The Angeles Crest Highway is a two-lane highway over the San Gabriel Mountains, in Los Angeles County, California. Its route is to/through the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument and the Angeles National Forest. With the exception of a 1,000 feet (300 m)-long section in La Cañada Flintridge, the entire route is part of California State Route 2.
Angeles Crest Highway winds through a valley just west of Red Box Saddle
Angeles Crest Highway in the Angeles National Forest
The Angeles Crest Highway winds through the mountains. The clouds in the distance cover Los Angeles.
The Angeles Crest Highway in the Angeles National Forest
The San Gabriel Mountains comprise a mountain range located in northern Los Angeles County and western San Bernardino County, California, United States. The mountain range is part of the Transverse Ranges and lies between the Los Angeles Basin and the Mojave Desert, with Interstate 5 to the west and Interstate 15 to the east. The range lies in, and is surrounded by, the Angeles and San Bernardino National Forests, with the San Andreas Fault as its northern border.
Summits in the eastern San Gabriel Mountains, Angeles National Forest, San Bernardino County, California. The main peaks are: Telegraph Peak 8,985 feet (2,739 m) (left), Cucamonga Peak, 8,859 feet (2,700 m) (center), and Ontario Peak 8,693 feet (2,650 m) (center right), as seen from Baldy Bowl on Mount Baldy.
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East Fork San Gabriel River canyon, looking west.
Mount Harwood, from Devils Backbone