Mileage: Approx 9.5 miles
Elevation: 4,714’
Gain/Loss: Approx 3,000’
They say: Moderate/Strenuous
We say: If you’re 10 years old, yes.
What it is: Fun quick hike up to an amazing lookout point in Los Angeles to celebrate Valentine’s Day. This hike starts at the end of Lake Ave and winds its way up a pretty sandstone studded trail, to the top of Echo Mtn. Here you can continue on to many places in the front country. We decided to head up to Inspiration Point, which provided amazing views on a clear morning. Then we circled around and took another trail, back. The trail up was Sam Merrill Trail, the trail back was another trail that I can’t mention because of a lot of discrepancies regarding whether it is actually “open” or not. We hiked this with dogs and 10 year old Julia, who rocked this trail harder than Taylor Swift was rocking on her ipod headphones. It was fun and pretty, you should do it.
Please DO: This hike on a clear day, the views are awesome.
Please DON’T: Do this too late in the day, because even by noon, the trail was HOT and really exposed to the sun.
What you need to bring: Homemade gingerbread cookies, like the ones Julia made us.
What you want to bring: Sunblock.
How to get there: Take the 210 and exit Lake Ave. Go left on Lake and take it all the way until it ends. Park here. Head up the obvious trail at the end of the street.
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