Afoot and Afield: Los Angeles County: A Comprehensive Hiking GuideWilderness Press, 11.02.2010 - 384 Seiten Jerry Schad is your knowledgeable and reliable guide for the 192 trips in this book--ranging from gentle family walks in Griffith Park to strenuous treks over the spine of the San Gabriel Mountains. Whether you see solace from the crowds, a cardiovascular workout, or a new perspective of the natural world around you, this book provides all you need to know.The second edition of this popular book covers all of the county's open spaces. A total of 192 hikes-including 17 new ones-are described in detail with trips organized into specific areas. Illustrated; detailed maps. |
Inhalt
Introducing Los Angeles County | 1 |
Malibu Coast | 23 |
Trip 1 Point Dume to Paradise Cove | 24 |
Palos Verdes Peninsula | 26 |
Trip 1 Top of the Peninsula | 27 |
Trip 2 Malaga Cove to Bluff Cove | 28 |
Trip 3 Bluff Cove to Point Vicente | 29 |
Trip 4 White Point to Cabrillo Beach | 31 |
Trip 5 Arroyo Sequit Park | 179 |
Trip 6 The Grotto | 180 |
Trip 7 Sandstone Peak | 181 |
Point Mugu | 183 |
Trip 1 La Jolla Falls | 185 |
Trip 3 Overlook Loop | 188 |
Trip 4 Serrano Big Sycamore Loop | 189 |
Trip 5 Sycamore Canyon Waterfall | 191 |
Thousand Oaks Moorpark | 32 |
Trip 1 Happy Camp Canyon | 34 |
Trip 2 Paradise Falls | 35 |
Simi Hills | 37 |
Trip 1 Sage Ranch | 39 |
Trip 2 Castle Peak | 40 |
Trip 3 Lasky Mesa | 41 |
Trip 4 Upper Las Virgenes Canyon | 42 |
Trip 5 Victory to Las Virgenes | 43 |
Trip 6 Cheeseboro Canyon | 44 |
Trip 7 Oak Canyon Park | 45 |
Trip 8 China Flat Loop | 46 |
Santa Susana Mountains | 49 |
Trip 1 Hummingbird Trail | 52 |
Trip 2 Rocky Peak | 53 |
Trip 3 Old Stagecoach Road | 54 |
Trip 4 Devil Canyon | 55 |
Trip 5 Oat Mountain | 56 |
Trip 6 Porter Ranch Loop | 58 |
Trip 7 Bee Canyon | 59 |
Trip 8 Mission Point | 60 |
Trip 9 Towsley CanyonWiley Canyon Loop | 61 |
Trip 10 Rice Canyon | 63 |
Trip 11 East Canyon Loop | 64 |
Trip 12 Pico Canyon | 65 |
Desert Gateway | 67 |
Trip 1 Whitney Canyon | 68 |
Trip 2 Placerita Canyon | 69 |
Trip 3 Los Pinetos Waterfall | 70 |
Trip 4 Manzanita Peak to Los Pinetos Canyon | 71 |
Trip 5 Vasquez Rocks Natural Area | 73 |
Glendale Verdugo Mountains | 75 |
Trip 1 Deukmejian Wilderness Park | 77 |
Trip 2 Haines Canyon | 78 |
Trip 3 La Tuna Traverse | 79 |
Trip 4 Verdugo Peak Traverse | 81 |
Trip 5 Oakmont Loop | 82 |
Trip 6 Beaudry Loop | 83 |
Trip 7 Vital Link Trail | 84 |
Trip 8 West Side Loop | 85 |
Griffith Park | 86 |
Trip 1 Mount Hollywood | 88 |
Trip 2 Mount Lee | 90 |
Trip 3 Mulholland Ridge | 92 |
Trip 4 Beacon Hill | 93 |
Trip 5 East Side Loop | 94 |
Hollywood Hills | 95 |
Trip 1 Runyan Canyon | 97 |
Trip 2 Franklin Canyon | 98 |
Trip 3 Wilacre Coldwater Loop | 99 |
Trip 4 Coldwater to Fryman Canyon | 100 |
Puente Hills | 101 |
Trip 1 Sycamore Canyon | 103 |
Trip 2 Hellman Wilderness Park | 104 |
Trip 3 West Skyline Loop | 105 |
Trip 4 Schabarum Trail | 106 |
San Gabriel Valley | 107 |
Trip 1 Monrovia Canyon Falls | 110 |
Trip 2 Ben Overturff Trail | 111 |
Trip 3 Fish Canyon Falls | 112 |
Trip 4 Bonelli Regional Park | 114 |
Trip 5 Walnut Creek | 116 |
