Return to ROYAL POOL - AMAZING Angeles National Forest

Just keeping an eye out for some bears. Royal Pool! Today I'm revisiting one of the most popular spots that I've made a video about here in Angeles National Forest. Royal Pool. So not really going to cover too much in the way of directions on how to get there. You can see my original searching for royal pool video for that. But today just focused on getting there in the daylight to enjoy this pristine paradise here in the San Gabriel Mountains right past Switzer Falls and give you an accurate measurement on the mileage. But it's about one o'clock in the afternoon now so sunsets at 7 50. So trying to get there with plenty of daylight to enjoy the icy cool refreshing waters of Royal Pool. Well up here on the ridge above Switzer Falls definitely sounds like the falls is flowing nicely. Sounds like some good flow down there. But we're going to keep going along this ridge drop down into the canyon instead of going back up the creek we're going to go to Royal Pool. We're making good time today. Looks like good flow so I'm excited for that. The only thing I wasn't banking on is that there might be a ton of silt and stuff in Royal Pool which it's big enough so it shouldn't totally fill it in but you never know. I already fell like pretty much all the way in so at this point doesn't really matter if I get wet. The water's cold but it feels good. Definitely see the presence of some bears in this area where this grass is kind of trampled. I don't know if you ever saw my searching for hidden water tunnels in San Bernardino when me and Robert went out there we saw the same thing and then he went back a few weeks later put a trail cam there and that trampled grass area was where a mother bear would lay down on her back and her two cubs would nurse from her. So definitely bears in this area and most likely that's what caused this grass to be trampled in this area. Mother rolling around on her back nursing her young so just keeping an eye out for some bears. So we've been going for almost three hours now and I think we got hopefully a little bit less than an hour to go. We started at 1 30 and it's about 4 15. I'm hoping we get there by 5 because that gives us some time to splash around enjoy Royal Pool and then start heading back before it gets pitch black. I mean I don't mind doing the last little bit on the trail in the dark but definitely water whacking bushwhacking boulder hopping and doing this type of stuff in the dark is not that fun. Last time I did it was much lower flow so when you're knee deep waist deep wading through slippery slick rock in the in the dark it's not that fun you bust your ass a lot. Take it from me I know about busting ass. We made it Royal Pool three hours and 15 minutes from Switzer Picnic Area parking lot. Looks super deep so in case you're curious it was four and a half miles from the car four and a half miles from the car at Switzer Picnic Area parking lot the Royal Pool coming down from Switzer Falls from the top. So I brought a pretty long rope anchored to that rock back there. I think it's 60 feet might be 80 I can't remember. I never use this rope because it's not hydrophobic but definitely you don't want to do any exposed climbing like you would have to over there and my wife had no problem climbing up. There's little ledges and steps here. This is an awesome slide luckily it's deep enough. I did throw my rope so hopefully the end of it doesn't smack me in the face but we're gonna find out what happens. Yes wow three hours 15 minutes four and a half miles to one of Angeles National Forest's best swimming holes Royal Pool. This spot is primo excellent Royal Pool the slide is awesome you could do like a baby jump there if there wasn't so much silt in it and it was a little deeper you could might have some nice jumps here but it's all about the adventure even if we didn't make it here it's all about the journey not the destination. I'm looking forward to hiking out in the daylight this time that's cool what a bonus that's two adventures in a row that I had previously done the way out in the dark Newton Canyon Falls my last video and this one that I'm actually making it out before dark. Guys that's progress I don't know if I'm getting less infamous in my old age or not either way I hope you subscribe I hope you stay tuned for more videos get out there find your adventure and be infamous infamous