Dear CSSA members,
How are you doing? Since all the finals are gone, what are we waiting for!!!
Just go outside to soak in the beautiful sun shine, to breath the fresh air and
to explore the wonders of the mother nature. Do NOT miss the greatest chance for you to
join us for hiking in San Gabriel River - East Fork, to take a really wonderful break
after such a busy quarter.
This trip takes you along the banks of the east fork of the San Gabriel River.
While the river banks are wooded and quite lovely, most of the trail traverses the rim
above the high water line and most of your travel is through scrub brush.
The highlight of the hike is a mysterious bridge built over the east fork in 1936,
which has no road leading to it. It will be a fantastic trip cause you may find
a picture composed of ýýýýýýýýýýýý (Xiao3 Qiao2 Liu2 Shui3 Ren2 Jia1) like a transitional
Chinese painting unfolding in front of you. Do you miss that for a long long time? Then, let's go.
Highlights: Lovely stream, cascades, shear granite walls, mysterious Bridge to Nowhere Near:
Azusa, CA
Distance: 9 miles round trip Elevation Gain: 1000 ft
Hike Time: 4.5 hours Difficulty: Moderate Trail Condition: OK, but a few difficult spots
HikeType: Out and Back
For a detailed description of this trail, check the website:http://www.localhikes.com/Hikes/EastFork_4472.asp
For More beautiful resort pictures by taken previous explores,
check the website:http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=San+Gabriel+River++East+Fork+hike+OR+trail&ie=
UTF8&sll=37.062500,-95.677068&sspn=23.875000,57.630033&latlng=34236500,-117809486,15976878285471346583&
ei=wqvmR72RCIqwjgGGkujrDQ&cd=1
For Hiking Location, please check google map:http://maps.google.com/maps?li=d&hl=en&f=d&iwstate1=
dir:to&daddr=San+Gabriel+River,+East+Fork%4034.236500,+-117.809486&geocode=15679209208429512064,
34.236500,-117.809486&iwloc=1&dq=San+Gabriel+River++East+Fork+hike+OR+trail&cid=34236500,-117809486,
15976878285471346583&ei=1qvmR_-HPJKEigGZkujtDQ
Local weather:http://www.weather.com/weather/local/91702
NOTE:It's a trip of about 4.5 hours. Please bring your own food for lunch.
We will have lunction together and then turn back. The wether is getting hotter,
so BRING ENOUGH WATER! Hiking equipment are preferred, at least sport shoes.
Trailhead: From Interstate 10 or the 210 freeway, exit on Azusa and head north 10 miles or so,
paralleling the San Gabriel Dam on your right. Turn right on East Fork Road and continue 8 more
miles to the East Fork Station, where the road dead ends. Note that if you go around a hairpin
180 degree turn on East Fork Road, you missed the road into the Sheep Mountain Wilderness.
The trail head is short distance down an obvious service road. (Lat:34.2372 Lon:-117.76546)
Transportation:CSSA highly encourage our participants to volunteer as drivers.Each carpool passenger
needs to pay the volunteer driver $3.CSSA will try to arrange carpool for those who do not drive.
The carpool will be assigned on a first-sign-up-first-serve basis. Carpool may NOT be guaranteed for
every registrant in case that we do not have enough volunteer drivers.
Carpool pick-up:
Location: Westwood turn-around between Eng IV and parking lot 6Time: 8:40am, Sat. 03/29/2008
(so that we can arrive at the resort around 10:00am and start hiking around 10:20am).
Registration:Please send an email to cssa.ucla.hiking@gmail.com and include
1) title as "03/29/2008 hiking"
2) your name
3) # of people in your group
4) contact phone # (cell phone preferred)
5) whether you can be a driver and how many people you can take6) whether you need pick-up
Registration Deadline: 03/27/2008 Thursday 11:00 pm, Cancellation before 03/28/2008 12:00pm.
Registrants will be notified via email about carpool arrangements and hiking preparation tips.
CSSA-UCLA Committee03/23/2008
