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Garbrielino Trail Chantry Flat trailhead, the SMT southern terminus, 2,144'
West Fork CG where the SMT veers to the north from the Gabrielino Trail, 3,066'
Three Points where the SMT merges onto the PCT, 5,885'
Baden-Powell Monument at Mt. Baden-Powell
Mt. Baden-Powell Summit, 9,399'
PCT Vincent Gap trailhead, the SMT eastern terminus, 6,593'
An SMT trail sign
Some burned scars remained from the 2009 devastating Station fire
Our Lord's Candle flower
The merged SMT with the PCT trail
A PCT mileage marker showing 400.9 miles from Mexico and 2,259.1 miles to Canada, giving the PCT a total length of 2,660 miles.
The Wally Waldron tree is one of the oldest trees in the San Gabriel Mountains estimated to be 1500+ years old.
The 53-mile SMT (Silver Moccasin Trail) 2D
The 53-mile SMT (Silver Moccasin Trail) 3D
Hike the Silver Moccasin Trail in 12 segments of out-and-back day hikes.
The Silver Moccasin Trail (SMT) provides a window into the heartland of the San Gabriel Mountains, just northeast of Los Angels, California, USA. The SMT is a 53-mile trail made up of three main trails: the Gabrielino Trail from Chantry Flat (the southern terminus) to West Fork Campground, the Silver Moccasin Trail from West Fork Campground to Three Points, and the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) from Three Points to Vincent Gap/Vincent Gulch Divide (the eastern terminus). This trail links some of Angeles National Forest's popular peaks like Mt. Hawkins (8,850'), Throop Peak (9,138'), Mt. Burnham (8,997'), and Mt. Baden-Powell (9,399'). The trail comes to its lowest point of 1,785 feet near Chantry Flat and reaches its highest point of 9,399 feet at Mt. Baden-Powell after which point it descends to its eastern terminus Vincent Gap of 6,593 feet in 4 miles.
The SMT also winds around and follows closely to the Angeles Crest Highway CA-2 starting from Shortcut Saddle to the eastern terminus Vincent Gap and crosses it for a total of eight times. The now and then views of the Angeles Crest Highway along the trail are magnificent showing a ribbonlike highway wrapping and hugging the San Gabriel Mountains.
A hike of the SMT truly is a journey.
Here are the Google Earth generated KML .kmz files for the 12 SMT segments which I took to complete my 1st SMT hike, starting from the southern terminus Chantry Flat on 09/09/2017 and completing at the eastern terminus Vincent Gap on 07/08/2018. Each segment hike was an out-and-back day hike.
.kmz Files:
Each .kmz file contains a segment trail route and a recorded Google Earth flyover tour for planning an out-and-back day hike.
Direction: Northbound, from Chantry Flat to Newcomb Pass
Distance: 5.560 miles
Start: (34.19568, -118.02255)
End: (34.232459, -118.027265)
In-between: (34.222117, -118.033754)
Direction: Southbound, from Shortcut Saddle to Newcomb Pass
Distance: 6.152 miles
Start: (34.273516, -118.032612)
End: (34.232459, -118.027265)
In-between: (34.246349, -118.049059)
Direction: North-eastbound, from Shortcut Saddle to the Lower Charlton Trail Head
Distance: 3.583 miles
Start: (34.273516, -118.032612)
End: (34.298125, -118.014403)
In-between: (34.292881, -118.012817)
Direction: Northbound, from the Lower Charlton TH to Upper Chilao TH
Distance: 3.097 miles
Start: (34.298407, -118.014628 )
End: (34.331137 , -118.011915 )
In-between: (34.320348, -118.011880)
Direction: North-eastbound, from Upper Chilao TH to Three Points
Distance: 3.590 miles
Start: (34.331137, -118.011915)
End: (34.343015,-117.983352)
In-between: (34.343102, -118.003741)
Direction: Eastbound, from Three Points to Cloudburst Summit
Distance: 5.002 miles
Start: (34.343512, -117.983048)
End: (34.351516, -117.934112)
In-between: (34.343015,-117.983352), (34.352184 , -117.957932)
Direction: North-eastbound, from Cloudburst Summit to JCT Rattlesnake Trail TH
Distance: 4.116 miles
Start: (34.3514725, -117.9341501)
End: (34.362787, -117.90023)
In-between: (34.361169, -117.921042), (34.361287, -117.90191)
Direction: Westbound, from Eagles Roost PA to JCT Burkhard Trail
Distance: 3.489 miles
Start: (34.354701,- 117.877655)
End: (34.362787, -117.900230)
In-between: (34.359627, -117.887272)
Direction: North-eastbound, from Eagles Roost PA to Islip Saddle
Distance: 4.047 miles
Start: (34.354701,- 117.877655)
End: (34.357244, -117.850981)
In-between: (34.365893, -117.860191)
Direction: Eastbound, from Islip Saddle to JCT Dawson Saddle Trail
Distance: 5.465 miles
Start: (34.357244, -117.850981),
End: (34.352890, -117.796827 )
In-between: (34.347431,-117.830530), (34.343277,-117.805129), (34.352623,-117.796946)
Direction: Eastbound, from Dawson Saddle to Mt. Baden-Powell
Distance: 4.606 miles (Dawson Saddle Trail 1.906 miles + PCT/SMT 2.70 miles)
Start: (34.368252,-117.801825 )
End: (34.358487,-117.764664)
In-between: (34.352897,-117.796819), (34.359443 ,-117.780017)
Direction: Southbound, from Vincent Gap to Mt. Baden-Powell
Distance: 3.976 miles
Start: (34.372996, -117.752268)
End: (34.358487,-117.764664 )
In-between: (34.368651, -117.757437 )
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