Because most SGM hikers probably have the 1990 edition of the Trails of The Angeles, and because this site retains the numbering scheme used in that edition, it is of interest to know what changes Robinson has made in the 1998 edition. See also Updates to Trails of The Angeles 1998 edition.
Seven trips have been deleted, and six new trips have been added. Four hikes were deleted because the West Fork dirt road from Red Box is closed to vehicular traffic now, eliminating the trips as described previously. These four hikes were replaced with three nearby hikes, with one hike using an entirely new location added. One hike was deleted in order to reduce the 101 hikes (1-100 including 54a and 54b) to 100 hikes. Two hikes were replaced with other hikes in the same general location.
Six trips changed hike numbers.
In addition, three trips had significant modifications, changing a portion of the hike.
Because two hikes fell in multiple categories, 14 hike numbers of 1990 (13, 48-52, 54a, 54b, 55-57, 76, 89 and 93) now denote different hikes. This mess is why the International Astronomical Union specifies that astronomical source names are never changed, once assigned!
The changes are given separately in the following categories:
Added Trips
Deleted Trips
Major Trip Modifications
Minor Trip Modifications
Changed Trip Descriptions
Changed Trip Numbers
Minor Changes to Trip Names, Typo CorrectionsSome of these changes, especially the typos, have probably been made in later printings of the 1990 edition. Just for fun, I've collected some of these changes in an incomplete table of Changes During Printings Of The 1990 Editions.
1998 Trip Number Trip Name 48 Monrovia Canyon Park to Sawpit Canyon, Deer Park 50 Mt. Wilson via Kenyon DeVore Trail to West Fork Campground 51 Mt. Wilson to West Fork Campground, DeVore Trail Camp 52 Angeles Crest Highway via Shortcut Canyon to West Fork Campground 89 Big Pines to Blue Ridge 93 Manker Flat to Upper San Antonio Creek, Baldy Bowl, Mt. San Antonio
1990 Trip Number Trip Name Comments 49 West Fork via Valley Forge Trail to Eaton Saddle, Mt. Wilson Road The West Fork dirt road from Red Box is now closed indefinitely to public vehicular travel, necessitating the deletion of hikes 49-52. 50 West Fork to Mt. Wilson via Rattlesnake Trail 51 West Fork Campground to DeVore Trail Camp, West Fork of the San Gabriel River 52 West Fork Campground to Angeles Crest Highway 58 Mt. Hillyer from Santa Clara Divide Road Deleted as a result of cleaning up the numbering system, and retaining only 100 hikes, after hike 54b became hike 55. 89 Lightning Ridge Nature Trail Replaced with Big Pines to Blue Ridge. 93 Blue Ridge to Pine and Dawson Mtns. and Mount San Antonio The altitude gain for this hike has been incorrectly given in the last several editions. The correct altitude gain is 4,600', not 3,000'.
Trip Number Trip Name Changes 1990 1998 1990 1998 13 13 Big Tujunga to Grizzly Flat and Vasquez Creek Angeles Crest Highway to Grizzly Flat and Vasquez Creek Changed trailhead from Big Tujunga area to Angeles Crest Highway for several reasons. 48 49 Duarte to Fish Canyon, Fish Canyon Falls same New (1998) trail to the falls described, a much worse hike than previously. 76 76 Crystal Lake to Little Jimmy Spring, Mt. Islip same Uses new Big Cienaga cutoff to cut 2 miles off trip.
Trip Number Trip Name Changes 1990 1998 1990 1998 4 4 Bouquet Canyon to Big Oak Spring, Sierra Pelona same Changed trailhead from old overgrown Big Tree Trail to new PCT intersection with Bouquet Canyon Road. Neither Roy Randall nor Russell Bell could find the Big Tree Trailhead at Bouquet Canyon Road in 1998 and 1999, nor the intersection of the Big Tree Trail and the PCT along the fire road. The high end of the Big Tree Trail still exists at the crest.
