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Friday at 12:14 in the afternoon Altadena Mountain Rescue Team was called for a dog stranded on a cliff, and the dog owner attempting to save the dog. The hiker and dog were in Las Flores Canyon near the water tank, above Altadena in the Angeles National Forest. The dog, Maya was on a leash but saw something on the trail which she lunged at, causing her to fall off the side of the mountain. Her owner attempted to reach Maya, but the hillside crumbled away, and after a few attempts she called Altadena Sheriff's station for help.

Rescue team members were directed to the last known location of the dog and after hiking into the canyon bottom, the dog was located approximately halfway down a 100 foot cliff. A rescuer was lowered from the top of the canyon, Maya was on a tiny outcropping, no bigger than a few inches. As we reached Maya, half the ledge she was standing fell away as we were trying to tie ropes to her. Our rescuer eventually secured the dog in a harness and safely lowered Maya to the canyon bottom. Maya a 9 month old female Husky mix appeared uninjured, and she was returned to them very grateful owner, 45 y/o female resident of Altadena. 

Please visit www.AMRT.org to learn more about Altadena's all volunteer mountain rescue team.