The wettest place in L.A. county

Eric Spillman, at the KTLA news blog, spotted a post on a online forum about the wettest place in Los Angeles. Turns out it is a place called Ophids Camp (also known as Camp Hi-Hill) which is on the downward slope of Mt. Wilson, on the side away from Los Angeles. I believe that from looking at some maps from the Long Beach school district, which uses the camp for outdoor education, I have nailed down the location. From the post:

The camp is a prime site for heavy rain because of its location high on the face of a mountain five miles north of Mt. Wilson. When warm-water storm systems from the Pacific make it above Mt. Wilson's peak, they react to the cold air and condense, producing extraordinarily heavy rain. It is as if the water is squeezed from the clouds as they lift up and over Mt. Wilson. And guess what is sitting under that location? Opids camp.

Apparently, the poster did his homework: local forecasters all know the place very well:

"They get more rain and snow than anyone else," said William Patzert, a meteorologist at Jet Propulsion Laboratory. "Among weather geeks, it's famous."

I'll put on my geek hat for a moment a point out that this camp is the wettest place in Los Angeles County that has a rain gauge, and may not actually be the wettest spot.