Because most ANF hikers probably have the 1990 edition of the Trails of The Angeles, and because this site retains the numbering scheme used in that edition, it is of interest to know what changes Robinson has made in the 1998 edition.
Seven trips have been deleted, and six new trips have been added. Four hikes were deleted because the West Fork dirt road from Red Box is closed to vehicular traffic now, eliminating the trips as described previously. These four hikes were replaced with three nearby hikes, with one hike using an entirely new location added. One hike was deleted in order to reduce the 101 hikes (1-100 including 54a and 54b) to 100 hikes. Two hikes were replaced with other hikes in the same general location.
Six trips changed hike numbers.
In addition, three trips had significant modifications, changing a portion of the hike.
Because two hikes fell in multiple categories, 14 hike numbers of 1990 (13, 48-52, 54a, 54b, 55-57, 76, 89 and 93) now denote different hikes. I will shortly add a table giving my assigned hike numbers to the changed 1998 hike numbers. This mess is why the International Astronomical Union specifies that astronomical source names are never changed, once assigned!
The changes are given separately in the following categories:
Added Trips
Deleted Trips
Major Trip Modifications
Minor Trip Modifications
Changed Trip Descriptions
Changed Trip Numbers
Minor Changes to Trip Names, Typo Corrections
Some of these changes, especially the typos, have probably been made in later printings of the 1990 edition. Just for fun, I've collected some of these changes in an incomplete table of Changes During Printings Of The 1990 Editions.
| 1998 Trip Number | Trip Name |
|---|---|
| 48 | Monrovia Canyon Park to Sawpit Canyon, Deer Park |
| 50 | Mt. Wilson via Kenyon DeVore Trail to West Fork Campground |
| 51 | Mt. Wilson to West Fork Campground, DeVore Trail Camp |
| 52 | Angeles Crest Highway via Shortcut Canyon to West Fork Campground |
| 89 | Big Pines to Blue Ridge |
| 93 | Manker Flat to Upper San Antonio Creek, Baldy Bowl, Mt. San Antonio |
| 1990 Trip Number | Trip Name | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 49 | West Fork via Valley Forge Trail to Eaton Saddle, Mt. Wilson Road | The West Fork dirt road from Red Box is now closed indefinitely to public vehicular travel, necessitating the deletion of hikes 49-52. |
| 50 | West Fork to Mt. Wilson via Rattlesnake Trail | |
| 51 | West Fork Campground to Devore Trail Camp, West Fork of the San Gabriel River | |
| 52 | West Fork Campground to Angeles Crest Highway | |
| 58 | Mt. Hillyer from Santa Clara Divide Road | Deleted as a result of cleaning up the numbering system, and retaining only 100 hikes, after hike 54b became hike 55. |
| 89 | Lightning Ridge Nature Trail | |
| 93 | Blue Ridge to Pine and Dawson Mtns. and Mount San Antonio | The altitude gain for this hike has been incorrectly given in the last several editions. The correct altitude gain is 4,600', not 3,000'. |
| Trip Number | Trip Name | Changes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1998 | 1990 | 1998 | |
| 13 | 13 | Big Tujunga to Grizzly Flat and Vasquez Creek | Angeles Crest Highway to Grizzly Flat and Vasquez Creek | Changed trailhead from Big Tujunga area to Angeles Crest Highway, probably to avoid having to cross Big Tujunga Creek, removing 400' of altitude gain. |
| 48 | 49 | Duarte to Fish Canyon, Fish Canyon Falls | same | New (1998) trail to the falls described, a much harder hike than previously. |
| 76 | 76 | Crystal Lake to Little Jimmy Spring, Mt. Islip | same | Uses new Big Cienaga cutoff to cut 2 miles off trip. |
| Trip Number | Trip Name | Changes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1998 | 1990 | 1998 | |
| 4 | 4 | Bouquet Canyon to Big Oak Spring, Sierra Pelona | same | Changed trailhead from old overgrown Big Tree Trail to new PCT intersection with Bouquet Canyon Road. Neither Roy Randall nor Russell Bell could find the Big Tree Trailhead at Bouquet Canyon Road in 1998 and 1999, nor the intersection of the Big Tree Trail and the PCT along the fire road. The high end of the Big Tree Trail still exists at the crest.
