This is one of the must-do hikes in Los Angeles: a moderate, 9 miles (round trip) hike to one of the most interesting places of the San Gabriel Mountains. Bridge do Nowhere is a bridge located literally in the middle of nowhere in the Sheep Mountain Wilderness. The bridge was built in 1936, when they were building a road connecting the San Gabriel Valley and Wrightwood. However, a massive flood in 1938 due to extremely heavy rain, destroyed the road-in-construction, so they decided to abandon the project, leaving a perfectly finished bridge lost in the middle of nowhere. Now a company called Bungee America owns the land and does bungee jumping off the 100 foot bridge.
A group of us is actually bungee jumping that day, so this will be an even more exciting hike because we will get to see people bungee jump. It will be an all-around amazing experience: we will do a super fun hike to an amazing, surreal location, see a historical landmark of Los Angeles, and to top it off, get to see people bungee jumping!
By the way, if you would like to sign up for bungee jumping, go here: https://www.meetup.com/sober-treks/events/277116906
One of the coolest things about this hike is that we will be doing A LOT of water crossings, so expect to get wet. Also, there are a lot of places we can actually swim, which makes the day even more fun! We will be hiking for 4.5 miles, 1,000 feet elevation. It’s a moderate hike, so you have to be in OK shape to do it. Like I said, we’ll be crossing streams several times, so your shoes will get wet (really wet), so make sure you wear shoes that can get wet. NO FLIP FLOPS OR SANDALS. It’s a rocky terrain, so you need real shoes with ankle support and good tread . Running shoes or hiking shoes will be fine, so long as you are OK with them getting soaked.
We will be meeting at the trailhead at 7:00 AM. Leigh is hiking with the bungee group, while Eduardo will lead the hiking-only group. The hike to the bridge should take about 2 hours. We are planning on staying out there until around 1:00 PM, so we should be back at our cars by 3:00 PM or so. The hike back is pretty straightforward, so those who want to head back before or after, don’t have to be bound by our schedule.
Highlights:
Near: Azusa, CA
Distance: 9 miles round trip
Elevation Gain: 1000 ft.
Hike Time: Around 4.5 hours total
Difficulty: Moderate
Trail Condition: OK, but several water crossings
Hike Type: Out and Back
All right, let’s have some fun!!
See you all there.
🙂
Eduardo.
