Abbreviation | Full Name | Numbered Hikes Beginning At That Trailhead |
---|---|---|
AS | Arroyo Seco | 15 |
BC | Bailey Canyon | 39.1, 39.3-39.7 |
CC | Colby Canyon | 36 |
CF | Chantry Flat | 41-47, 44.1, 44.2, 44.22, 45.1, 45.22, 46.1, 46.22 |
Cl | Clear Creek | 35 |
EC | Eaton Canyon | 26.1 |
ES | Eaton Saddle | 30-33, 49.1, 50.1 |
GF | Grizzly Flat | 16.5, 16.6, 16.7 |
LA | Lake Ave. | 23, 24 |
LSA | Little Santa Anita | 39, 39.2, 39.8, 40, 40.22 |
MC | Millard Canyon | 20, 21.1 |
MW | Mount Wilson | 27, 34, 34.1, 40.1 |
RB | Red Box | 29.1, 37, 38 |
RS | Rattlesnake Trail | 50, 50.22 |
SR | Sunset Ridge | 19, 19.1, 21, 22 |
SW | Switzer Picnic Area | 17, 17.1, 17.2, 18 |
TR | Toll Road | 26-28, 27.22 |
VF | Valley Forge | 49, 49.22 |
WF | West Fork | 46.2, 51, 52, 52.22 |
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Explanation of column headings.
No. | RT miles | Elev. gain | Season | Name |
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15 | 9 | 900 | nov-may | Altadena to Oakwilde via Arroyo Seco |
16 | 10.5 | 1500 | nov-may | Angeles Crest Highway via Gould Mesa to Oakwilde, Arroyo Seco, Switzer Trail Camp and Switzer Picnic Area |
16.1 | 14 | 1500 | nov-may | Angeles Crest Highway via Dark Canyon to Oakwilde, Arroyo Seco, Switzer Trail Camp and Switzer Picnic Area |
16.4 | 4.5 | 1100 | nov-may | Angeles Crest Highway to Grizzly Flat and Vasquez Creek via Upper Dark Canyon Trail |
16.5 | 6.5 | 1250 | nov-may | Angeles Crest Highway to Grizzly Flat and Vasquez Creek via Grizzly Flat Fire Road |
16.6 | nov-may | Angeles Crest Highway via Grizzly Flat Fire Road to Clear Creek | ||
16.7 | 14 | 2074 | nov-may | Mt. Lukens via Grizzly Flats Road from Angeles Crest Highway |
17 | 4 | 600 | nov-jun | Switzer Picnic Area to Commodore Switzer Trail Camp, Switzer Falls, Arroyo Seco Cascades |
17.1 | 10 | +700 -2850 | nov-jun | Switzer Picnic Area to JPL |
17.2 | 6.5 (1 way) | +1000 -1500 | nov-jun | Switzer Picnic Area to Oakwilde, Dark Canyon, Angeles Crest Highway |
18 | 8 | 1000 | nov-jun | Switzer Picnic Area to Commodore Switzer Trail Camp, Bear Canyon Trail Camp |
19 | 5 | 1200 | nov-may | Millard Canyon to Dawn Mine |
19.1 | 6 | 1575 | nov-may | Millard Canyon to Dawn Mine, Dawn Mine Trail to Mt. Lowe Fire Road, Sunset Ridge |
20 | 1.5 | 150 | nov-may | Millard Canyon to Millard Canyon Falls |
21 | 12 | 2500 | nov-may | Brown Mountain Loop - Millard Canyon to Tom Sloan Saddle, Brown Mountain, Brown Mountain Fire Road, back to Millard Canyon |
21.1 | 10 | 1100 | nov-may | Brown Mountain Fire Road to West Ridge of Brown Mountain |
22 | 11 | 2400 | nov-may | Mount Lowe Railway Self-Guided Tour - Sunset Ridge via old railway bed to Mount Lowe Campground |
22.1 | 11 | 2400 | nov-may | Mount Lowe Railway Self-Guided Tour - Sunset Ridge via old railway bed to Mount Lowe Campground, Inspiration Point, Castle Canyon Trail, Echo Mountain |
23 | 12 | 2800 | nov-may | Mount Lowe Railway Loop Tour - Altadena to Echo Mountain, old railway bed, Mt. Lowe Trail Camp, Inspiration Point, Castle Canyon, back to Echo Mountain and Altadena |
