With two hikers still missing — one the well-known actor Julian Sands — expert mountaineers say the usual scarcity of snow in the L.A.-area makes it especially hard to get enough experience to safely venture out in harsh conditions.
woman from Colorado slipped on ice on Christmas Eve day and fell 200 feet while descending from Cucamonga Peak in the San Gabriel Mountains.
It's important to note that he had a Garmin In Reach device and was able activate it after he slipped and believed he could not get back to the trail safely.All of these people were experienced hikers. So why is it so dangerous to hike right now in Southern California? Expert mountaineers and rescuers told LAist it comes down to these things:Southern California doesn't get high snow levels often enough for hikers to have the winter experience — and gear — they need to stay safe.
"You can't walk on ice," Goldsworthy said."Some slopes [on Mount Baldy] are 40, 50, 60 degrees. You hit that and you're going to go down an ice chute at extreme speeds and you're usually going to bounce off a couple of trees along the way and that's just not survivable."
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