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Bikers, Hikers Assisted on Gabrielino Trail by Local Search and Rescue Team

The bikers, who were reported missing, ran into the hikers and all were led down by the search and rescue team.

By Patch editor Dan Abendschein and City News Service

A search for two missing mountain bikers on the Gabrielino Trail on Monday evening also resulted in two lost hikers being led back down from the trail, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department sources.

The Montrose Search and Rescue Team was sent to the trail after a person who was due to meet the mountain bikers at noon on Monday waited another five hours and then called the sheriff's Crescenta Valley Station, asking for help, said Capt. Bill Song.

The mountain bikers, two men from Florida, were located on the trail
about 8:45 p.m. uninjured, but lost. Along the way, the bikers were joined by two men who had been hiking and became lost. They decided to stick together, Song said.

When found, the bikers and hikers were returned to the trail head. The bikers were given a ride to their hotel and the hikers were taken back to Chantry Flats, where they had stared their hike.

The Gabrielino trail connects to trailheads at Chantry Flats in Arcadia as well as on Windsor Avenue in Altadena and connects to other trails that lead into the Crescenta Valley.  It is commonly used by mountain bikers.


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