Coldbrook Campground, San Gabriel Canyon

Coldbrook Campground located in the San Gabriel Canyon at 4000' elevation.This is the location where Coldbrook Creek and Soldier Creek merge to form the North Fork San Gabriel River. In this video you'll see Gray foxes, opossums, a racoon and some bobcats. I was surprised with so much Bobcat activity in this area. I also noticed that all my bobcat videos are in the day. The bobcat is crepuscular, and is active mostly during twilight. It keeps on the move from three hours before sunset until about midnight, and then again from before dawn until three hours after sunrise.
Update: on 4/6/24 I recorded a mountain lion.
Unusually Agile Looking Racoon at 2:30
Bobcat/s at 2:50-3:50
Reference
homesteadmuseum.blog/2022/07/...

[@davepage2466]

Great stuff, and thanks for the link to the blog. Reading about Follows Camp-too bad what happened to it and how it looks now. Used to deliver beer up there.

[@535wa]

too bad there isnt more pictures taken back then or even more history or stories about the people and cabins in the san gabriels. For example who lived in the falling springs cabins or who lived in the bichota canyon cabins.

[@davepage2466]

@@535waI agree-even some recent history or stories would be great. All that lost stuff up there is VERY interesting-like that mysterious old pool that's right off the road, where the road curves. I did some research on it-can't remember exactly what it was though.

[@535wa]

@@davepage2466 More or less where where is the location?

[@davepage2466]

@@535waIt's on the way to Crystal Lake-not sure exactly where-but if you are going up it's on the right side of the road, where a curve is with a bit of parking. There are some foundations, a rock pool with some dates like 1969-70 engraved in the concrete. I'm going to Crystal Lake next week sometime-I'll leave a comment with the closest mile marker.

[@davepage2466]

@@535wa Finally got some free time-so it's shortly after mile marker 36.02 as you are going up to Crystal Lake-blink and you'll miss it-right where the road curves left it's on the right, you can park right across from it in the large turnout. The old pool in there has dates in it, it had a waterfall running down a large rock into the pool. If you go above it you will see the old channel where the water would flow from. Interesting stuff.