ADVENTURE HIKES AND CANYONEERING IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA © Christopher Earls Brennen CONTENTS Preface Precautions Navigation Equipment ACA Rating Hikers Author ADVENTURE HIKES BY REGION LOS PADRES N.F.: Rose Valley Falls Little Mutau Creek Tar Creek Sespe Gorge Piru Gorge Agua Blanca CHANNEL ISLANDS N.P.: Pelican Bay, Santa Cruz Point Bennett, San Miguel Harris Point, San Miguel Cardwell Point, San Miguel SANTA MONICA MTS: Malibu Canyon Zuma Canyon BIG TUJUNGA: Stone Plus One Suicide Canyon Silver-on-the-side Silver Canyon Vasquez Creek Ganja Gulch Left Fork of Fusier Canyon Lower Fusier Canyon Mary Jane Canyon White Oak Canyon Great Falls of the Fox Lower Fox Canyon Josephine Creek Classic Canyon Fall Creek Upper Lucas Creek Lower Lucas Creek Big Tujunga Narrows Katharine Canyon Upper Big Tujunga PACOIMA: Bee Canyon Laurel Canyon RED BOX: CCC Canyon Casada Canyon Royal Gorge Colby Canyon Strawberry Peak Cloudburst Canyon Supercloud Canyon SAN GABRIEL Hall Beckley Canyon Sutton Canyon Pomeroy Canyon FRONT RANGE: Saucer Branch Grand Canyon Transit Rubio Canyon Upper Rubio Canyon East Fork of Rubio Upper Eaton Canyon Lower Eaton Canyon Middle Muir Ravine West Muir Ravine Pasadena Glen Hastings Canyon Bailey Canyon Little Santa Anita Canyon East Fork of Santa Anita Monrovia Canyon Wolfskill Canyon DEVIL'S CANYON: Bobcat Canyon Upper Devil's Canyon Devil's Canyon Loop Lower Devil's Canyon CRYSTAL LAKE: Bear Creek Upper Soldier Creek Lower Soldier Creek Rockbound Canyon Upper Little Rock Creek EAST FORK: East Fork of the San Gabriel Allison Mine Loop Iron Mountain Rattlesnake Peak Peacock Canyon Falling Leaf Canyon San Antonio Ridge San Antonio Creek Mount San Antonio Stoddard Canyon   ICE HOUSE: Falling Rock Canyon Sheep Canyon Upper Cucamonga Canyon Middle Cucamonga Canyon Lower Cucamonga Canyon Bull Canyon LYTLE CREEK: Middle Fork Lytle Creek South Fork Lytle Creek Spring Canyon Bonita Canyon Green Mountain Canyon SAN BERNADINO N.F.: Alger Creek Big Falls Vivian Creek Tahquitz Rock Mount San Gorgonio Mount San Bernadino Mount San Jacinto DEATH VALLEY N.P.: Willow Creek Coffin Canyon Charon Canyon Styx Canyon Cerberus Canyon Hades Canyon Bad Canyon Keane Canyon Monarch Canyon Grotto/Mosaic Canyons Telescope Peak Darwin Falls Rainbow Canyon SIERRA NEVADA: Mount Whitney North Fork of Kings River The Needles Seven Teacups MOHAVE DESERT: Kelso Dunes Afton Canyon Slot Wonderland of Rocks Deep Canyon Picacho Peak ANZA-BORREGO: Cougar Canyon Carrizo Gorge Christopher E. Brennen