Last update Dec 13, 2009
Angeles National Forest is closed due to the Station Fire
Chantry Flats road is open and also Mt. Wilson Trail and Bailey Canyon trail, but trails are limited by the fire closures. You can generally go on the trail to the first burned section. Most of Big Santa Anita Canyon is open - Hoogees and Mt. Zion loops including Sturtevant camp are open. However the trail to Newcombs Saddle is closed as of this last update. The burned areas expect to be opened in April, depending on the rains. Check the USFS web site for current information and go to this Restricted Area Topo Map to see the detail of the area enclosed by the red line. You can move and zoom in on the affected trail areas.
See the photos from a run up to Newcombs Saddle from Chantry Oct. 10th.
The gate at the top of Santa Anita Ave opens at 6AM and closes at 8PM 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.
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, hot links, hamburgers, fries 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 are also sold at the Pack Station. The last Saturday of the month you can get their famous BBQ jerk pork sandwiches. 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.