The option at the crest of the Sierra Pelona is now to go 3 miles east to Mt. McDill, instead of 3 miles west to the no-longer-standing Sierra Pelona Lookout. Thanks to Russell Bell for pointing out the changes. |
| Trip Number | Trip Name | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1998 | ||
| 100 | 100 | San Sevaine Flats to Cucamonga Peak | Added info that Forest Road 1N34 is usually closed, and to check with the Lytle Creek Ranger Station, 2.5 miles farther up Lytle Creek Road. |
| Trip Number | Trip Name | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1998 | ||
| 48 | 49 | Duarte to Fish Canyon, Fish Canyon Falls | New (1998) trail to the falls described, a much harder hike than previously. |
| 54a | 54 | Mt. Gleason Road to Mt. Gleason, Gleason Mines | Hike 54b became hike 55, cleaning up the numbering system, but pushing back hikes 55-57 to one higher numbers. |
| 54b | 55 | Charlton Flat to Vetter Mountain Lookout | |
| 55 | 56 | Mill Creek Summit to Pacifico Mountain | |
| 56 | 57 | Chilao to Devils Canyon, San Gabriel Wilderness | |
| 57 | 58 | Chilao to Horse Flats, Mt. Hillyer | |
| Trip Number (both editions) | Trip Name | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1998 | ||
| 1 | County Road via Horse Trail to Liebre Mountain | County Road N2 via Horse Trail to Liebre Mountain | |
| 4 | Bouquet Canyon to Big Oak Tree, Sierra Pelona | Bouquet Canyon to Big Oak Spring, Sierra Pelona | |
| 22 | Mount Lowe Railway Self-Guided Tour - Sunset Ridge via old railway bed to Mount Lowe Campground | Sunset Ridge via old railway bed to Mount Lowe Campground | Trip now takes Sunset Ridge Trail, an option in the 1990 book, instead of the paved fire road, and gives the correct mileage and altitude gain of 11 miles and 2400', instead of the incorrect 6 miles and 1100'. |
| 65 | Mt. Williamson from Kratka Ridge, Angeles Crest Highway | Mt. Williamson from Angeles Crest Highway | |
| 84 | East Fork, San Gabriel River: Ranger Station to The Narrows | East Fork, San Gabriel River - Ranger Station to The Narrows | |
| 85 | East Fork, San Gabriel River: Ranger Station to the Narrows, Iron Fork, Fish Fork, Mine Gulch, Prairie Fork, Cabin Flat | East Fork, San Gabriel River - Ranger Station to the Narrows, Iron Fork, Fish Fork, Mine Gulch, Prairie Fork, Cabin Flat | |
| 91 | Manker Flat to Baldy Notch, Devils Backbone, Mt. San Antonio | same | Changed altitude gain from 3500' to 3800' for identical trip description. |
| 92 | Mt. Baldy Village to Mt. San Antonio and Baldy Notch | same | Changed altitude gain from 5500' to 6000' for identical trip description. |
| 94 | Stockton Flat Public Campground to Baldy Notch | Stockton Flat to Baldy Notch | |
This table is probably incomplete since I own only the first printing of the 1990 edition. Because input for this table comes from readers who have a specific printing, instead of an exhaustive comparison of all printings, it is likely that some of the changes occurred in earlier printings.
The printings:
| Number | Date |
|---|---|
| 1 | January 1990 |
| 2 | |
| 3 | September 1993 |
| 4 | |
| 5 | |
| 6 | June 1996 |
The changes:
| Trip Number (both editions) | Trip Name | Comments | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Printing | Later Printing (Number) | |||
| 49-52 | as in previous tables | as in previous tables, except for #50, now Mt. Wilson via Rattlesnake Trail to West Fork Campground (<=3) | These were changed as detailed in the above tables, except trip 50 (4 miles one way) was reversed and made a round trip (10 miles, 2800' gain) | Jane Strong |
| 93 | Blue Ridge to Pine and Dawson Mtns. and Mount San Antonio | Manker Flat to Upper San Antonio Creek, Baldy Bowl, Mt. San Antonio (>3 and <=6) | The map still showed the old trip 93, but without a number. | Dan Baron, Jane Strong |
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