Trailhead: Red Box Trailhead (T2)

View from Trailhead

Trail: Gabrieleno Trail from Red Box to Valley Forge

Red Box to Upper Switzer Picnic Area track map from December 2016 using Backcountry Navigator (US Forest Service-2013 map) from my phone.

Stats: From Red Box to Upper Switzer Picnic Area; 3.5 miles, 30′ gain, 1310′ loss. From Upper Switzer Picnic Area to Red Box; 3.5 miles, 1310′ gain, 30′ loss. Round Trip: 7.0 miles, 1340′ of gain and loss.

Last Hiked: 12-08-2016

Route description: From Red Box, at the trailhead (labeled T2 on the trailhead page) at the northwest corner of the parking lot west of Mt. Wilson Road (at the Haramokngna American Indian Cultural Center), follow the Gabrieleno Trail down to the Upper Switzer Picnic Area and return the same way.

View from the Gabrieleno Trail heading down from Red Box on the way to the Switzer Picnic Area.