Return to ROYAL POOL - AMAZING Angeles National Forest
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ย. 2024
- Royal Pool in Angeles National Forest is a legendary, secluded swimming hole buried in a beautiful, deep granite gorge in the San Gabriel Mountains. Most hiking directions to get to it are outdated, referencing trails and campgrounds that no longer exist. I made the trek out here once before, arriving at Royal Pool in complete darkness. I decided to return with plenty of time to not only enjoy the pool in the daylight, but also make at least most of the difficult boulder hopping, bushwhack out with some daylight as well.
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I headed down to the Royal Pool a year ago, it’s faster to walk in the middle of the river the whole way down with good water shoes that have good traction. All the rocks are covered in slick green algae/moss. From my recollection you have to travel two miles to the falls/pool in the river, trekking poles are a big help to catch you from falling if you’re moving fast. This area is active with black bears and mountain lions, came across both tracks along the edge of the water so I don’t advise traveling it alone and it’s not beginner friendly territory.
Amazing!! Added to my long list of places to hike to🥾🥾Thank you for sharing 🙏
Hey man I went there this Saturday and slipped down the fall and felt fracturin two backbone. I got rescued by a helicopter and made it to the hospital today Im fine home and was able to record everything with my go pro Im thankful to be alive and be able to tell the story
It was in switzer falls btw
Man that is intense, I'm glad you're still alive. You fell off the upper tier of Switzer Falls? That area is still open after the Bobcat Fire?
@@JesseStLouis the 2 is always closed now for some "reason"
@@randyjenkins8743 probably related to the Bobcat Fire
Thanks for sharing. I went here yesterday and it was amazing!
Great!! Did you make a video? I'd love to see the current conditions.
@@JesseStLouis Yeah, I've been editing it together today. It should be done processing soon. There's still a lot of water on the creek, but the pool itself looks pretty similar to how it was when you visited in this video. It's my first time there so I don't have much to compare it to aside from your videos, but it wasn't too over grown, which is a plus for accessing similar spots. The Bear Canyon pools also have a lot of water.
Love this vid… 3 years later.. hahahaha. Gotta take my older kids there.
Enjoy!
SPLENDID!! So glad you could go there for a proper swim! Bravo!
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Really enjoy your adventures. Look forward to them each week. Thanks, stud.
LOVING your videos, thank you Jesse! as a Brit in LA i discovered Switzer soon after I moved here, but have yet to make it to Royal Falls. will be doing so! /salutes you
Thanks so much
Haha, great job, totally worth to play on the slide!
Oh yeah
Thank you for sharing this amazing place!!
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WOW, that looks awesome
Watch your adventures with a bit of awe as I've never been like you - but these are awesome places you "discover" & really enjoy the beauty of nature, a California Gramma 😀
Thanks Ann
That bad ass thank for the input homie 3 he hike
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Wow! I have to go back for this.. thank you for sharing..👐
Esmeralda.....my daughter's name :-)
I made it here today, it was indeed a journey, saw various water snakes, very cool! Man tip my hat off to you taking the route back in the dark 😬
As of today right before you get off the trail and head to royal pool, there is another one very similar with the a
Slide, but bigger pool and deeper, just awesome! Thanks a lot for your videos and inspiration 🙌🏼
good job
Any directions?
Hells yeah! So cool, that’s a triumphant return
so fun and inspiring and thanks for the closeups along the way.
Awesome...im sure after hiking for so long it is refreshing to feel your body immerese into cold mountain water :)
Sure is🥳
wow that was a great slide into the water! awesome scenery and nice salamander shots too
Thanks bro
I went with my family, my 2 boys went down the slide they love it. I'm a #mamashikging who enjoys nature ❤
Excellent
Dude you’re so freaking awesome man 🔥🔥🔥
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Rice Canyon in Santa Clarita, California is amazing for water falls, Whitney Canyon in Canyon Country, California has super nice NATURAL WATERSLIDES, both flow from December-July, but for that kind of stuff, February And March are the absolute best months.
Amazing definitely would visit it soon
Fantastic:) My near future hiking destination. Thanks for the awesome video.
Thank you for watching
I love the videos, I just wish you'd show the wildlife, if any, thats around... for example the whole time you were going through the stream I was looking in the background for fish and crawfish.. i saw that salamander... freaking awesome 👌
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Awesome!! I was ready to go out there TODAY. But then I heard you say 3-4 hours LOL.
One way!
See my comment it cuts it in half
Wow! Your videos are inspirational!
Thanks
Wow!!! STOKED!!! Great video 👍
FYI tanaja falls Murrieta. near🔥.
hope it doesn't burn.
Yeah me too.
Have you gone here lately? Tried to go here Saturday, Hiked 10 miles round trip and didn't find it :( Found other cool pools but still would like to find this one.