Trip 6 Marshall Canyon Trail | 117 |
Trip 7 Cobal Canyon Loop | 119 |
Pacific Palisades Topanga | 121 |
Trip 1 Will Rogers Park | 123 |
Trip 2 Rustic Canyon | 124 |
Trip 3 Sullivan Canyon | 126 |
Trip 4 Temescal Canyon | 127 |
Trip 5 Rivas Canyon | 128 |
Trip 6 Santa Ynez Waterfall | 129 |
Trip 7 Topanga Overlook | 130 |
Trip 8 Eagle Rock Loop | 131 |
Trip 9 Garapito Loop | 132 |
Trip 10 East Backbone Trail | 134 |
Trip 11 Summit Valley | 135 |
Trip 12 Woodland Ridge | 136 |
Trip 13 Caballero Canyon | 137 |
Trip 14 San Vicente Mountain | 138 |
Malibu Creek | 139 |
Trip 1 Century Lake | 142 |
Trip 2 Lost Cabin Trail | 144 |
Trip 3 Lookout Loop | 146 |
Trip 4 Bulldog Backbone Loop | 147 |
Trip 5 Upper Las Virgenes View Trail | 149 |
Trip 6 Paramount Ranch | 150 |
Trip 7 Peter Strauss Trail | 151 |
Trip 8 Upper Solstice Canyon | 152 |
Trip 9 Lower Solstice Canyon | 153 |
Trp 10 Rising Sun Sostomo Loop | 154 |
Trip 11 Corral Canyon | 155 |
Trip 12 Escondido Canyon | 157 |
Trip 13 Pluma Overlook | 158 |
Trip 15 Saddle Peak | 160 |
Trip 16 Red Rock Canyon | 161 |
Trip 17 Calabasas Peak | 162 |
Trip 18 Cold Creek Canyon Preserve | 163 |
Trip 19 Topanga Lookout Stunt High Loop | 165 |
Trip 20 Hondo Canyon | 166 |
Zuma Canyon | 168 |
Trip 1 Lower Zuma Canyon | 169 |
Trip 2 Zuma Canyon Zuma Ridge Loop | 170 |
Trip 3 Newton Canyon | 171 |
Trip 4 Rocky Oaks | 172 |
Arroyo Sequit Sandstone Peak | 173 |
Trip 1 Leo Carrillo Ocean Vista | 175 |
Trip 2 Nicholas Flat | 176 |
Trip 3 Leo Carrillo Traverse | 177 |
Trip 4 Charmlee Wilderness Park | 178 |
Trip 6 Old Boney Loop | 192 |
Piru Creek | 194 |
Trip 1 Oak Flat Trail | 196 |
Trip 2 Agua Blanca Trail | 197 |
Trip 3 Piru Creek | 198 |
Liebre Mountain Fish Canyon | 200 |
Trip 1 Liebre Mountain | 202 |
Trip 2 Fish Canyon Narrows | 204 |
Tujunga Canyons | 205 |
Trip 1 Yerba Buena Ridge | 207 |
Trip 2 Trail Canyon Falls | 208 |
Trip 3 Condor Peak Trail Canyon | 209 |
Trip 4 Mount Lukens Grizzly Flats Loop | 211 |
Trip 5 Messenger Flats | 214 |
Arroyo Seco Front Range | 215 |
Trip 1 El Prieto Loop | 217 |
Trip 2 Switzer Falls | 218 |
Trip 3 Down the Arroyo Seco | 219 |
Trip 4 Royal Gorge | 222 |
Trip 5 San Gabriel Peak | 224 |
Trip 6 Mount Lowe | 225 |
Trip 7 Bear Canyon | 226 |
Trip 8 Millard Canyon Falls | 228 |
Trip 9 Dawn Mine Loop | 229 |
Trip 10 Upper Millard Canyon | 230 |
Trip 11 Mount Lowe Railway | 231 |
Trip 12 Inspiration Point | 234 |
Trip 13 Strawberry Peak | 236 |
Trip 14 Colby Canyon to Big Tujunga | 237 |
Trip 15 Fall Creek Trail | 239 |
Mount Wilson Front Range | 241 |
Trip 1 Santa Anita Ridge | 243 |
Trip 2 Hoegees Loop | 244 |
Trip 3 Sturtevant Falls | 245 |
Trip 4 Mount Zion Loop | 246 |
Trip 5 Mount Wilson Loop | 248 |
Trip 6 Mount Wilson to Sierra Madre | 250 |
Trip 7 Bailey Canyon | 251 |
Trip 8 Jones Peak | 252 |
Trip 9 Eaton Canyon Falls | 253 |
Trip 10 Henninger Flats | 255 |
Trip 11 Idlehour Descent | 257 |
Trip 12 Valley Forge DeVore Trail | 258 |
Trip 13 Angeles Crest to Chantry Flat | 260 |
CharltonChilao Recreation Area | 262 |
Trip 1 Wolf Tree Nature Trail | 264 |
Trip 2 Vetter Mountain | 265 |
Trip 3 Chilao Charlton Loop | 266 |
