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The San Gabriel Mountains (Spanish: Sierra de San Gabriel) comprise a mountain range located in northern Los Angeles County and western San Bernardino County, California, United States. [1] The mountain range is part of the Transverse Ranges and lies between the Los Angeles Basin and the Mojave Desert, with Interstate 5 to the west and ...
The San Gabriel Mountains National Monument is a United States National Monument managed by the U.S. Forest Service, which encompasses parts of the Angeles National Forest and the San Bernardino National Forest in California. On October 10, 2014, President Barack Obama used his authority under the Antiquities Act to create the new monument ...
The Angeles National Forest (ANF) of the U.S. Forest Service is located in the San Gabriel Mountains and Sierra Pelona Mountains, primarily within Los Angeles County in southern California. The ANF manages a majority of the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument. The national forest was established in 1908, incorporating the first San ...
Climbing. Easiest route. Ski lift to Baldy Notch, Devil's Backbone Trail (hike) Mount San Antonio, commonly referred to as Mount Baldy or Old Baldy, is a 10,064 ft (3,068 m) summit in the San Gabriel Mountains on the border of Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties of California. [4][5] Lying within the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument ...
It is a subsidiary peak of nearby San Gabriel Peak. It is the location of the Mount Wilson Observatory , which is an important astronomical facility in Southern California with historic 60-inch (1,524 mm) and 100-inch (2,540 mm) aperture telescopes, and 60-foot (18.3 m) and 150-foot (45.7 m) tall solar towers .
The San Gabriel Wilderness is a wilderness area created in 1968 of more than 36,118 acres (150 km 2) within the Angeles National Forest and San Gabriel Mountains National Monument . The area lies on the southern slopes of the San Gabriel Mountains, between the Angeles Crest and the West Fork of the San Gabriel River. [1]
Cajon Pass. Cajon Pass (/ kəˈhoʊn /; Spanish: Puerto del Cajón or Paso del Cajón) [2][3] is a mountain pass between the San Bernardino Mountains to the east and the San Gabriel Mountains to the west in Southern California. Created by the movements of the San Andreas Fault, it has an elevation of 3,777 ft (1,151 m). [1]
Ross Mountain via Vincent Gap: The trail is not burned until about 1.75 miles north of the Mt. Baden-Powell summit, when the final 1.25 miles to Ross Mountain is burned.