This happened to my beloved husband, an obsessive mountain climber and hiker who liked to go out alone. My condolences for this grieving family. She seems lovely.

Even for experienced hikers, 1 mistake, 1 second of not paying attention.... RIP 🦅

One of my classmates died on Mt. Baldy in the 90's. It's a treacherous place filled with beauty but always danger. RIP to this woman and prayers of comfort for her family and friends! 🙏❤️

It's just not worth the risk, unless you're willing to leave family behind. My heart goes out to her loved ones.

All the work those rescuers do.....praise them.......

She was hiking on a trail the locals call 'Death Cliff'. Crystal now joins a long list of people who have died there... SAD! :(

Same mountain. A group of hikers died in an avalanche just a few years ago. An experienced hiker would not hike in these conditions. All that snow flowing down hill is a giant red flag for you to turn back and get the hell out of there.

As a fellow hiker, my condolences and prayers to the family.

I feel bad for her kids. It's a shame that people prioritize social media likes over safety. See it all the time on the trails when mountain bike riding. Have to be more aware when going against mother nature. RIP

she couldn't have been that experienced, if she was hiking in snow field with no way to self-arrest and no anchor partner. Walking a trail many times and being an experienced mountaineer are two VERY different things, some people learn that the hard way.

I have lived near Mt. Baldy since 1962. I have skied it in the Winter and hiked it in the Summer. Once, while skiing, I fell on my back and slid down on a sheet of ice on a very steep slope. While sliding down I prayed quickly and intensely. I missed a tree and a very large boulder, before miraculously stopping. Then, during the Summer, I was hiking across a slope on crumbled pieces of shale-like rocks. Suddenly, I was trapped in a small, but very scary rock slide. Once again, I prayed very quickly and intensely. And again, the problem abated. Fortunately, prayer worked for me. My. Baldy is very treacherous.

The entire State is falling apart because of the Weather Condition and this Lady decides to go Hiking. I feel for her Children because this Mother of Four sure did not. If She really was an Experienced Hiker (or cared about her Family & Friends) she would've never gone out Hiking in such dangerous Conditions and now everybody is hurting.

I'm an experience hiker an I learned my lesson by Vincent gulch trail going twords the cabin.. I slid an almost skid off the mountain an it was during winter... I learned that day it doesn't matter how experience u are it can happen to anyone .. my heart truly goes out to her an her family 🙏🏼🕊️🤍🕊️🙏🏼

My nephew was climbing Colorado’s Mt Princeton in the winter. Accidentally slid down a little. Tried to cut across to the trail instead of climbing back up. Slid down even more. Search and Rescue had to come get him. He had worked his way down into the trees and made a small fire. His water had frozen and he wound up with some frostbite but he was alive.

I'm the kind of parent that stops taking dangerous risks as soon as they became a parent... and I only have 1, not 4, jeez

That's where I learned to ski. It's been said that if you can ski Baldy, you can ski anywhere. This mountain is majestic but always respect Mother Nature. RIP beautiful soul. May your children find peace as well. 🕊

the mountain didn't kill her, social media killed her

So many people do these hiking adventures without preparation, without telling people ahead of going, and some are dying. I am so sorry this woman did not stay alive. So I decided to pray for everyone who is in a foolish life-threatening situation, hiking on a mountain or trail at this time of year. I pray for the angels to protect them and guide them and help them and keep them warm, and lead them out of harm’s way.

I used to be called the 'hiking queen'. Then i had kids and of course i gave all that up bc i had my priorities straight and the thrill of climbing didn't outweigh my responsibilities as a parent. I realize my Instagram is much more boring now but its worth it raising my children and being there for them throughout their lives. Folks. Pls get your lives together and realize you cant have it all. Wanna be a stunt woman....dont have kids or vice versa. Best to the family and good luck.

