Is California's Mount Baldy Too Dangerous to Hike?
January 19, 2023
Crystal Gonzalez, also known as the "Hiking Queen," plunged 700 feet to her death after climbing Mount Baldy in California. Cellphone footage captured a rescue chopper circling as other hikers tried to help her. Just two days earlier, Gonzalez posted a video climbing the same mountain but she turned back because it was too icy. Last month, two hikers also needed to be rescued from Mount Baldy. Janelle and Joseph Rasich slid 20 feet and had to be rescued with their dogs.
