A pristine swimming hole near L.A. has blown up on TikTok. Is it worth the hype?

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I’d read that you can get down there a few different ways, one of which involved descending into the canyon from the top of the waterfall, and another that required dropping down into the creek on a “very vertical” rope.
( Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) As I searched for the third and easiest route, I ran into a panting Australian cattle dog and her owner, Mike McLoughlin, who lives 20 minutes away in Eastville.
“The outdoors and the benefits we gain is for everyone, not just those who are lucky enough to have been integrated into the community already,” writes Heidi Anderson, executive director of the Truckee Meadows Parks Foundation, in a blog post about outdoor gatekeeping.
When I got to the bottom, I followed a short trail that hugged the creek, and was close behind Allan Santaisabel and Jilianne Ong, 23-year-olds who’d driven from Chino after seeing the falls on TikTok.