My prayers and thoughts go out to the family and children of this precious women. RIP😢❤

Such a tragic story I send my condolences to the victims family. She seemed like a nice person

Welcome to the social media phenomenon... I'm 100% confident this could have been avoided if she wasn't posting live on Facebook and focused on her footing. Unfortunate, yet preventable incident. Take caution Gen Z

I fell a few hundred feet off a mountain once, the people I was with thought I died, God kept me here for some reason

I understand that some people have a taste for adventure,but I will never understand why they are willing to risk their lives to get that rush! May she rest in peace, and her family find comfort in the knowledge that she was doing something she loved.

Condolences to her family. May she rest in Peace

Sad, some of us place so little value on our precious lives that we take such risks for a little few moments of glory, video's etc. I feel for the family and their loss.

What a beautiful smile. A mother of four. So tragic. May she RIP

Could’ve been a worse time to go hiking with all these storms passing through SoCal right now … RIP

May she rest in peace🙏🏻❤️😥

Don't hike during the winter or in an area where it's icy, plain and simple. RIP to her.

Part of being an 'experienced' anything is knowing when not to go. When conditions are just too iffy. If you make a bad decision and jam yourself up, you're not just putting yourself at risk, but the people who have to try to save you as well.

Taking selfies while you cross the devil's backbone is not recommended

It must have been heartbreaking for the first responders to know there was nothing they could do to save her 😢❤ my prayers to the family.

That is so sad. I wish people would heed mother nature. No matter how experienced, we are no match for her. RIP.

Mt Baldy has quite a tally. I feel sorry for the search and rescue volunteer, a teacher you who lost his life 3 years ago trying to find a missing hiker.The hiker was later found deceased.

Make sure you bring your ice ax if you hike in snow...and learn how to arrest yourself if you start glissading...i see no pics of an ice ax but hard to believe she would be out there without one. Sad story...

Sending my prayers and condolences to her friends, family, and loved ones. Heartbreaking

So sad. Anything can happen no matter how experienced you are. Here in Oregon we have a lot of injuries from people hiking in the Cascade Mountains range.

So sad to hear this. I frequent the slopes in the massif out there, though less so during winter.. Crystal attempted to summit via the baldy bowl trail, a popular mountaineer's route. I'm afraid she may have experienced larger icefall that day and snowpack that had not consolidated after our recent storms. Her pictures show that she was such a spirited individual, who lived life fully. RIP and my thoughts and prayers are with her family.

Regardless of how good you really are, you should know when to hold em, know when to fold em, know when to walk away!

Taking a selfie has killed so many hikers. She was more focused on social media than her footing. Hiking is dangerous enough. Seems harsh but this gets a darwin award.

When I was 20, I was out hiking and slid down a slippery hill in Big Sur. I was aiming right towards a big fallen tree. Somehow, I was able to get my legs in front of me and lesson the impact. My face hit the tree, I got pretty banged up. I don’t remember anything after that for hours. Years later, I found out I had cracked 2 vertebrae in my neck and have had life long neck problems. I’ve been a hiker all my life, but I am very, very careful and don’t do anything risky or questionable. I was very fortunate that day. My condolences to this mom and her children.

I’m so sad to hear this…I’m also a mother of 4 and I grew up in Alta Loma at the base of Mt Baldy. My heart and love and prayers go out to family ❤❤❤

I remember a couple of years ago. I was hiking Mt Baldy on a bright sunny day but very windy too. I was in my full hiking gear but I decided to head back because I knew all it takes is just one slip. On the way back down, I was warning all the hikers going up. I told them it’s just way too windy and I decided to turn back. Be very careful if you wannt push through.

May she Rest In Peace. My prayers are with her children and loved ones.

Most people wouldn't think los Angeles has mountains they are big and steep may she be blesses on her journey home

Baldy is steep and icy. If you slip and fall you aren’t going to stop till you get to the bottom of the Mountain. Many have died there. This is a very sad story but she should have had an ice pick in her hand rather than her cell phone

Please God Protect her children 🙏

People insist on doing such dangerous things. Her love for her family should have been more important than going hiking.

