This is a great trail hike/run 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. This staggered start is so that most everyone will arrive at Sturtevant Camp about 9:15 AM to get a drink at the fountain and try the tree swing before going up to Mt. Zion. After doing the loop we pot luck at the picnic tables or you can get food at the Adams Pack Station.

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 Roberts Camp and is accessable from the south end of the lower parking lot. From Roberts 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 Sturtevant Loop trail that goes above the falls or the Gabrielino trail - both take about the same time. After going through Cascade camp and Spruce Grove Camp, you come to Sturtevant Camp. There is a drinking fountain and a great swing set between two tall trees there. Take some time to check it out and say HI to Chris who maintains the camp. Then up the Mt. Zion trail to the peak where new members are inducted into the Noiz indian tribe at Hozers special ceremony - not to be missed. Leaving the side trail from the peak, you go down to Hoogees Camp. At the junction you can elect to go down the valley next to the stream to Roberts 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 a water bottle 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.