Strawberry Peak via North Slope
Angeles National Forest (USFS), CAInfo
Distance9.5 mi
Elevation gain3,100 ft
Duration4.5 hr
CruxClass 3
Route typeOut & back
Quality6/10
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Starting along Colby Ranch Road.
Turnoff for the Strawberry Peak Trail.
View of Big Tujunga Creek.
First view of Strawberry Peak.
Trail junction. (Stay right for Strawberry Meadow.)
Lower Strawberry Meadow.
View of Lower Strawberry Meadow from a switchback.
Upper Strawberry Meadow.
Closeup of Strawberry Peak's sheer north face.
Leaving the trail at this large boulder, ironically.
Headed cross-country through the woods.
Ascending a wide boulder field at the base of the cliffs. Class 2.
View back toward Upper Strawberry Meadow.
Gaining Strawberry Peak's west ridge at the start of the Mountaineer's Route.
Class 2/3 along the Mountaineer's Route.
View along the north face toward Strawberry Meadow.
View back toward Josephine Peak from above of the scramble section.
Approaching the summit.
Strawberry Peak summit. View east.
View south toward Mount Lawlor (left) and San Gabriel Peak (center).
Descending the north slope, trending toward the cliffs on the right to avoid brush.
Descending the Strawberry Peak Trail.
View across an expanse of wilderness toward Mount Lawlor.
Pacific gopher snake (Pituophis catenifer catenifer).
Returning to Colby Bridge Trailhead.