I hiked that trail numerous times to the Sierra Club Hut and twice to the peak. some of the trail cuts accross slide areas that if there were snow there would be no trail... foolish hurts, this time fatal.

gotta get tht selfie ig

Is this another possible "selfie death"? Social media will be the end of some of us...

I fell off a 80ft cliff and landed in a pond of water I survived and no broken bones i am so careful when hiking … Awhh man sorry for this loss

No matter how much exprience one has, Mother Nature will always have more. Senseless deaths are hard considering they didn't have to happen. RIP.

It is always heartbreaking for a family to lose such a vibrant person. She was a heckuvan outdoors person. Sadly, as many here have noted, she was very interested in the camera, being filmed shortly before the fall (as noted in the news) and all painted up with makeup, jewelry and fashion. WE've seen stories about people losing their life for the camera many times. Sad. All for the attention.

I remember back in the '80s as a Boy Scout in the L.A. area being told of the ice chutes on Mt. Baldy. Our troop never hiked that far inland as we mostly hiked the Angeles Nat'l Forest trails closer to the San Fernando Valley, but I recall being made aware of them when we were preparing to go on our annual snow hike one year.

Tragic accident but...... If you wear lipstick while hiking, you are only a self-professed experienced hiker and actually a total novice and should not even be anywhere near Mt. Baldy. She was probably wearing high heels also.

This is why I have my ass in my basement drinking the good stuff while I watch the great old American television with my pizza.

That's so tragic and worse she was experienced and decided to turn back yet fell down must of been really scary but what was even scarier was never being able to see her kid and all kinds of things running through her head while falling towards the tree ,mother nature is too much for us to handle

How sad. She seemed so passionate and bubbly. My deepest condolences to her family and friends. 🙏❤️🙏

So beautiful. She died doing what she loved. Prayers for her family 🙏🏽♥️

As Scoutmaster we always discuss as leaders & as Scouts the dangers of any hikes we plan. Hiking is fun, so sorry to hear the loss of Crystal Paula Gonzalez, accidents can happen to anyone no matter how experienced or prepared you are since conditions are never the same. That footage of snow/ice stream going down the mountain was the type of condition that made her turn around.

My deepest felted 💔for all her children ❤❤❤❤& Family; yet I still feel that once you’re a Mom, you have to forgo any dangerous anything that could result in the death of a Mom❤Loosing my Mom is still a tragedy that hurts every day 💔

I bet her family and children are proud 'cause she conquered that mountain. What a brave woman!

This whole narrative is wrong. She was an experienced TRAIL HIKER, not an experienced MOUNTAINEER, which is a completely different ballgame. An experienced mountaineer would not have done something so reckless without the proper equipment in that dangerous steep and snowy alpine environment.

Mountaineering Axe ?? Crampons ?? Rope and Harness??

Pppl don't realize that much of the San Gabriel/San Bernardino mountains are wilderness areas, and very difficult terrain. Over the years, lots of ppl have been killed, injured, or stranded and gotten lost. I use to work as a journalist in San Bernardino, and every year we had to report stories about the dangers of SoCal mountains...

Couldn’t tell if she was going hiking or going to a photo shoot……Hair done, makeup done, lipstick, wardrobe. Putting on for social media basically

All due respects, wait a few weeks when the weather settles and trail conditions improve.

Nobody wants to blame the victim, but it was her choice to be climbing a mountain in the middle of winter... She obviously cared more about her own "happiness" than she did about her family... "She was so experienced that she slipped and fell 700 feet to her death...

SHE WAS SO BEAUTIFUL, IT’S SO TRAGIC MORE CHILDREN ARE NOW WITHOUT THEIR MOM, IT’S HEARTBREAKING. MY PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU ALL. ❤️🙏🏼❤️

My heart goes out to the family and friends she leaves behind. That is a good reason to stay away from some dangerous hobbies. Not worth taking the risk of injury and death.

She died doing what she loved? That needs to stop. I love playing guitar but it would suck to die playing it.

