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Join us for a wonderful hike through the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains and the Angeles National Forest. Four miles with just under 300 ft of elevation gain, this should be a relatively chill hike, so anyone is more than welcome! Just be ready to tell some stories, cross some streams, and talk with everyone’s favorite Pop Musicology professor, Nate Sloan!
PACKING LIST:
H2O
SNACKS
WAIVERS
HIKING/ATHLETIC SHOES
PROFESSOR: NATE SLOAN
DEPARTMENT: Musicology
RATE MY PROFESSOR: "…the sweetest, most intelligent, most caring, most dashing, most good looking, most captivating... should I go on?"
Nate Sloan is a musicologist and performer who researches everything from jazz to Tin Pan Alley to popular music. Sloan is the co-host of the podcast Switched on Pop with songwriter Charlie Harding, a podcast produced by Vox Media that has been cited by Rolling Stone, The Guardian, and Entertainment Weekly as a top music podcast. He also provides music analysis for The Economist, NPR, The Atlantic, The Boston Globe, and CBC Radio’s “Day 6.” Sloan’s vaudeville duo, The Gideon and Hubcap Show, has played at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and London’s Soho Theatre. He has also composed for theatre and film, including the score for the short documentary Slomo, and performs in the Dave Harrington Group. Nate Sloan also has professional experience as a consulting musicological expert in copyright litigation and clearance, including informal consultation, formal reports, and legal depositions.
PEAK: GABRIELINO TRAIL
DIFFICULTY: 2/5
SCENERY: Beautiful scenery of the mountains of the Angeles National Forest!
FUN FACT: The Gabrielino Trail was the first ever National Recreation Trail (or NRT)!
TRIP LEAD: NOLAN
His Beatles cover band is doing really well, thanks for asking.
Contact Nolan: nheilman@usc.edu
Read Nolan’s bio here.