointed.
Hi David...back in the 70s thru the 90s we used to catch really beautiful Native Rainbow trout...the Native are not big but have profound colors and definition. A 5 inch male would already have a very profound lower hooked jaw ... Amazing fish...if you come across any please release them.... they'd appreciate it.
I grew up in Downey and spent countless hours in the Canyons...
Try Fish Canyon sometime in the winter qhen it's not crowded...
Eric Underwood Class of 81 Downey High School Downey California
Hi Eric, I'm happy to say that the rainbow trout are still swimming in those waters and they are doing well. I prefer to use single barbless hooks for catch and release. Cheers!
That trail has changed a lot since we hiked it a few years back. It looks like not as many miners are back there anymore.
This is the third time I've done it and it always seems different somehow. I think you are right about the miners. I only saw one well established miner camp.
The apple tree is looking good
Yes, and the apples are ready for picking too!
Super cool what you did. I wouldn't do it alone, but in a large group it's much safer. Snakes would still worry me though. Not sure what you can do about that.
Thanks. My friend is not afraid of the snakes and on this trip he even caught and ate a rattlesnake!
Great job guys! I've literally been thinking about hiking that part as we just went to Stanley Miller and spent a night up there, looking down on where the river runs. David do you happen to have a recording of the route?
Thanks Michal. Send me an email and I will try to send you the gpx file for the route. However, you may not need it because one just follows the river.
@@davidfeiler1279 thanks brother, I've just sent you an email!
I go at least 5 times a year
Great video! Did you run across any poison oak? At 14: minutes; what was your bait or lure of choice? ❤
Thanks! Yes, there is a lot of poison oak that we came across, but you can mostly avoid it if you know what it looks like. We used panther martin spinning lures which the trout seem to go after.
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I see you guys get a lot of fun ..question?? what brand of camera do you use to take the video..i like it looks very wide the lent.
Yes it was a lot of fun, and work at the same time. I used the iPhone14 Pro as my camera and really like it.
Wish i had someone to hike that trail with
You can hike to the bridge to nowhere from Heaton Flats solo. It is 5 miles one way.
@@davidfeiler1279 Yeah i saw the road ends and its about 4.2 miles one way. Will probably end up hiking it myself
@@DavidNovaa
I’ll be there on August 27, 2023
This place is semi local to me and I have never been there, looks like a nice place to visit. Do you need a 4 wheel drive to get there or any car will do?
Any car will do except in winter because of the snow.
That was a great trip!!!
It sure was! And thanks again for suggesting we fix the sign and bringing all the materials for it!
Do you have to hike just to get there. Or how close can you get by car before you have to go on foot to get to that river or area that was shown around 7:40: to 12:00 time marker
All sections of the river require a substantial hike to get there. Your best bet is to do the "bridge to nowhere" hike that starts at Heaton Flats. But be careful as the water levels can get quite high and fast depending on the time of year.
Wow I'm moving to LA soon, this makes me so excited!!!! Do you guys live near the city? Wondering if all these places you film are accessible and doable for weekend trips. Coming from the East coast it blows my mind how far away everything is haha.
It's about a 30 minute drive from LA
Why oh why would you want to live in LA 😅
Well first, my engineering job lol but also there's just nowhere else in the US that even comes close to the beauty! Mountains, beaches, deserts, off roading, rivers, islands, cities literally everything is within driving distance. But you're right, a lot of the people are just out of their minds and the politics are ridiculous. We'll see how long I last I guess.@@fishingparadisecalifornia7764
Is this past the bridge to nowhere? Would love to do this hike one day 😊
The thumbnail is right next to the bridge to nowhere. From Heaton Flats it's 5 miles one way to the bridge to nowhere.
Hello, a question at minute 11 and 15 seconds. That is where the river is being born.
It kind of looks like that is where the river is being born, but it is actually much further up the mountain.
Nice!!! is this trail available on Alltrails or any other backpacking app? I'd like to do it.
This is a point to point hike that requires a car shuttle. We started at Vincent Gap and ended at Heaton Flats. Except for the beginning and end there is no real trail, instead you just follow the east fork river. There is a lot of bush whacking and river crossings though. Hope that helps.
@@davidfeiler1279awesome! thanks
What’s the Lat Long for this area or where’s the trail head
The trail head for the bridge to nowhere starts at Heaton Flats and it is 5 miles one way to the bridge. Hope that helps!
And we're lied to and told that it needs to rain so that water can gather and become rivers on their way to the ocean. The water is coming right out of the ground there. It also does that here on the flat but they build a fence around it so you can't see it and then sink wells.
Yeah, with so much snow on Mt Baldy this past winter there is a lot of water flowing in the river.
The San Gabriel River can officially be called a River at this point. If there is a sure way to lower one's core temperature it should intail emersion in that icy water. No danger of heat stroke there and that's the damn truth. Peace!!
Without the river this hike wouldn’t be possible in the summer. It kept us nice and cool. Cheers!
Wow what kind of snake is that? Did he just catch it? This is blowing my mind haha didn't know you could do that TBH
Yes, Alan caught and ate the rattle snake. He likes to live off the land 😂
How do you get to the mine with the waterfall?
It's difficult to explain, but it is between the bridge to nowhere and Heaton flats.
Hi there
Great video!
How many miles to trout area from the parking lot??
Thanks. It is about 7 miles from the Heaton Flats parking lot to where we caught the trout in the video. However, I'm sure you could catch trout much closer to the parking lot than that since the river flows all the way down there. Have fun!
@@davidfeiler1279
Thank you very much for details!
Very exciting to get back to there for next hike fishing !
And Looking forward to see next up video !
Thanks David!
Beautiful video, amazing adventure. How many miles total?
Subed! 🥾🥾
Thanks! It was about 26 miles total over 3 days.
En ese árbol viven los duendes
🧝♂️🧝♀️Si es posible
Where is That Place please Let Me know.
This is the east fork of the San Gabriel river in Los Angeles county. Look up the bridge to nowhere and you will find it.
Is Heaton flats where you started? Not sure where you started from
Heaton flats is where we ended the hike, but we started at Vincent Gap which means you need to do a car shuttle.
@@davidfeiler1279 thanks for the info. Safe hiking
Which trail is this?
There really is no trail except for the first and last part. The last part is the bridge to nowhere trail.
What plane crash is that? Thank you
February 6, 1974 in a Schweitzer SGS-2-32. Here is a link with more info: www.tapatalk.com/groups/sangabrielmnts/vincent-gap-to-the-site-of-the-glider-crash-and-th-t8440.html
What kind of tent were you using?
I was using the Big Agnes Copper Spur 1 person tent, which I highly recommend.