Lower Winter Creek Trail to Hoegees Camp | Los Angeles

Hoegees Camp
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Hoegees Camp Winter Creek Los Angeles

Hoegees Camp lies along Winter Creek in the canyon adjacent to Sturtevant Falls. Both trails begin from Chantry Flats. And while the hike to Hoegees Camp does not offer a waterfall, it does offer a 4.25-mile round-trip hike through a lush canyon.

Hoegees
Winter Creek near the start of the trail to Hoegees Camp

The directions are fairly straightforward. From Chantry Flats, descend the paved trail to Roberts Camp. After crossing the bridge at the bottom of the pavement, turn left on Lower Winter Creek Trail. Make your way along the creek past a few wilderness homes and concrete dams. There is a small cave off the side of the trail, which appears to be from an abandoned mine. The forest is delightful. The trail is narrower than the one to Sturtevant Falls, but not much steeper. It is also less crowded.

From 1907 to 1953 (when it burned down) Hoegees Camp served as a resort for hikers. Today Hoegees Camp offers vaulted toilets, picnic tables, and fire rings. The fourteen campsites are first-come first-serve.

To venture past Hoegees Camp, continue on to Mt. Zion (and beyond to complete the Santa Anita Canyon Loop).

To get to the trailhead: Take to 210 east through Pasadena to Arcadia. Exit Santa Anita and head north. Go up the mountain for 5 miles till the road ends at Chantry Flats. Display your National Forest adventure pass and park your car in the lot.

Use the map below to create your own directions to the trailhead:

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Photos

Winter Creek Trail to Hoegees Camp

Lower Zion Trail from Hoegees Camp to Mt. Zion

Upper Zion Trail from Spruce Grove Camp to Mt. Zion

Gabrielino Trail to Spruce Grove Camp

Sturtevant Falls

These photos were taken in April of 2009. Click to enlarge.

Nearby Trails

	Lower Zion Trail The trail from Hoegees Camp up Mt. Zion is 1.5 miles long
	Spruce Grove Camp This 8-mile in-and-out or 9.5-mile loop takes hikers beyond Sturtevant Falls to a backcountry campground with seven first-come first-serve sites.
	Sturtevant Falls This 3.25-mile hike visits a 60-foot waterfall and a lush cottage-lined canyon.
	Hermit Falls This 2.6-mile hike heads down canyon away from Sturtevant Falls toward a 30-foot waterfall. The lush canyon and the babbling creek are quite calming.
	Santa Anita Canyon Loop This 9.5-mile loop visits a two peaceful creeks, a 60 foot waterfall and plenty of beautiful wilderness
	More trails in the San Gabriel Mountains Explore other destinations in the range.

Similar Trails

Dawn Mine

This 6-mile hike from Millard Campground leads past Millard Falls to an old gold mine.

Fish Canyon Falls

This 4-mile hike starts at a rock quarry with restricted access and ends up at a multi-tiered 80-foot waterfall.

Mount Waterman

The 5.5-mile hike gradually ascends 1300 feet, passing through a pine forest to reach the round summit of Mt. Waterman.

More Info

Hoegees Camp on Dan’s Hiking Page

Winter Creek Loop on localhikes.com

Hoegees Camp on 100hikes.com

A trail map and brochure of Santa Anita Canyon courtesy of the Angeles National Forest

The Angeles National Forest campground webpage

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One Response to “Hoegees Camp
in the San Gabriel Mountains”

John says:

August 19, 2010 at 6:17 pm

This was a beautiful place to go hiking and camping but be careful with what you bring with you and keeping it protected from bears. When I camped here we choose to camp under the stars instead of using a tent and were not happy to wake up to a bear and her cub trying to get to some of our food! The people I was camping with had been to this site numerous times for boyscouting campouts and hadn’t come across any bears but they kept coming back to us. Scared them off twice before dawn and then backpacked out of there in the morning.

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