Earlier this week, a hiker on the Bridge to Nowhere Trail in California’s Angeles National Forest died after loosing her footing during a river crossing. The victim was a young mother. A recent storm had made the water level unsafe, and now officials are asking hikers to avoid the area.
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“This morning (March 1, 2026, around 08:03 AM), our PSAR (Preventative Search and Rescue) team . . . set up at the Bridge to Nowhere trailhead in the East Fork of the San Gabriel River. We were out there doing what we love—talking with hikers, sharing safety tips about river crossings, and trying to prevent tragedies in high-water conditions,” wrote the San Dimas Mountain Rescue Team on Facebook. “Then, in an instant, everything changed.”
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The rescue team describes the moment someone ran up the trail, calling for help.
“A young mother had fallen in at the second river crossing and was swept away by the raging current. Our worst fears became reality,” wrote the San Dimas Mountain Rescue Team.
Sadly, when they found the hiker, she had already died.
Learn more about the hiker who died after slipping at a river crossing here:
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