Missing CA - Bob Gregory, missing hiker on Mount Islip loop trail, Angeles NF; Jan 2023

[Nitty Gritty]

Bob Gregory went missing 3 days after Julian Sands on Mount Baldy, and JS is taking all the media attention. Monday January 16.

News story covers the bases. Seems like BG was very experienced (comparable terrain). The hike is rated Moderate. 6.5 miles total. He left a map with his family.

Hawthorne hiker disappears in the San Gabriel Mountains

The Gregory family has desperately searched for Bob Gregory, an experienced hiker, after he never came home from his hike near Mount Islip.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[Nitty Gritty]

This was the trail map BG left with his family. The source is Windy Gap to Mount Islip to Big Cienega Trail on AllTrails.



Zoom out using CalTopo, and this is the general area; Mount Islip is in the San Gabriel Mountains dominate the skyline of Los Angeles

 

[Nitty Gritty]

Photos from that loop trail are HERE

 

[Cabin Fever]

I really feel for this family. They seem so lovely and humble: they are in a totally different universe than Julian Sands (also missing).

But I'm reading AllTrails comments and looking at the photos.... The Windy Gap trail was missing chunks as of last November. I guess, washed out, rock fall, etc. That could easily mess with route-finding.... And then there's all that snow on top.

 

[I Am A Rock]

Go over to the Julian Sands thread. It explains a lot, clipped from Reddit.