24 | 5 | 1400 | nov-may | Sam Merrill Trail - Altadena to Echo Mountain |
25 | 1.5 | 200 | nov-may | Altadena to Rubio Canyon |
26 | 5 | 1400 | nov-jun | Altadena to Henninger Flats |
26.1 | 5 | 1500 | nov-may | Eaton Canyon Nature Center to Henninger Flats |
27 | 9 | 4500 | nov-jun | Mt. Wilson Toll Road - Altadena to Mt. Wilson |
27.1 | 9 | -4500 | nov-jun | Mt. Wilson Toll Road - Mt. Wilson to Altadena |
27.22 | 18 | 4500 | nov-jun | Mt. Wilson Toll Road - Altadena to Mt. Wilson Round-Trip |
28 | 13 | 4100 | nov-may | Altadena to Henninger Flats, Idlehour Trail to Eaton Canyon, Idlehour Trail Camp, Inspiration Point, Castle Canyon, Echo Mountain, back to Altadena |
29 | 7 | 1400 | all | Red Box to San Gabriel Peak, Mt. Disappointment |
29.1 | 9 | 1700 | all | Red Box to Commodore Switzer Trail Camp |
30 | 3 | 500 | nov-jun | Eaton Saddle to Markham Saddle, Mt. Lowe |
30.1 | 3.6 | 650 | nov-jun | Eaton Saddle to Markham Saddle, Mt. Markham |
31 | 6 | 700 | nov-jun | Eaton Saddle to Mt. Lowe Trail Camp, Mt. Lowe Fire Road back to Eaton Saddle |
31.1 | 7 | 1300 | nov-jun | Eaton Saddle to Mt. Lowe Trail Camp, Mt. Lowe Fire Road, Mt. Lowe East Trail, Mt. Markham |
32 | 3.5 | 1000 | nov-jun | Eaton Saddle to Markham Saddle, San Gabriel Peak |
33 | 10 | +700 -2500 | nov-jun | Eaton Saddle to Markham Saddle, Tom Sloan Saddle, Bear Canyon, Arroyo Seco, Switzer Campground |
34 | 2.5 | 800 | nov-jun | Mt. Wilson to Harvard-Wilson Saddle, Mt. Harvard |
34.1 | 1 | 0 | all | Mt. Wilson Nature Trail |
35 | 8 | 1900 | all | Josephine Fire Road to Josephine Peak |
36 | 6 | 2600 | all | Colby Canyon to Strawberry Peak |
37 | 7 | 1500 | all | Red Box to Strawberry Peak, Josephine Saddle, Colby Canyon |
38 | 8 | 1400 | all | Red Box to Strawberry Spring, Strawberry Meadow |
39 | 7 | 2000 | nov-may | Sierra Madre to Orchard Camp |
39.1 | 4.4 | 1510 | nov-may | Bailey Canyon to Cabin Ruins |
39.2 | 3 | 900 | nov-may | Sierra Madre to First Water |
39.3 | 12 (1 way) | 3300 | nov-may | Bailey Canyon to Mt. Wilson Toll Road, Henninger Flats, Eaton Canyon Nature Center |
39.4 | 1.2 | 350 | nov-may | Bailey Canyon to Falls |
39.5 | 0.8 | 150 | nov-may | Live Oak Nature Trail, Bailey Canyon |
39.6 | 6.6 | 2275 | nov-may | Bailey Canyon to Jones Peak |
39.7 | 8.0 | 2635 | nov-may | Bailey Canyon to Jones Peak, Connector Trail to Mt. Wilson Trail, Mt. Wilson Trail |
39.8 | 5.9 | 2415 | nov-may | Mt. Wilson Trail, Ridge Route to Jones Peak, Bailey Canyon Park |
40 | 7.5 (1 way) | 4500 | nov-may | Old Mt. Wilson Trail - Sierra Madre to Mt. Wilson |
40.1 | 7.5 (1 way) | -4500 | nov-may | Old Mt. Wilson Trail - Mt. Wilson to Sierra Madre |
40.22 | 15 | 4500 | nov-may | Old Mt. Wilson Trail - Sierra Madre to Mt. Wilson Roundtrip |
Chantry Flat Road may be closed! See Chantry Flat Road
Map of all Chantry Flat Trails, with mileages | ||||
41 | 3 | 500 | nov-jun | Chantry Flat to Sturtevant Falls |
