From the end of East Fork Road, it’s a 4.8-mile walk to the bridge—stranded in 1938 when the river washed away a proposed highway to the desert. The Wildlife Black bear and mountain lion ...

From here, the trail follows the twisted trickle of the East Fork of the Little Colorado River for awhile before ascending into the hills. Over the next miles, the route passes among dewy cienegas ...

For years, nonprofits, politicians, state agencies and the U.S. Forest Service have pointed to the East Fork of the upper San Gabriel River as one of the more polluted fresh water rivers in the state.