Afoot & Afield: Los Angeles County

Schad, Jerry Afoot & Afield: Los Angeles County 3rd Ed. Berkeley, CA: Wilderness Press, 2010

Referenced in Posts:

Trail Conditions Along Upper Bear Canyon (Chapter 20, Trip #7). Discusses trail conditions in Upper Bear Canyon from March 2013.
Castle Canyon (Chapter 20: Trip 11) A description of the Castle Canyon trail including photos of the trail in the snow.
Heart of Devil’s Canyon (Chapter 24, Trip 2). Discusses the trail conditions in Devil’s Canyon below the trail camp from February 2015 with inspiration from Joseph Conrad’s book Heart of Darkness.
A River, A Bridge, And A Bighorn Sheep (Chapter 26, Trip 11). Discusses the hike up Lower San Gabriel Canyon to the Bridge to Nowhere.
Ski Lift Shortcutting Our Way To Baldy (Chapter 27, Trip 7). Discusses taking the Ski Lift up to Baldy Notch and hiking the Devil’s Backbone Trail to Mt. Baldy.

Photos From Hikes: (linked hike #’s lead to my step by step instructions)

Photos from hikes described in Ch. 20: Angeles Forest: Arroyo Seco & Front Range

Note: Schad also describes hiking to San Gabriel Peak from Eaton Saddle. Route Instructions for that hike are here. Below are photo galleries (that differ from above) for this option.

Trip 6: Mt. Lowe

Mueller Tunnel
Eaton Saddle to Markham Saddle
Mt. Lowe Trail which I break into three segments as follows:
Mt. Lowe

Trip 7: Bear Canyon. I haven’t documented all segments of this hike (though I’ve traversed all of them). See my post: Trail Conditions Along Upper Bear Canyon for more information.

Mueller Tunnel
Eaton Saddle to Markham Saddle
Mt. Lowe Road (Segment information with photos of junctions only)
Tom Sloan Saddle Trail
Upper Bear Canyon Trail to Bear Canyon Trail Camp

Trip 11: Mt. Lowe Railway. See my post: Castle Canyon for more information about the Castle Canyon Trail portion of this trip.

Trip 12: Inspiration Point

Mueller Tunnel
Eaton Saddle to Markham Saddle
Mt. Lowe Trail which I break into three segments as follows:
East Mt. Lowe Trail
Mt. Lowe Road (Segment information with photos of junctions only)
Lowe Saddle
Inspiration Point
Mt. Lowe
Upper Sam Merrill Trail (A.K.A. West Mt. Lowe Trail).

Trip 13: Strawberry Peak

Barley Road (Schad refers to as abandoned fire road)
South Strawberry Saddle Trail (Schad refers to a trail on the left)
Strawberry Peak Trail (Schad refers to overgrown fire break)
Strawberry Peak.

Photos from hikes described in Ch. 21: Angeles Forest: Mount Wilson & Front Range

Trip 5: Mt. Wilson Loop. I’ve only added segment pages that show photos of just the junctions.

Trip 12: Valley Forge & Devore Trail. I’ve only documented the Valley Forge Portion

Valley Forge Trail

Trip 13: Angeles Crest to Chantry Flat (I’ve only documented one segment)

Silver Moccasin Trail: West Fork Campground to Angeles Crest Highway

Photos from hikes described in Chapter 22: Charlton-Chilao Recreation Area

Trip 2: Vetter Mountain The trail Schad describes was burned in the Station Fire of 2009. The above link provides the current route description.

Trip 4: Mt. Hillyer (I haven’t yet documental all segments of this trip). However, this trip gives route instructions to Mt. Hillyer without the described loop to Santa Clara Divide Road. Also, this trip is longer but more interesting (in my opinion anyway) than going the Santa Clara Divide route.

Photos from hikes described in Ch. 24: San Gabriel Wilderness

Trip 2: Upper Devil’s Canyon. See my post: Heart of Devil’s Canyon for more information.

Middle Devil’s Canyon. (Schad refers to as “fairly distinct path after the trail camp).

Trip 4: Mt. Waterman Trail

Mt. Waterman Trail
Mt. Waterman Summit Trail (Schad refers to as “a trail to Waterman’s rounded summit).
Mt Waterman Trail JCT summit trail to JCT Twin Peaks. (Schad describes as “zigzag south down to a second junction …”)
Mt. Waterman Trail JCT Twin Peaks to Three Points (Schad describes as, “then stay right (west)” ).

Trip 5: Waterman Mountain & Twin Peaks (I haven’t documented the entire route).

Mt. Waterman Trail
Mt. Waterman Summit Trail (Schad refers to as “a trail to Waterman’s rounded summit).
Mt Waterman Trail JCT summit trail to JCT Twin Peaks. (Schad describes as “zigzag south down to a second junction …”)
Mt. Waterman

Photos from hikes described in Ch. 25: Angeles Forest: High Country & North Slope.

Trip 1: Cooper Canyon Falls

Trip 4: Mount Islip–North Approach (the version described in the note at the end of the description starting from Islip Saddle and following the PCT.

Trip 5: Mt. Williamson

PCT: Angeles Crest to JCT Pleasant View Ridge
Pleasant View Ridge: PCT to Mt. Williamson (Schad refers to as “unmaintained but well beaten path.”)

Trip 6: Pleasant View Ridge (I haven’t documented the last segment of this trip)

PCT: Angeles Crest to JCT Pleasant View Ridge
Pleasant View Ridge: PCT to Mt. Williamson (Schad refers to as “unmaintained but well beaten path.”)
Pleasant View Ridge from Mt. Williamson to middle Mt. Williamson (Shad refers to as “unnamed point”)
Pleasant View Ridge from middle Mt. Williamson to west Mt. Williamson (Shad refers to as “unnamed point”)
Pleasant View Ridge from west Mt. Williamson to Pallett Mountain (Schad refers to as “many very sharp rocky descents”)
Pleasant View Ridge: Pallett Mountain to Buckhorn Saddle (Schad refers to as a well-worn climber’s path).

Trip 11: Burkhart Trail (I’ve documented just from Buckhorn Campground to Burkhart Saddle)

Trip 12: South Fork Trail

South Fork Trail

Photos from hikes described in Ch. 26: Angeles Forest: Big Pines & Sheep Mountain Wilderness

Trip 5: Mt. Baden-Powell Traverse

Trip 11: East Fork to Bridge See my post A River, A Bridge, And A Bighorn Sheep for more information.

Photos from hikes described in Ch. 27: Angeles Forest: San Antonio Canyon & Old Baldy

Trip 5: Cucamonga Peak

Trip 7: Old Baldy–East Approach. See my post: Ski Lift Shortcutting Our Way To Baldy

Trip 8: Old Baldy–South Approach

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