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Middle Fork Lytle Creek – 3BIII
On father’s day; three fathers, 2 kids, and one bachelor went down the middle fork of Lytle Creek. Rated one of the best canyons in So Cal. I have to agree.
An approximate 3 mile hike to the decent.
Dropping down involved some dirt skiing in which some did better than most!
The first rappel is about 40ft. And quite beautiful. Picture of the fathers getting their little ones all geared up.
Daughter
And Father
Father and Son on the 130ft Rappel. A beautiful rap that everyone did great on!
The next three rappels were down a 70ft, then 80ft, then 105ft. Unfortunately due to unforeseen circumstance no pictures or videos were taken of these events. Next time!
On our way out nearing dusk we were treated to some beautiful laminar clouds
The entire Father’s Day crew after a long day in the canyon.
Video of the first falls.
More Pictures
http://www.drunkreddragon.com/images/adventures/lytlecreek/index.html
Kuenn
Pics and video, loved it all; looked like a great father/daughter/son/friends outing. Impressive footing/form for the young lady on the slick-mossy-rock rappel. That slick stuff is no respecter of experience! And the young man with the rack…yeah baby, awesome!! Oh, and the UFO clouds…
Jeremy Freeman
Nice TR and welcome to Canyon Collective @Eric Holden! I’ve yet to do any canyons in the San Gabriels area but every time I see photos from one, it just gets higher on my list!
Eric Holden
Yup, on the east side of the San Gabriels. There was some poison oak, but nothing that bad. The stinging nettles were bad. Most of us got hit by one of two of those while out there. All rappels are pretty slick with #3 being by far the worst. It was pretty dicey to say the least.
Ram
Nice report. Thanks for posting this. Is this in the San Gabriels? I have heard that poison oak is in the area in abundance. True? Easy to avoid? Fun video. Sure looks slippery. All streams slick in the area? Lovely looking pool.
R