REAL HIKE NAME: Eaton Canyon Park trail to first/main waterfall.

HIKE DATE:  Sunday, January 29, 2012

HIKE LEAD:  Luis Salazar

HIKE LEVEL:  Level 4

WHAT IS A HIKING LEVEL?:
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MEETING TIME: 8:00am

MEETING POINT:
Eaton Canyon Park & Nature Center (Parking Lot – Far north)
1750 N Altadena Dr.
Pasadena, CA 91107
(Scroll down for Meeting Point map)

HIKE DURATION: 2.5 Hours (approx)

LENGTH: 4.5 Miles (Round trip)

DOG-FRIENDLY?: Friendly (all dogs must be on leash) and have hiking experience.

TRAIL WALKTHROUGH: We start at the Nature Center parking lot.  We might just take a quick tour of the nature center to see types of wildlife and plants that exist out in the park.  From the parking lot we head north on the Eaton Trail.  For the first mile and 1/2, we trek along a wide trail with limited shade provided.  This part of the hike is quite leveled and is good for a warm up.  Then we will reach the bridge area where we will take a lower trail that will lead us into the adventurous part of the hike.  For the next 1/2 mile there will be plenty of shade from the trees and the canyon itself.  Along this 1/2 mile we start to encounter the stream which we will be crossing by boulder hopping.  We continue to find the trail every so often as we make our way through the curved canyon.  The last part just before we get to the waterfall, hikes will need to be able to get up a few rocks to an upper level of the trail.   Right after, we do about 2 more boulder hops and we arrive at our destination.  We’ll stop to take a snack, drink water and take some pictures.  It should take about an hour to get from the Nature Center to the Waterfall area.  And, we head back the same trail to get back to our origin.

PARKING FEE:  Free inside the Eaton Canyon Park and Nature Center area parking lot. Please note that parking can get full quick, so get there earlier to save your car a spot.

REQUIRED: 1.5 to 2 Liters of water, sports/hiking shoes that you don’t mind getting wet when crossing stream, a good sized snack.

RECOMMENDED:  Tough/Sport/walking shoes, sun screen.

HOW DO I PARTICIPATE WITH THE GROUP ON THIS HIKE?
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