CORRECTION: The hiker who died Tuesday on Mount Baldy was from Garden Grove. Because of incorrect information provided to The Press-Enterprise, his city of residence was wrong in a previous version of this story.

Icy conditions on Mount Baldy in the San Gabriel Mountains led to 12 people being air-lifted off the mountain throughout the day Saturday, Feb. 6.

“The ice is solid as a rock,” Mount Baldy fire Capt. Gordon Green said.

After the San Gabriel Mountains were showered with snow Sunday, Jan. 31, rain followed, Green said. That combination caused trail conditions on Mount Baldy to become icy, which has resulted in people slipping and falling.

Green recommended hikers wait until at least the end of next week to hike above Mount Baldy’s 7,000-foot line.

“It’s too treacherous right now,” Green said.

Authorities initially said 10 people were rescued Saturday, but on Sunday they revised that number to 12, and reported that one of the hikers had died.

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After a Garden Grove man fell to his death on the mountain on Tuesday, experts and authorities urged hikers to use caution when hiking trails this time of year. Casey Schreiner, editor of Southern California hiking blog Modern Hiker, urged hikers to bring crampons and ice axes, and to know how to use them.

Yet Green said the ice was so thick Saturday that crampons and ice axes weren’t preventing people from slipping on the ice.

The first incident was reported around 10 a.m., when two hikers fell down a steep incline along the Baldy Bowl Trail, San Bernardino County fire Battalion Chief Mark Peebles said. A female was found 300-500 feet below the trail. A male was found 40 feet down.

The hikers were taken by a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department helicopter to local trauma centers, Peebles said. Their conditions were not immediately available.

About 11:40 a.m., a woman was injured when she lost her footing on Ice House Canyon Trail, Peebles said. That hiker was also flown to a local trauma center. Her condition is not known.

At 6 p.m., two helicopters had been sent to the mountain for two separate hoist-rescues. A group of about five people – some of whom were injured – as well as a solo hiker were stranded up the mountain.

At least three other people were hoisted to safety as well, Mount Baldy Fire Department authorities said.

On Thursday, Feb. 4, three people were rescued after getting lost on the mountain after sunset.