Jose pls see my post about the very aggressive mama rattler around mile 6-6.5 of the San Bernardino peak trail. I filed a ranger report as it was RIGHT next to the trail and coiled, hissing, spitting and rattling at us as we surprised it going around a turn. It appeared ready to strike, and my hike partner had to do a number of things to get it to retreat so we could race past.
Ranger and we think it was a pregnant mom protecting her nest. I reported it to ranger, and we didn’t see it descending (but a thunderstorm over San G was thundering away and we were booking down). But pls exercise extreme caution going around curves around again 6-6.5 mi up at 9000 or so ft, and if you can, check with ranger to see if anyone else reported the mom rattler was still there.