HIKE DATE:  Saturday, July 3, 2010

HIKE LEAD:  Jason Bazalar

MEETING TIME: 8:00am – 8:20am

MEETING POINT:
Eaton Canyon Park & Nature Center (Parking Lot – Far north)
1750 N Altadena Dr.
Pasadena, CA 91107
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HIKE TIME: 9:25am

HIKE DURATION: 2.5 Hours (approx)

LENGTH: 4.5 Miles (Round trip)

HIKE LEVEL:  Level 3

DOG-FRIENDLY?: Friendly (all dogs must be on leash)

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.

RECOMMENDED:  Tough/Sport/walking shoes, sun screen, a snack, and 1 liter of water.

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