Strawberry Peak & the Big Tujunga river

AW~ · Post by **AW~** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 11:17 am

Not sure what else to call it as it went sideways right from the get go. Mainly, I forgot to bring my hiking shoes so I was saddled with some work shoes which is highly not recommended

Best to just follow the pictures...

Looking back at UpperBigT...I found the trail at elevation 4500+

Strawberry Peak

Strawberry Potrero

Cross-country talus

Slow going around here..so a closeup of the peak

Up Grotto Creek ridge

Big Tujunga

Josephine NW

This trail be closed until this is fixed...right at Lucas Creek...no bodies were found below.

Lucas Creek "It is wooded, brush-free and mostly open, fairly easy going over a boulder and log-strewn bottom"...maybe in a few years?

A couple of hours later....post-Lucas

This trail needs some help too

waterfall

Water backed up again(although a swim out of Fox not as difficult)

River

Animal prints

Post by **HikeUp** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 12:27 pm

Interesting route. Could you have done it pre-station fire?

AW~ · Post by **AW~** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 2:24 pm

HikeUp wrote: Interesting route. Could you have done it pre-station fire?

It was much easier pre-Station Fire. Right from the start to Strawberry, the trail is completely overgrown. Of course the trail at Lucas Creek is a major problem that will take a lot of work to deal with. Lucas Creek itself was bare a year ago and is a jungle now, much more difficult than pre-Station Fire.

Big Tujunga canyon is easier, but its growing fast.

Post by **HikeUp** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 9:30 am

Interesting.

You of course meant to say "near" Strawberry Peak, right?