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Question: Water Conditions @ Bear Canyon Trail Camp, Extra Credit Quest Inside Hi all. Curious if anyone has been to the camp in the last week or so and can tell me if the stream is running at all. Also, extra question - has anyone taken the Tom Sloan Trail from Mount Lowe Trail Camp to the saddle a...

I've seen a few different bears at Hoegee's over the years. I think that they hang around for a free meal because of all of the unprepared people that go there. I always take a bearcan. Spruce Grove is just over the hill from Hoegee's. Just remembered that we were at Hoegee's another time and a guy...

Looks like a fun trip. Curious how you went to Yale. It was hard for me to tell from your route images. It definitely was! Also, here's a better view of the map and the route I took to hit Mount Harvard and Yale. There's a firebreak trail you can take that breaks off of Mount WIlson Toll Rd. The wa...

Anthony wrote: ↑nice route! i gotta stay at hoegee's some time -- still haven't done it.

You should, man! It's a great campground. A lot easier to get to from Chantry Flats if you're looking for a shorter route.

It's definitely winter grass season, looks really green in all the pics. I've never been to Henninger Flat, seems like I should visit. Did you filter water or use it straight from the source? Everything was looking extra healthy throughout the hike. Definitely nice to see. Henninger Flats looked gr...

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Had an awesome, overnight backpacking trip through the Angeles National Forest the last couple days. Over 20 miles & 6,000+ ft of elevation gain. It was my first trip since returning from the PCT in October. I forgot how hard walking up a mountain with a 25lb pack on is. After my first couple ho...

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- Splinters Cabin Trail to PCT Mile 298.5 to 277.7 and exiting Cougar Crest Trail - The first day we hiked 5 1/2 miles and set up camp at a trailside campground, Bench Camp @ mile 294.7. A PCT thru-hiker named Glen joined us in camp an hour or so later and we learned he was from Lincoln Heights in L...

Sean wrote: Thanks for the TR and photos. Anything spooky happen at night? That area has a bunch of bears.

Nope! We had no issues with animals either night. I figured there was a lot of bear activity from the name, but we didn't even see droppings or tracks.

hikeandhike wrote: The photos are excellent. Thanks for the report!

Did you see any fish in Bear Canyon? Or otherwise along the trip?

Thanks!

I saw some minnows throughout Bear Canyon, but no fish of any size. Might be worth checking out now that it's a few weeks later.

Oh I know it isn't a loop... I was just confirming that was the name of the trail that goes from Red Box to Switzer, haha. All good I had taken it once over to Switzer from the picnic area but haven't made it into a loop. What David did sounds like a good idea.

Isn't it the Gabrielino Trail that goes from Red Box Picnic Area over to Switzer?

I'm not too sure about that route but while we were in the campground that night there were two other groups that came from that direction. Two couples and two guys in their 20s, so just based on the amount of people I'd guess it's a bit easier in the long run. We didn't see anyone between Mount Low...

Nice trip. After reading the other Anthony's TR about Brown Mtn, I was wondering about the condition of the route through Bear Canyon so appreciate the update. Looks like it's still the path less traveled. The trail is in great shape from the Saddle to Bear Canyon CG. It's marked by red tape on tre...

39 lbs...yikes! Sounds like a fun trip though. I hit Bear Mountain via Tom Sloan Saddle yesterday. I've been wanting to do an overnighter at Bear CG for years. It sounds like a relatively secluded CG considering its close proximity to the city. I'm pretty sure I saw you at the Tom Sloan Saddle on S...

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& more photos from Bear Creek the next morning towards Dawn Mine / Mount Lowe Rd. Spur junction.

...and more photos continuing northwest on the Tom Sloan Trail towards the Saddle and down to Bear Creek.

We started later than expected on the first day, 2pm, and weren't used to our pack weight (39.6lbs) so we only made it a few miles the first day. We stealth camped near Echo Mountain down towards the waterfalls, which was fun but also unsettling knowing so many people go up to Echo Mountain to party...