Photographs from the Photography on the Run post: Condor Peak Out and Back Adventure Run
"Trail Trip" describing Condor Peak hike via the Vogel Flat Trail in the Autumn 1934 edition of Trails Magazine. The magazine was published by The Mountain League of Southern California, which was sponsored by the Los Angeles County Department of Recreation Camps and Playgrounds.
A section of the old Vogel Flat Trail. The start of the catwalk-like trail is across Big Tujunga Canyon Rd. from the turnout where the white car is parked. The trail provides a more direct start for the Condor Peak Trail.
A Cesium Ion snapshot of an overview of the Condor Peak Trail. The Vogel Flat start to the route is on the left. Here's a fully interactive 3D view of my GPS track of the route.
Golden eardrops (Ehrendorferia chrysantha) along the "Vogel Flat" start to the Condor Peak Trail. May 10, 2020.
Looking across Big Tujunga Canyon to the Stone Canyon Trail switchbacking up Mt. Lukens.
Canyon liveforever (Dudleya cymosa) at about 2700' on the Condor Peak Trail. May 10, 2020.
Bright yellow peak rush-rose (Crocanthemum scoparium) was common along lower elevation sections of the Condor Peak Trail. May 10, 2020.
Peak rush-rose and paintbrush along the Condor Peak Trail at an elevation of about 2750'. May 10, 2020.
View toward Condor Peak from about mile 2 of the Condor Peak Trail (Vogel Flat start).
Chaparral snapdragon (Antirrhinum multiflorum) at an elevation of about 3200' on the Condor Peak Trail. May 10, 2020.
Bush poppy (Dendromecon rigida) at an elevation of about 3200' on the Condor Peak Trail. May 10, 2020.
Thickleaf yerba santa was widespread along the Condor Peak Trail. May 10, 2020.
The only water I saw along the Condor Peak Trail on this ascent was this very small seep/spring at around mile 3.3 (Vogel Flat start). May 10, 2020.
Big Tujunga Reservoir from about mile 4 (Vogel Flat start) of the Condor Peak Trail.
View across Fusier Canyon to a lower section of the Condor Peak Trail.
Strawberry Peak, Mt. Lawlor and Josephine Peak from the Condor Peak Trail as it wraps around the south side of Fox Mountain.
View northwest along Fox Divide toward (not of) Condor Peak, from a point on the Condor Peak Trail just northwest of Fox Mountain. About mile 6.2 (Vogel Flat start) and elevation of 4650'.
The final climb up the east ridge of Condor Peak. The elevation gain on this last push is about 300'.
Mt. Lukens (5074') from near the west summit of Condor Peak (5440+').
The east summit of Condor Peak (with a prominent yucca stalk) from the west summit.
Hazy view of Twin Peaks and snow on Mt. Baldy from Condor Peak. May 10, 2020.
Paintbrush and phlox on the north side of Fox Divide on the return from Condor Peak. May 10, 2020.
Large stand of bigcone Douglas-fir on Fox Mountain that was lost in the 2009 Station Fire. With climate change, such stands are becoming increasingly rare. May 10, 2020.
A scant number of the bigcone Douglas-firs near Fox Mountain that were burned in the 2009 Station Fire have sprouted some foliage and may survive. May 10, 2020.
An image from December 2007 of part of the stand of bigcone Douglas-firs on the north side of Fox Mountain.
Mt. Lukens from the Condor Peak Trail as it works around the south side of Fox Mountain.
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