San Gabriel Mountains — Local services in Wrightwood

I went up to try and see some of the scenery the LA area has to offer. Wow was I disappointed. There was garbage EVERYWHERE. I came up from Azusa using the San Gabriel Canyon Rd. Basically from Mile marker 1, prepare to see trash strewn across all sides of the roads. I am not talking about a small amount of trash. I am talking about PILES of trash. All the recreation areas on the way up the canyon to Crystal Lake were closed. Additionally, there was graffiti on most of the pull outs. So disappointing. It is no wonder people are fleeing California, apparently the people here have forgotten what it means to be in communion with nature. So sad. I would hope to see USFS step up there efforts in maintaining this area. Great way to do that is charging an entry fee like other national...

I hiked up Mount Baldy with two friends yesterday, this time I picked up Old Baldy Trail instead of two others options to climb up the summit. This trail is very hard which is 14.6 miles round trip with around 5800 ft elevation gain, especially the terrain is rocky and loose, some of the sections are so steep. But the reward was we were be able to see cloud sea like what we could see from a airplane, it was so beautiful and...

The San Gabriel Mountains a breathtaking. There is a minor road that goes through these mountains and some of the views there are spectacular. However, taking pictures with my camera phone do no justice what so ever. The views, the smell of the fresh mountain air, the feeling of being up there makes you think of the history of these mountains and the natives that lived and...