42 | 8 | 1400 | nov-jun | Chantry Flat to Spruce Grove Trail Camp |
43 | 10 | 1800 | nov-jun | Chantry Flat via Sturtevant Trail to Hoegee Trail Camp, Mt. Zion, Big Santa Anita Canyon |
44 | 6 (1 way) | 3600 | nov-jun | Chantry Flat to Mt. Wilson via Winter Creek |
44.1 | 6 | 1250 | nov-jun | Chantry Flat to Microwave Antennae on San Olene Fire Road |
44.2 | 6 (1 way) | -3600 | nov-jun | Mt. Wilson to Chantry Flat via Winter Creek |
44.22 | 12 | 3600 | nov-jun | Chantry Flat to Mt. Wilson via Winter Creek Round-Trip |
45 | 8 (1 way) | 3900 | nov-jun | Chantry Flat to Sturtevant Camp and Mt. Wilson |
45.1 | 8 (1 way) | -3900 | nov-jun | Chantry Flat to Sturtevant Camp and Mt. Wilson |
45.22 | 16 | 3900 | nov-jun | Chantry Flat to Sturtevant Camp and Mt. Wilson Round-Trip |
46 | 9 (1 way) | 2300 | nov-jun | Chantry Flat to Newcomb Pass, West Fork of the San Gabriel River, Devore Trail Camp, West Fork Campground |
46.1 | 12 | 1900 | nov-jun | Chantry Flat to Newcomb Pass, Newcomb Saddle |
46.2 | 9 (1 way) | -2300 | nov-jun | West Fork Campground, Devore Trail Camp, West Fork of the San Gabriel River, Newcomb Pass to Chantry Flat |
46.22 | 18 | 2300 | nov-jun | Chantry Flat to Newcomb Pass, West Fork of the San Gabriel River, Devore Trail Camp, West Fork Campground Round-Trip |
47 | 28 (1 way) | 4800 | nov-jun | Gabrielino National Recreation Trail - Chantry Flat to Big Santa Anita Canyon, Newcomb Pass, West Fork of San Gabriel River, Red Box, Arroyo Seco, Altadena |
Chantry Flat Road may be closed! See Chantry Flat Road.
Map of all Chantry Flat Trails, with mileages | ||||
The West Fork Road is currently closed to public automobile access, preventing such access to the West Fork Campground. This makes one-way hikes impossible as well as hikes beginning at the West Fork Campground. | ||||
49 | 3 (1 way) | 1700 | nov-jun | West Fork via Valley Forge Trail to Eaton Saddle, Mt. Wilson Road |
49.1 | 3 (1 way) | -1700 | nov-jun | Eaton Saddle to West Fork via Valley Forge Trail |
49.22 | 6 | 1700 | nov-jun | Eaton Saddle, Mt. Wilson Road, to West Fork via Valley Forge Trail Round-Trip |
50 | 4 (1 way) | 2500 | nov-jun | West Fork to Mt. Wilson via Kenyon DeVore Trail (formerly the Rattlesnake Trail) |
50.1 | 4 (1 way) | -2500 | nov-jun | Mt. Wilson to West Fork via Kenyon DeVore Trail (formerly the Rattlesnake Trail) |
50.22 | 8 | 2500 | nov-jun | Mt. Wilson to West Fork via Kenyon DeVore Trail Round-Trip (formerly the Rattlesnake Trail) |
51 | 2 | +200 -200 | all | West Fork Campground to Devore Trail Camp, West Fork of the San Gabriel River |
52 | 3 (1 way) | 1800 | all | West Fork Campground to Angeles Crest Highway |
The West Fork Road is currently closed to public automobile access, preventing such access to the West Fork Campground. This makes one-way hikes impossible as well as hikes beginning at the West Fork Campground. | ||||
52.22 | 6 | 1800 | all | Angeles Crest Highway to West Fork Campground Round-Trip |
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