Angeles National Forest Has reopened
While the fire danger has been reduced, we still need to be careful. Check the USFS web site for current information.

The road is now open and there is access to all the trails and facilities. The gate at the top of Santa Anita Ave opens at 6AM and closes at 10PM daily.
Lots of good info on the Big Santa Anita Canyon web site about trails, history, etc.

There is also a great web site that has the mileage from Chantry Flats to various points on the trails - Sturtevant Falls, Mt. Wilson, Upper and Lower Winter Creek, Mt. Zion, Hoegee's...etc., check it out.

Every New Years Eve Morning the club does an informal 9 mile Mt. Zion loop run/hike from Chantry Flats led by Richard Gilmore and known as the Noiz Indian Run. Walkers start at 7:00 AM, joggers at 7:30 AM and runners at 8:00 AM so that all will regroup at Sturtevant Camp about 9:15 to get a drink from the fountain and try the tree swing. Then up to Mt. Zion for the fun Noiz Indian ceremony. At the finsh back at Chantry Flat you can pot luck or buy food from the Adams' Pack Station.

Chantry Flat is the mile 75 aid station for the Angeles Crest 100 Mile Trail Race held in September. Runners have 33 hours to go from the 5AM start in Wrightwood and finish at Johnson Field in Pasadena before 2 PM the next day.

The Foothill Flyers Running Club runs the Chantry Flat aid station with volunteers and welcomes all the help we can get to help set up, take down, cook and dispense food, medical aid, mark trail, etc. Click on AC100 for information on the race and during the race you can track a runners times in and out of the aid stations.

Adams' Pack Station

The new owners of the Adams' Pack Station have expanded their operation. The pack station is located south of the upper parking lot on the dirt road - check it out You can buy your Adventure Pass for $5 for parking in the USFS lots. On the weekends you can get hot dogs and hot links and sometimes chili between 11AM and 5 PM. Soft drinks, beer, ice cream, munchies, sun screen, etc. and a great trail map bandana for $7 is also sold at the Pack Station. They have a Friday nite before the full moon hike each month. Check out their web site for current details on all that they have going on.

Manuel Garcia took these pictures of Chantry Flat on the weekend of March 31st.

One section of the road has not been repaired and has remained as a single lane.

New picnic area on the east side of the upper parking lot. All the new picnic tables, paths and water are installed in the main picnic area.