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Strawberry Peak & the Big Tujunga river

Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 11:17 am
by AW~
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 :wink:

Best to just follow the pictures...

Looking back at UpperBigT...I found the trail at elevation 4500+
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Strawberry Peak
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Strawberry Potrero
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Cross-country talus
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Slow going around here..so a closeup of the peak
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Up Grotto Creek ridge
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Big Tujunga
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Josephine NW
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This trail be closed until this is fixed...right at Lucas Creek...no bodies were found below.
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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?
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A couple of hours later....post-Lucas
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This trail needs some help too
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waterfall
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Water backed up again(although a swim out of Fox not as difficult)
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River
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Animal prints
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Re: Strawberry Peak & the Big Tujunga river

Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 12:27 pm
by HikeUp
Interesting route. Could you have done it pre-station fire? :D

Re: Strawberry Peak & the Big Tujunga river

Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 2:24 pm
by AW~
HikeUp wrote: Interesting route. Could you have done it pre-station fire? :D
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.

Re: Strawberry Peak & the Big Tujunga river

Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 9:30 am
by HikeUp
Interesting.

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