Maybe a month ago Sam and I planned to spend a Saturday in January hiking to a waterfall with Cindy.  A little over a week ago Sam was informed she’d have to go to China for work for a few weeks.  This waterfall turned out to be a decent one, so it’s a shame that Sam couldn’t come.

Sturtevant Falls is part of the Chantry Flats area of Angeles National Forest.  The trail to the falls goes down a steep paved fire road to the bottom of the canyon.  Once down at the bottom there are several trailheads to choose from, all meandering through the woods next to little streams.  Sturtevant was a popular destination on Saturday as there was no parking in the main parking lot – we had to wedge ourselves into the walls of the mountain along the road and hike perhaps a quarter of a mile just to get up to the regular parking lot.  The actual waterfall area was similarly jam packed with picture takers and picnickers.  I never really was able to get a decent shot – it would have been a long wait.

I’ll post my photos below – but they are all eerily similar to the one’s on this site, which I recommend checking out as it even has a video.

This (above) is near where we parked.

Once hitting the bottom of the fire road most of the rest of the way is spent walking along the dirt trail next to the little creek (with several dams).

Cindy got a mountain bike recently and I told her Sam and I would go biking in Angeles National Forest if she can get any weekends off (Cindy has a job in the medical field that requires odd scheduling).  I hope she finds a way to do it as I would love to mountain bike on these great trails…