"Hiking Mt. Lukens" Los Angeles Travelogue by bruingirl


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Yucky, rainy day!!!

STATS
elevation gain: 3200ft
miles: 8.8miles R/T

It was a rainy, cold day that awaited us when we woke up on an April Saturday morning. We were planning on hiking so we figured we might as well go hiking regardless of the weather! :)

Creepy looking part of the trail

The trail was pretty well maintained, but with the fog and light drizzle, parts of the hike seemed kinda creepy like this picture here. Looks like some axe murderer could jump out at any second!

Fog rolling in again, after some intermittent sunshine....

It actually started to snow as we were getting closer to the top which is only at an elevation of 5074ft! Here we were in shorts and lightweight spring jackets and we were getting snowed on!!! Of course, it wasn't really heavy snow, but it was still pretty cold!

We saw some beautiful wildflowers that were in bloom along the trail. Does anyone know what these flowers are??

This mountain is actually the highest point within the CITY of Los Angeles. Who would have thought all this existed within the city limits??

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    RickinDutch Nov 11, 2005 at 11:20 AM Report Abuse

    Angela - thanks for all the great tips. Was like a walk down memory lane. Still need to checking out any hiking pages. Used to head off to the Sierras any chance I got.

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    blaird Sep 23, 2005 at 7:18 AM Report Abuse

    These pictures make me miss hiking in SoCal sooo much.

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    girladventure Aug 8, 2005 at 2:15 PM Report Abuse

    Hi Angela, t'was great to finally meet you in person too. The weekend was fun. Hey I finally did the Mt. Baden-Powell hike. Not bad. I'm hiking up Mt. Whitney in a few weeks. I'm a little bit nervous about. =) Hope all is well.

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    GrantBoone Jan 15, 2004 at 2:03 PM Report Abuse

    Is that football or real football?!!! Hey, interesting page .

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    John_P_LSU Apr 23, 2003 at 1:51 PM Report Abuse

    Super!! I love tailgating myself! I work with a USC and a UCLA grad; fun bunch. College football is great!

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    miksu Jun 11, 2002 at 12:21 PM Report Abuse

    Great page & info....

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    budageza Mar 11, 2002 at 9:29 AM Report Abuse

    Good

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