This Sunday, Dec. 31, 2017 will be the last Noiz Indian trail run. Hozer started this club event in 1995 and we will retire it this year by placing some of his ashes atop Mt. Zion about 9:30am.

This is a great trail run/jog/walk/hike of about 9 miles out of Chantry Flat. For the Noiz Indian New Years Eve Morning event, walkers start at 7:00 AM, joggers 7:30 AM and runners at 8:00 AM. Arrive early as the parking lot fills up about 7:30am. This staggered start is so that most everyone will regroup and depart Sturtevant Camp about 9:15 AM before going up 1.2 miles to Mt. Zion for the ceremony at 9:30 AM.

After doing the loop we have lunch at the Adams Pack Station BBQ, but if not open we will go to the Only Place In Town in Sierra Madre around noon. See the 2013 photos.

See the map below. We try to mark each trail junction with flour arrows but if you are fast and pass us, best to download and take the map with you. The loop is counter clockwise once you go down the .6 mile paved road to Robert's Camp and is accessable from the south end of the lower parking lot. From Robert's you go up Big Santa Anita Canyon next to the stream by many cabins to the Fern Lodge junction and select going up either the Lower trail that goes above the falls or the Upper (Horse) Gabrielino trail - both take about the same time. After 4.4 miles taking the lower trail (4.5 taking the upper trail) and going through Cascade camp and Spruce Grove Camp, you come to Sturtevant Camp. There is a great swing set between two tall trees there. There is a drinking fountain there, but it may not be maintained so pack sufficient water. Then up the Mt. Zion trail to the peak. Leaving the side trail from the peak, you go down to Hoegees Camp. At the junction you can elect to go down the valley next to the stream to Robert's Camp on the Lower Winter Creek Trail and then back up the pavement, or you can turn right and come back via the Upper Winter Creek trail which is about .4 miles longer but the last 2 miles are down hill.

USFS Adventure Pass is required to park at Chantry Flat or you can pay $5 and park at the Adams Pack Station which is at the south end of the Chantry upper parking lot. Chantry Flat is all the way north into the mountains on Santa Anita Ave from Arcadia - see directions. Bring enough water for 3 hours and a snack or energy food. We monitor FRS channel 6.0 in case you get lost or injured. Cell phones do not work in the canyons.