She died loving what she do best and that was hiking. My condolences to the family 🙏

So sorry to those children who lost their mom 💗

So sad my heart goes out to you kids.

When you do dangerous and unnecessary adventures, you're not only putting your life in danger but also the rescue workers!! Selfish and narcissistic main character syndrome.

No child should ever lose their mother at a young age. 😢

Hiking in snow without an ice axe? That’s wild I’m not surprised she slipped. Damn falling 500-700 ft then hitting a tree is scary af. Something I don’t even want to imagine

Bless her. People should not over document these hikes. One still photo is enough. So sorry to hear of this.

I’m guessing she fell on the section just before the final upward climb to the summit where the trail is basically a narrow line cut along a steep slope. In the summertime, the traction is firm enough to be very safe for a hiker, but all bets are off when the rain/snow hits that portion…a hiker is basically trying to go horizontal on a slippery playground slide at that point.

I love and hike Mt. Baldy, but not when it snows. So much can go so wrong, even for the experienced that it's best to avoid. A former coworker found out the hard way after I warned him to avoid it during the winter months. Fortunately, he made it back home that day. Tragic for this lady that didn't. RIP

People that hike up these mountains not only risk their life. But all the people that have to go out and try to save you . Kinda selfish.

My heart & prayers go out to her surviving family members. PLEASE GUYS LEAVE these kinds of adventures ALONE! We weren’t made to CHALLENGE those types of obstacles. WHY DO THIS SORT OF THING? WHY?

That’s so sad 😢my condolences 💐 to her family. She died doing what she loved. 🥾⛰️🚵‍♀️🚞🚵‍♀️🗻

My most sincere condolences to everyone who loved her 🙏🏽🕊

What a sweet lady, and much credit that she turned back when it got bad, so many don't.

She died doing what she loved to do. But, she left her 4 kids behind on this earth, forever. Weigh the cost.

Crystal is my best friends mom and she let me live at her house and treated me like her son untill I was dumb enough to get myself kicked out...😢😢 I never knew that was gonna be the last time I was gonna see her alive like wtf... She would always try to make me laugh and she always made sure I was fed... She was the embodiment of what a caring mother should be and she will be deeply missed...RIP Crystal

I understand people want to live their life doing everything they possibly can but you always got to think of the what ifs and your family before you decide to do such extreme things. It's sad that this lady's life had to end up doing something she's done so many times before and ultimately resulted in her death. I feel for her family.

“A safe hiker doesn’t go when loose or slippery wet only means a slip to your death” hence avalanche mud slide rocks slide. It’s sad people don’t realize the hidden danger. What a horrible unexpected tragedy.

Unfortunate hiking stories such as this are becoming more and more common. Children are left without parents, and remaining family members have to cope with unbearable grief. Preventable accidents carry the same warnings: accurately assess the weather and trail conditions, match your hiking ability to the trail requirements, carry life-saving equipment, be aware of the surrounding terrain while using a camera, heed trail warning signs, and check with the park service for recent trail updates. Very sad story. Condolences to her family.

Wow deepest condolences

Sad! Really dangerous in the winter. I don't think people should go treking up steep mountains alone .RIP! Blessings and prayers to her family and friends

OMG, I love her spirit. My condolences.

This is why I stop taking amateurs that record themselves hiking for validation. I've seen them slip and fall in the most awkward spots. Fortunately it wasn't on a cliff side of a mountain. Be aware of your terrain. It only takes one misstep within the second of distraction that may cause demise. RIP, my condolences to her family and friends 🙏🏼

Very sad, my wife is also a serious hiker, I worry about her sometimes. I would say that at least was engaged in doing something she loved, it sounds like she lived a good life and was as a loving mother before she passed away.

Wishing her a speedy recovery..

A excellent video on how dangerous it is you never know what could happen to you

I see this mountain everyday from home. After seeing all these deaths from up there is nothing short but tragic. Condolences to her family