Sounds like you might have missed a right turn at one point 😉
@@JesseStLouis That is exactly what happened. Not sure where to make a right to follow the river and ditch the trail. :P
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Great Sandra, I love to hear that!
Actually, the grass depressions are a result of flying saucer engine exhaust.
Wow how accurate is this info ? I am on the haunt for saucers and Bigfoot in Angeles forest . Any tips ?
In July 2018 my buddy and I hiked to the pool from both directions on two different days. We did not try to climb over it. Climbing around was too sketchy (loose rock, etc.) and we had heard that sliding down into the pool was very dangerous. The water flow was far less than what you found or we could not have come from the downstream side without at least wading through some pools.
Sliding into the pool is ok if it's deep enough
Hello , new subscriber here . I love going to this forest , have you seen any water snakes ? Any tips on how not to get bitten 😂
No I haven't seen any water snakes.
You’re so cool
Deer lick falls, southern Oregon
Appreciate the video! Do you mind helping with directions/ tips to a leave no trace couple to the royal pool?
Something seems vary off by the distance and staring location. I never heard of this pool but I know the area extremely well. There is a campsite called oakwilde just off the 2 hwy. if you look for that site and the closest point of the 2 you will find a small turn out. This turn out has a trail you won't find on any map. This should cut your distant in half if not by at min a third. Make sure when you get to the bottom you mark the trail. Since its unmarked it's easy to lose. I found the trail looking for a shortcut to mt brown.
That trail is pretty much gone and eroded. We climbed out that way after we ran Nerfherder Canyon th-cam.com/video/q8-fW2th0xc/w-d-xo.html
U the man JSL!
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Thank you for the info I want to know how many miles I looking for this spot last Summer.
Have a group of guys bring the showels and clear the silt.
Do it! 🤘
@@JesseStLouis I met a guy who lived in the hills and he said he would dig out the pools with the old coffee can and rope. And build up a beach!
Interesting idea. I don't usually like to mess with the natural cycle of things though.
I was trying to find this exact spot a couple months ago. Still not sure if it was Royal, or just some other pool. Where is it in relation to Bear Canyon Camp? And great videos!!
It's in a totally different canyon
@@JesseStLouis So one of the other canyons off the trail to the camp? Either goin up to find that or to the "Stoddard Falls" tomorrow.
@@adventureswithwhiskey7752 Yeah there is a right fork a while before heading up towards the campground. Stoddard should be fun, just check the depth first.
@@JesseStLouis Awesome! I think I have an idea of the canyon. Thank you!! We will absolutely check the depth. If you ever find yourself needing some company on one of your adventures, let me know!! Cheers
Beautiful place but I Guarantee posting a video like this the more people that find out and share this information this place will eventually look like trash just like most all the other beautiful places. It’s really sad! I’m 51 and I remember when I was younger I used to be able to hike anywhere in OC or LA County always beautiful. Not any more
Hardcore
Wow that was fast, lol
@@JesseStLouis I am hardcore with you.
You're definitely hardcore
Rainbow pool in a lot better deeper. you can dive in jump in swim to your heart content.easy to find just off hwy 120 Yosemite highway Buck Meadows come early fills up fast
A lot more crowded too
I see you in an out a water a lot what is your choice of shoes
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Awesome thanks
What sort of anchor setup did you use and did you need to use the rope to climb back out?
I just tied it around a boulder
@@JesseStLouis You don't think you could access the pool if you approached from the opposite direction up the Arroyo Seco from the Gabrielino Trail?
I think you definitely could, but it was still closed when I went there. I've just never done it that way.
...and I'm pretty sure it would be a similar amount of time bushwhacking in the creek so I don't think it would be much faster that way
9 miles round trip then?
Something like that
RAINBOW POOL IS A LOT BETTER. ITS. DEEPER. TOO. YOU CAN DIVE. OFF. BIG ROCKS. AND SOME SMALLER. ROCKS. EASY TO GET TOO RIGHT OFF HWY. 120 IN. BUCK MEADOWS. YOSEMITE. NATIONAL. PARK IS ABOUT 20 MORE GET THERE EARLY LIKE ABOUT 9:00 AM FOR SUMMER FROM JUNE TO SEPT NEAR. GROVELAND. CALIFORNIA. USA
Thanks for the tip. Although, it is a bit unfair to compare a swimming hole in the Sierras with one in the San Gabriel's, don't you think?
All of the san gabriels and san Berardinos mtns are dry i summer im a former ANGELENO FROM WILMAS. I MOVED OUT OF L.A. IN 1986 LIVED NEAR YOSEMITE LOTS OF SWIMING HOLES UP HERE FISHING TOO
Oh yeah
Who watches this video and then gives it a thumbs down.....NOT ME :-)
Good man!!🤙🏴☠️
Is the royal pool deep?
Depends on seasonal rain and if it's been filled in by gravel
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What is youre next move if you see a bear?
Depends on type of bear, age and if it sees me
Im buying a bear spray f**k that lol