Day Hike - Cherry Canyon in La Canada - Feb 25th

Post date: Feb 01, 2012 7:36:33 PM

ACTIVITY: Day Hike - About 7 miles - 4 hours

LOCATION: Cherry Canyon in La Canada (see directions below)

DIFFICULTY: "Moderate to Somewhat Challenging" due to distance and elevation gain

DATES: Saturday Feb 25

DEPARTURE: Meet at 7:40 am at trailhead. Boots hit trail at 7:55 am – Estimated return - noon

COST: $0.00

DUE DATE: Feb 21^st meeting, but can submit day of hike

ADULT TOUR LEADER(S): Mr. Lawrence Tam

SCOUT COORDINATOR: Kyle Hu

NOTES: Bring day pack with 10 essentials (remember water and a snack)

DIRECTIONS

Meet at the dead end of the La Canada Verdugo Road. Enter this address in Google Map to get an approximate position: 1072 La Canada Verdugo Road, Pasadena, CA.

General driving directions:

1) From the Trinity Lutheran Church, take San Gabriel Blvd to Fwy 210.

2) Take 210 West. Make sure you follow the freeway sign as the 210 freeway turns northward after passing Pasadena.

3) In about 3 miles, exit at Windsor Ave.

4) Turn right immediately after exiting the freeway and go north on Windsor Avenue.

5) Turn left on the third junction onto Alberta Street.

6) Alberta Street will become La Canada Verdugo Rd.

7) When you come to the dead end, park your car along the side with the houses.

Google Map may appear that you can drive through the dead end and continue onto Oak Grove Drive. In reality, there's a chain link fence that separates the two roads.

We will follow the Flint Canyon Trail first. We will be hiking along the perimeters of big mansions. For those of you who are interested in photography, this trail presents many good opportunities for creating a mosaic of nature and suburban life. Flint Canyon Trail is very flat and easy to hike.

In about 2.1 miles, we will reach the beginning of Cherry Canyon Trail. There will be a small elevation gain of a few hundred feet. At the top we will have a good view of Altadena with the JPL campus in the background. The descending trail will be more challenging. The hills are quite steep at certain points. Then, we will re-join the Flint Canyon Trail and re-trace our steps back to our cars.

Total miles: around 7 miles

Time: Less than 4 hours