Hiking Mt. Wilson via Chantry Flats | Sony a6300 4K Footage

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Thomas and Alli head to Mt. Wilson on the first of the Six Pack Peak challenge. This is a tough 14 mile hike with over 4,000 feet of elevation gain! Check out SoCal Hiker for more information!

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day 673 we're still hiking up the mountain there is no end in sight please send help

we arrived at Chandru flats around the crack of dawn 6:30 a.m. to be precise we were heading to Mount Wilson a 14 mile trip from start to finish we followed a paved road down into the valley where broadleaf trees quickly surrounded us

we are we are hiking chantrey flats to Mount Wilson that's like a seven mile hike one way and then seven miles back the other way this is actually a high recommended by SoCal hiker it's part of the six pack peak challenge and it's a way to kind of prepare yourself for bigger hikes like Mount Whitney or the John Muir Trail we are now just leaving Chandru Flats area and starting the hike upwards towards Mount Wilson we haven't seen it yet have you okay this is Ali you probably know her the stream led us through some rental cabins and dams as cabins disappeared around us the trail began to hug the side of this rocky mountain soon we saw chantrey Falls from above and we respected the cliffside that we were traversing I realize how precarious of a hike this was actually gonna be that was like a 70 foot drop or something

with the Russian water and granite like cliff sites I felt like I was back in Yosemite Ali lived away as we followed the trail

it was springtime and wildflowers were all in blue we came across a gathering of a few as we made our way along the trail

absolutely fantastic waterproof actually I've done that out the other week after I bought it let me show you it does you can't you can't see any water except you know on the rubber parts on the bottom so we've been on this trail for maybe two and a half three miles and when we first started there were a lot of people on the trails once you make it to the first big waterfall then people just kind of disappear now we did get here at like 6:30 a.m. thought it might also be a reason but it's totally worth it just to get here early the Sun began to poke through the mountains at both the greenery and creeks were illuminated with a golden hue across the creek and headed up a steeper trail the gentle uphill slope felt relaxing as the Russian water below sewage our ears I know we're gaining elevation but I can't tell because it's so gradual and it's so pretty that's the best type of elevation game

we crossed a footbridge to the cascade picnic area assign their red 3.5 miles we were halfway to the summit soon enough who came across Spruce Grove as well we passed some overnight campers who were cooking breakfast the smell of campfire filled the air as we saw clouds of smoke above we pushed forward to Sturdevant camp not too far from Spruce Grove we kept right at the fork and headed toward Mount Wilson we were making good time but other hikers were constantly passing by us so we hit the four mile mark and this is this is the hard part of the trail I'm quickly realizing it's not that it's the hardest thing we've done it's just this is Laura like really the first big hike out of winter there's really out of shape our pace got slower and as we slowed down we were attacked by some vicious pests Ali what's your favorite thing in the world so a few hundred feet back Ali and I just realized this was only the halfway mark from the last campsite we were at to the top of the mountain needless to say we were a little demoralized but now we got them mountains over there that helps

the last mile and a half to the summit was a struggle day 673 we're still hiking up the mountain there is no end in sight please send health whether it was because we were out of shape or because the steepness of the trail we had to push for what seemed like hours

but we finally made it as we pass by some astronomical equipment we made it to the best view in Los Angeles in the distance was snowy mountain this will be our third peak to conquer this year the San Gabriels stretched from miles as a small town Ohioan mountains like these still take my breath away lest I forget Wilson's summit is drivable with many significant observatories and media towers position to top it we checked out the local museum before continuing our journey we made it to the top we were a little bit too tired to actually talk about making it to the top but we're going to talk about making it down and right now the trick is to find the trail down and it's a different trail than the way we came up so we're gonna see if this is any good or not okay so I've given up on the tripod I'm going all a handheld on this now uh-huh we found it Chantry flats right there you ready let's do it hang on so if you can't tell I'm not using my camera anymore just because it's too dangerous for me to use the camera and to go down these slopes too but this is the best sighting in the world and we're gonna go down there we're gonna get our car we're gonna buy some Taco Bell heaven help us