Trips around Los Angeles
Eaton Canyon
I went up Eaton Canyon today with a few friends. Not much different from last time, though plenty of wildflowers right now.
Hollywood Sign
Today was a quick hike up to the Hollywood Sign again. Just one quick photograph as I was being lazy and not doing any photography. It was a beautiful day though to hike.
Inspiration Point via Echo Mountain
Today I hiked up to Inspiration Point with a group of students as part of a new hiking club we're starting. We took a longer way than usual to Inspiration Point, hiking up to Echo Mountain, and then to Inspiration Point via Castle Canyon. There, we took a side detour to Panorama Point, and then headed back down via the Sam Merrill Trail.
It was a great hike, even with the snow that we encountered en route. The trail to Panorama Point was covered with 4-5" of snow, although it was slowly melting. Luckily the trails up and down the mountain was mostly clear. Take a look at all the photographs.
Strawberry Peak
This wasn't the longest hike I've done, or the most elevation gain, or even probably the steepest. But it was definitely the craziest. The first part of the hike to Strawberry Peak via Colby Canyon was a good hike. Once you reach Josephine Saddle is where the fun really starts, since you go off a maintained trail, through rock fields, and eventually scramble up the final summit ascent. It was even worse coming down.
The picture of the outcropping (also to the left) is the trail, or more correctly, is the lack of a trail. To the right of that picture is a rock wall, and to the left is a several hundred foot drop, and straight ahead is the easiest ascent. Still, despite some interesting moments when we got lost, it was a lot of fun with amazing views of the San Gabriel Mountains.
Trail Canyon
Although I've been on the Trail Canyon trail before, this weekend I went there with some friends and went a bit further upstream than last time. Here are a few photographs.
