Re: Bradford Ridge Trail Trip Report

Hello Murray, it was nice to meet you on Saturday, sorry if I wasn't very good company. I work nights and by the time I have hiked down and get to soaking I just get so relaxed I zonk out. I really am looking forward to a trip where I don't have to work the previous night. As you stated it was a very mellow group. While I was there a couple arrived on horseback and stopped to soak in the Arizona pool. I went down there for a little while. There were 3 pretty good size dogs in that pool along with everyone else, I would say there were about 8 people in that pool. I then went back up to the womb, which I had to myself for a little while, I am not sure how long because I ended up falling asleep while soaking. I missed the rangers up on the hill, they must have been there while I was asleep. I left around 4:30, I did not see much trash at the springs but I picked up a junky pool type innertube that was full of holes, someone had thrown it out along side the trail back to Bowen Ranch. I also picked up some discarded water bottles and a jug along the trail.


So if I understood your report correctly Murray, you drove up Hwy. 18 but on the way back to LA you went down the dirt portion of 173 and ended up down by Silverwood Lake, is that correct? If so, did you then take Hwy. 138 back towards the 15 frwy.? The 138 route is the only way I have gone into the Bradford Ridge trail. I had tried the 18 a year or so ago but at that time it was closed due to a mud slide or something.