Chantry Flats to Mt Wilson loop

Saturday, June 2

Chantry Flats to Mt Wilson loop

This will be a fast-paced, apx 14-mile loop hike, with 4200 ft gain from Sturdevant Falls up to Mt Wilson from the Chantry Flats parking lot. We will meet at the trailhead for the Santa Anita Cyn loop and head down toward Sturdevant Falls, before continuing up toward Spruce Grove Campground and the trail to Mt Wilson. After eating lunch in the Mt Wilson Visitor’s area, we will hike down the Mt Wilson Toll road to the Upper Winter Creek trail which we will follow back down to the mule station at Chantry Flats.

Bring lots of water, lunch, snacks and bug spray. For anyone wanting to carpool, meet at Towsley Cyn at 5:45 and plan to leave no later than 6 AM. The leader (NIKKI) will meet you at the trailhead for the hike at 7AM. Parking at the trailhead fills up quickly, as this is a very popular hiking location and you will need to display a Forest Adventure Pass. You can park in one of the two lots just below the pack mule station, or if full, you will have to park along the side of the road down the hill from the first lot. Bring poles, shoes/boots that can get wet, snack, camera.

To get to the trailhead, take I-210 to Arcadia, exit on Santa Anita Ave and head north. Continue to the edge of the city, pass a sturdy gate (open 6AM to 10PM) and ascend along a curling asphalt rode to the road's end, Chantry Flat (apx 6 miles), where you pass the trailhead on the right next to the bathroom and enter the first parking lot.

Leader: Nikki

Rating: Strenuous ++