Mountain Transit offering free rides to 7 hiking trails through October.
Dramatic video shows the rush to rescue a hiker who was bitten by a rattlesnake over the weekend. It comes amid a rise in rattlesnake bites in Southern California this year.
A young mother died after she was swept downstream by the rushing San Gabriel River while hiking on the Bridge to Nowhere trail in the mountains north of Azusa, authorities said.
The 21-year-old had multiple broken ribs, a lacerated liver and a punctured lung, and if it wasn't for the Orange County Fire Authority's high-risk helicopter rescue, he may not have survived.
Two hikers who were found dead on Mount Baldy earlier this week have been identified as Los Angeles residents from Guatemala.
A woman was killed in a suspected mountain lion attack while she was hiking alone in the mountains of northern Colorado on Thursday.