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San Gabriel Mountains

American  

noun

(used with a plural verb)
  1. a mountain range in S California, N of Los Angeles. Highest peak, San Antonio Peak, 10,080 feet (3,072 meters).


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Above are the San Gabriel Mountains, painted a deep brown, California poppies and Mariposa Street and Lake Avenue street signs.

From Los Angeles Times

This warm period comes a week after frosty temperatures and heavy precipitation across the state brought a dumping of snow to the San Gabriel Mountains, blanketed the Sierra in white and caused a deadly avalanche near Lake Tahoe.

From Los Angeles Times

Their house, a few blocks from the foot of the San Gabriel Mountains, survived.

From The Wall Street Journal

And yet, extreme heat will continue to turn scorched vegetation into kindling, and Santa Ana winds will blast their way toward Altadena along the base of the San Gabriel Mountains, and each stiff breeze will carry with it the memory of unbearable loss.

From Los Angeles Times

In 2008, three men were killed by an avalanche near Wrightwood, in the San Gabriel Mountains, while skiing out of bounds near the Mountain High resort.

From Los Angeles Times