Gabrielino Trail Guide

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The hike starts at the popular Chantry Flat Recreation Area. Don’t forget to leave a parking pass in your car.

From Chantry Flat, the route climbs to Newcomb Pass, dips and climbs again to Red Box Gap, the highest point on the trail at 4,635 feet, then descends the rest of the way to the Altadena trailhead.

If you do the Gabrielino Trail as a backpacking trip, here are your main options for camping. They are all in the CalTopo map too.

There are some really sweet spots to camp on this hike. Here I am tucked into a campsite at West Fork Trail Camp.

The Gabrielino covers a few watersheds and there are numerous places to fill up. This is the Arroyo Seco at Switzer Picnic Area. It’s not a torrent but you can get water here.

I don’t like ending at Chantry Flat because if I finish after-hours, I will be locked in the lot.

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The Gabrielino covers a few watersheds and there are numerous places to fill up. This is the Arroyo Seco at Switzer Picnic Area. It’s not a torrent but you can get water here.

If you’re doing this hike in the summer, having one of these silly head nets to keep bugs away will save you from certain insanity.

The parking lot at Chantry Flat is big but fills up quickly. It does empty out by late afternoon so if your leaving later you should be okay.

If you do the Gabrielino Trail as a backpacking trip, here are your main options for camping.

There are some really sweet spots to camp on this hike. Here I am tucked into a campsite at West Fork Trail Camp. On the day that I shot this photo I had the entire camp to myself (a Thursday night in early September). The three trail camps in the middle o

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