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April 23, 2008
Hikers Rescued near Batcave in Griffith Park
Location of the 'Batcave' in Bronson Canyon where two hikers are being rescued
A cliff rescue operation began early this afternoon in Griffith Park shortly before 2:00 p.m. One of two hikers in need of assistance alerted the Los Angeles Fire Department that they were in need of help. A female hiker, approximately 24 years in age, was unconscious and in serious condition, according to d'Lisa Davies, LAFD Spokesperson. The male hiker was found to be alright, only suffering minor wounds.
An LAFD helicopter was deployed to Bronson Canyon in Griffith Park where the hikers were located. The canyon is most well known for the many films and TV shows shot there, the most popular reference being the Batcave, where it was used in the 1960s and Adam West Batman TV shows.
Photo by Clinton Steeds via Flickr
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the Batcave is on a separate trail to the east of the Bronson Canyon trail proper, and isn't at a very high elevation...from the map, looks as if these hikers were farther up....
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Yep. Biffles is right.
The 'batcave' aka "Bronson Cave" is part of the old Union Rock Company quarry, which supplied a lot of the gravel for the roadbeds of the Pacific Electric Railway.
On that map, it's just above the park boundary (where the map turns green) off to the right of Canyon Drive. The trail that goes to it is the S-shaped road that splits off Canyon Drive a bit further up (right in the middle of the word "Canyon" in the "Canyon Dr" label).
The quarry is the bowl-shaped bit at the bottom right of the "S", and the cave is a tunnel that goes through the tooth-shaped pointy bit that snuggles into the left side of the bottom curve of the "S".
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The batcave is right off of a main road.
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Has anyone hear what exactly happened to cause them to call in the LAFD? I hike up here frequently, and you really have to try to put yourself in a periloud position.
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Haven't heard yet, but I suspect, someone got too close to the edge and fell or they were doing something challenging (like scaling a cliff?) that ended with some unfortunate events.