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The Sam Merrill Trail is a major hiking trail in the Las Flores Canyon of the San Gabriel Mountain Range north of Altadena, California, which leads to the top of Echo Mountain. It was built by Charles Warner and the Forest Conservation Club of Pasadena during the 1930s.
The Echo Mountain Promontory (ca. 1896) after a snowfall, and the White City resort of the Mount Lowe Railway as seen from a higher spot on the ridge and overlooking Altadena, CA. Buildings viewed from left to right: The Echo Chalet, Echo Mountain House, Incline Powerhouse, Dormitories, and Car Barn.
For six short years, visitors came to Echo Mountain to vacation like kings. You can hike there and imagine its charm.
The Railway opened on July 4, 1893, and consisted of nearly seven miles (11 km) of track starting in Altadena, California, at a station called Mountain Junction. Atop Echo Mountain was a 70-room Victorian hotel, the Echo Mountain House. A short distance away stood the 40-room Echo Chalet, which was ready for opening day. Other buildings on Echo ...
Magic Mountain (California) 4,864 ft (1,483 m) Echo Mountain 3,210 ft (980 m) All the above mountains are part of the San Gabriel Mountains, except for Burnt Peak, which is in the Sierra Pelona Mountains.
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Altadena (pronunciation ⓘ) is an unincorporated area [3] [4] and census-designated place in the San Gabriel Valley and the Verdugos [5] regions of Los Angeles County, California. Directly north of the city of Pasadena, California , it is approximately 14 miles (23 km) from downtown Los Angeles .
Mount Lowe is a mountain on the southern fold of the San Gabriel Mountains.Originally named Oak Mountain, it was renamed for Professor Thaddeus S.C. Lowe, who is credited for being the first person to set foot on and plant the American flag at its peak, and who built the Mount Lowe Railway to its foot in 1896.