Camping-Little Jimmy Backpacking Trip (Heritage)
UPDATED DETAILS.
Meetup and Caravan.
We are planning on meeting up this Thursday at 10:30am, with the idea of hitting up In-N-Out on our way to the mountain (One less meal to carry in). We will be parking our cars at the "Islip Saddle" parking lot on Highway 2. The directions for your phone can be found below, and a PDF is attached for directions from the church parking lot. Please remember if you are driving yourself you will need a valid Adventure pass (which can be purchased locally from Big5 or REI). For those wishing to car-pool, you can leave your cars in the church parking lot (over by the basketball area/dumpster will be ideal with 24 hour video surveillance)
https://www.google.com/maps/dir/NewHeart+Foursquare+Church,+Township+Avenue,+Simi+Valley,+CA/''/@34.2838959,-118.5649906,116078m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x80e829a3dfbe6f4f:0xce4a7c1121ff137!2m2!1d-118.7139444!2d34.2932197!1m5!1m1!1s0x80c31ebc57f6188f:0x546f16b1e8c3beaa!2m2!1d-117.8509258!2d34.3572179
LATE ARRIVAL? I know at least one of you was planning on joining us up on the mountain. Feel free to use the Google Maps and AllTrails guide as a reference point to locate Little Jimmy Campground. It is a very easy trail to follow and campground to find. Please let me know if this is you so we can look out for you.
To print a paper map of this hike visit AllTrails -https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/islip-saddle-to-little-jimmy-campground-and-mt-islip (note-- this map includes an additional summit of Mt. Islip which is optional)
Tracking for Mom's and Family:
If you've got loved ones that would like to keep track of where we are at on the hike, they can visit:https://share.garmin.com/traillife to watch our progress on the Trail and see where we are at. We will post at least three times a day with one of our preset messages to notify our mom's that we are "OK".
Trip Agenda
We are hiking in on Thursday, and will make camp and just hang around the campground area for the evening. We are planning on taking at least 1 Hike on Friday, and 1 on Saturday morning (and we have three+ to choose from)-- and we can make our decision as a troop when we arrive. Our three options are:
1) Mt. Islip Hike- a short hike up from Little Jimmy -- and is detailed in the all-trails listing above. This will be a fairly low effort hike.
2) Crystal Lake Hike- a fairly easy6.2 mile round trip hike to Crystal Lake. Several resources cite fish in this lake, so boys could bring compact fishing gear to attempt to catch a fish. (we've seen mixed reports as to the water level-if any- in the lake, so set expectations accordingly)
3) Mt. Baden/ Powell -this epic12 mile round trip hike with extreme elevation takes us to an amazing peak named after the founder of the modern Scouts. It's an epic hike, but might be too much elevation gain for some. We'll decide if we do this hike instead of Islip Mt. (more details herehttps://www.alltrails.com/explore/trail/us/california/mt-baden-powell-from-islip-saddle)
More than likely we will do the first two hikes-- and I'd recommend you bring a small day-pack with you if possible to carry food and water for those small adventures.
Packing List
Just a reminder to check out the Packing list on our website for backpacking trips. http://tlsv.org/documents/backpack-camping-packlist/ Note, Little Jimmy does have pit toilets (but likely no TP), and Bear lockers for food (so you can save weight and money on a bear can). Big deal is getting a water filter if you don't have one and bringing food enough for the entire trip.
We will be meeting at NewHeart and caravanning to the ISLIP SADDLE parking lot (19902-20298 Angeles Crest Hwy
Pearblossom, CA 93563). The hike in from there is 2.1 miles and the way in will have some elevation gain (so be ready for it). Pit toilets are available at the campground, as are BEAR BOXES-- so there is no special need for bear cans on this trip. Details given at our Troop Meeting.
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