Trip 4 Mount Hillyer | 267 |
Crystal Lake Recreation Area | 268 |
Trip 1 Lewis Falls | 270 |
Trip 2 Upper Soldier Creek | 272 |
Trip 3 Crystal Lake Nature Trails | 273 |
Trip 4 Mount IslipSouth Approach | 275 |
Trip 5 Mount Hawkins Loop | 276 |
San Gabriel Wilderness | 278 |
Trip 1 Bear Creek Trail | 280 |
Trip 2 Upper Devils Canyon | 282 |
Trip 3 Lower Devils Canyon | 284 |
Trip 4 Mount Waterman Trail | 286 |
Trip 5 Waterman Mountain Twin Peaks | 287 |
High Country North Slope | 289 |
Trip 1 Cooper Canyon Falls | 291 |
Trip 2 Cooper Canyon Rattlesnake Trail | 293 |
Trip 3 Sierra Alta Nature Trail | 294 |
Trip 5 Mount Williamson | 295 |
Trip 6 Pleasant View Ridge | 297 |
Trip 7 Devils Punchbowl Loop Trail | 298 |
Trip 8 Devils Chair | 299 |
Trip 9 Lower Punchbowl Canyon | 301 |
Trip 10 Holcomb Canyon | 302 |
Trip 11 Burkhart Trail | 303 |
Trip 12 South Fork Trail | 304 |
Big Pines Sheep Mountain Wilderness | 307 |
Trip 1 Big Pines Nature Trail | 310 |
Trip 2 Blue Ridge Trail | 311 |
Trip 3 Table Mountain Nature Trail | 312 |
Trip 4 Lightning Ridge Nature Trail | 313 |
Trip 5 Mount BadenPowell Traverse | 314 |
Trip 6 Ross Mountain | 316 |
Trip 7 Lookout Mountain | 317 |
Trip 8 Coldwater Canyon Truck Trail | 318 |
Trip 9 Cattle Canyon | 319 |
Trip 10 Shoemaker Canyon Road | 320 |
Trip 11 East Fork to Bridge | 321 |
Trip 12 Down the East Fork | 323 |
San Antonio Canyon Old Baldy | 326 |
Trip 1 San Antonio Canyon | 328 |
Trip 2 Stoddard Peak | 329 |
Trip 3 Sunset Peak | 330 |
Trip 4 Bear Flat | 331 |
Trip 5 Cucamonga Peak | 332 |
Trip 6 San Antonio Falls | 334 |
Trip 7 Old BaldyEast Approach | 335 |
Trip 8 Old BaldySouth Approach | 337 |
Trip 9 San Antonio Ridge | 338 |
Avalon | 342 |
Trip 1 East Mountain | 344 |
Trip 2 Lone Tree Point | 345 |
Two Harbors | 347 |
Trip 1 Parsons Landing | 348 |
Trip 2 Silver Peak Starlight Beach | 349 |
Appendix 1 Best Hikes | 351 |
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Appendix 3 Local Organizations | 356 |
Appendix 4 Agencies Information Sources | 357 |
| 359 | |
About the Author | 367 |
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Afoot and Afield: Los Angeles County: A Comprehensive Hiking Guide Jerry Schad Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2009 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Agency Angeles angeles Crest Highway avenue Baldy Bear Best bottom Camp Campground Canyon Road chaparral chapter climb continue County Creek cross descend difficulty Moderate dirt distance dogs allowed Drive east easy terrain dIreCtIons Exit Falls feet fire road Flat follow Forest Fork gate head Highway hikers hiking Hills hours elevation Gain/Loss includes Interstate Island junction kids Lake Leo Carrillo look Malibu Map USGS 7.5-min Marked trails/obvious routes miles Mount Mountains narrow natural notes Marked trails/obvious optional Map USGS Pacific Park pass past path Peak picnic pines Ranch range reach ridge rock Saddle San Gabriel Santa Monica short side slopes starting Station steep stream strenuous stretch Suitable summit switchbacks Sycamore trail trailhead trees turn turn right upper Valley walk wall Wilderness Wilson winter