The option at the crest of the Sierra Pelona is now to go 3 miles east to Mt. McDill, instead of 3 miles west to the no-longer-standing Sierra Pelona Lookout.
Thanks to Russell Bell for pointing out the changes.
Trip Number Trip Name Comments 1990 1998 100 100 San Sevaine Flats to Cucamonga Peak Added info that Forest Road 1N34 is usually closed, and to check with the Lytle Creek Ranger Station, 2.5 miles farther up Lytle Creek Road.
Trip Number Trip Name Comments 1990 1998 48 49 Duarte to Fish Canyon, Fish Canyon Falls New (1998) trail to the falls described, a much harder hike than previously. 54a 54 Mt. Gleason Road to Mt. Gleason, Gleason Mines Hike 54b became hike 55, cleaning up the numbering system, but making hikes 55-57 now numbered 56-58. 54b 55 Charlton Flat to Vetter Mountain Lookout 55 56 Mill Creek Summit to Pacifico Mountain 56 57 Chilao to Devils Canyon, San Gabriel Wilderness 57 58 Chilao to Horse Flats, Mt. Hillyer
Minor Changes to Trip Names, Typo Corrections
Trip Number (both editions) Trip Name Comments 1990 1998 1 County Road via Horse Trail to Liebre Mountain County Road N2 via Horse Trail to Liebre Mountain 4 Bouquet Canyon to Big Oak Tree, Sierra Pelona Bouquet Canyon to Big Oak Spring, Sierra Pelona 22 Mount Lowe Railway Self-Guided Tour - Sunset Ridge via old railway bed to Mount Lowe Campground Sunset Ridge via old railway bed to Mount Lowe Campground Trip now takes Sunset Ridge Trail, an option in the 1990 book, instead of the paved fire road, and gives the correct mileage and altitude gain of 11 miles and 2400', instead of the incorrect 6 miles and 1100'. 65 Mt. Williamson from Kratka Ridge, Angeles Crest Highway Mt. Williamson from Angeles Crest Highway 84 East Fork, San Gabriel River: Ranger Station to The Narrows East Fork, San Gabriel River - Ranger Station to The Narrows 85 East Fork, San Gabriel River: Ranger Station to the Narrows, Iron Fork, Fish Fork, Mine Gulch, Prairie Fork, Cabin Flat East Fork, San Gabriel River - Ranger Station to the Narrows, Iron Fork, Fish Fork, Mine Gulch, Prairie Fork, Cabin Flat 91 Manker Flat to Baldy Notch, Devils Backbone, Mt. San Antonio same Changed altitude gain from 3500' to 3800' for identical trip description. 92 Mt. Baldy Village to Mt. San Antonio and Baldy Notch same Changed altitude gain from 5500' to 6000' for identical trip description. 94 Stockton Flat Public Campground to Baldy Notch Stockton Flat to Baldy Notch
Changes During Printings Of The 1990 Editions This table is probably incomplete since I own only the first printing of the 1990 edition. Because input for this table comes from readers who have a specific printing, instead of an exhaustive comparison of all printings, it is likely that some of the changes occurred in earlier printings.
The printings:
Number Date 1 January 1990 2 3 September 1993 4 5 6 June 1996 The changes:
Trip Number (both editions) Trip Name Comments Source First Printing Later Printing (Number) 49-52 as in previous tables as in previous tables, except for #50, now Mt. Wilson via Rattlesnake Trail to West Fork Campground (<=3) These were changed as detailed in the above tables, except trip 50 (4 miles one way) was reversed and made a round trip (10 miles, 2800' gain) Jane Strong 93 Blue Ridge to Pine and Dawson Mtns. and Mount San Antonio Manker Flat to Upper San Antonio Creek, Baldy Bowl, Mt. San Antonio (>3 and <=6) The map still showed the old trip 93, but without a number. Dan Baron, Jane Strong
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