…. 4 years later and the trail is still not open? I would take an elevation mask for a more intense hike. Loved this trail too bad it’s closed hopefully someday it’ll reopen. Fish Canyon Falls is open to the public April – September 7 am to 7 pm & October – March 7 am to 5 pm, 7 days a week. Scenic Fish Canyon and its iconic Fish Canyon Falls offers a splendid hike. But unfortunately this trail has been CLOSED for nearly two years to be exact. Very beautiful with so much vegetation. I hope the city will repair it at some point, but I am doubtful because if the severity of the damage. Trails are a bit narrow if you’re afraid of heights or falling stick to your left at all times. Here a mountain stream passes through hundred … Your furry friend is only allowed on Saturdays and Sundays, but that’s the only time we can go adventuring anyway so it’s not a problem for us! “After years of limited accessibility and maintenance, the Duarte Fish Canyon Falls Trailhead is now safer, wider, and more accessible and hikers will be able to experience the 80-foot, three tiered waterfalls recently named the most beautiful falls in Southern California” Duarte officials said on the city’s website. I love this trail , also one of the best I’ve hiked in So Ca.. The Fish Canyon Trail and Fish Canyon Falls were involved in the 2016 Complex Fire, with 95% of the trail falling within the burn area. https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/fish-canyon-to-fish-canyon-narrows Posted by Hiker Dan at 7:53 PM. Fish Canyon Falls is a tiered waterfall in Los Angeles County, California, located within the Angeles National Forest in the San Gabriel Mountains. The trail is primarily used for hiking, running, nature trips, and bird watching and is accessible year-round. For The Love of Fish Canyon Falls. Four tiers of it makes it magnificent.Watch out for cactuses though they’re everywhere. Likely going to be a long time, if this ever does reopen. Was just wondering if anyone would know if the trail is open. Hiking trail, legend, paradise, right in our backyard! The waterfall is nice treat when you make it to the end, though only runs during wet season. does anyone know if they re opened the trail? A full trek of Fish Creek from the lower Salt River end to it's boxed-in origin near Windy Saddle is a hearty 16 miles! Old San Gabriel Canyon Road Trail [CLOSED], San Gabriel River Bike Path- San Gabriel Canyon to Seal Beach, Falls Trail to Monrovia Canyon Park Trail [CLOSED], Little Dalton Canyon via Lower Monroe Trail, Clamshell Peak via Lower Clamshell Truck Trail [CLOSED], Silver Mountain via Silver Fish Trail [CLOSED], http://www.accessduarte.com/howdoi/find/fish.htm. The beginning of the trail is the greatest elevation gain and will kick your butt if your not used to hiking, make sure and save some energy for going up it on the way back! A small percentage of the trail is on private corporate property (Vulcan Mining / Materials) and a small percentage of the trail is administered by the United States Forest Service however most of the property falls under the administration of the City of Duarte. Sorry Everyone :(, Love the hike!! A very popular hiking trail. This is a 5.0 mile out-and-back hike with 750 cumulative feet of elevation gain that takes about 2-4 hours to complete. Fish Canyon Falls is now reached by a moderate 5-mile hike described here. The sheer beauty of this trail, coupled with its ease, makes it one of the most popular hikes in the Canyon. I’ve been hiking this trail for over 16 years,n I did the trail before Vulcan cooperated to let us in through their job site area /it’s all baloney Really fun hike when the creek is running high. Such a great hike to beautiful falls. View this location in Google Earth The 80-foot, three-tier waterfall is one of the very best in the San Gabriels, when in season. I wish I could just have this trail back in my life. This is truly devastating. Prior to 2014, the falls were very difficult to reach due to the private Vulcan Materials quarry in the mouth of Fish Canyon, which required a long and exposed bypass hike over the neighboring ridge. Go right on Huntington Drive for about .6 miles and then take a left on Encanto Parkway. I am totally waiting for it to reopen. Driving around canyon lake having a hard time finding a place to fish as parks were closed or full. Olive Drive. I asked for him to take me as far as he can with supervision, just so i can see the trail because i own a landscaping company and I'd love to fix it for free just to open it back up (I dont though shhh.) Long story short, we ended up renting their poles because they said they required a specific line, and you had to buy their bait. (0.0 km) The trail itself winds along a tree-lined canyon beside a babbling creek. This trail is still closed BS. The falls are located about 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of Azusa on the Fish Canyon Creek. http://www.accessduarte.com/howdoi/find/fish.htm. Fish Canyon’s rock walls amplify the acoustics so that the roar of the falls is quite impressive. The company just moved their equipment all over that mountain n the city of course won’t do nothing because the city makes no money with us m with Vulcan it gets serious dollar..come on people complain n make ur voices heard n if we have to let’s go fix the trail ourselves, one my favorite trails has been gone for over 3 years. It’s been over two years already. Unlike many seasonal waterfalls in Southern California, it has a fairly reliable flow year round, due to springs located further up the canyon. Take the 605 freeway to its northern terminus at Huntington Drive. Please note, that's easily accessible not easily traveled. great trail with lots of water and beautiful waterfalls at the end. So he brought me as far as he could take me, the trail is severely messed up, had to use ropes to get across some areas, making it nearly impossible to get to the Falls and extremely dangerous with 20-30ft shear drops on un-stable ground. Fish Canyon’s history is one besmirched by a number of incidents which have rendered the stunning 80-foot falls in its depths inaccessible for much of the last hundred years. See Fish Canyon Falls Hike Description at Dan's Hiking Pages NEXT > Fish Canyon Falls Plants - May 28, 2011 PREVIOUS > Fish Canyon Falls Hike - March 19, 2011. At the end of the trail there is a three stage water fall. Spearfish Canyon is a beautiful drive any time of year, but Fall offers the most colorful drive through the Canyon, as Mother Nature paints the leaves in shades of yellow, gold and red to accent the evergreen backdrop. Coordinates: 34.18115, -117.92566 Elevation: 1350 feet USGS Map: Azusa 7 1/2" Directions are not available at this time. Beautiful trail in Duarte/Azusa, Ca. A survey of the damage by the City of Duarte, the U. S. Forest Service, and the San Gabriel Mountains Trailbuilders along with other representatives from various agencies was conducted, and the assessment was that the damage was heavy enough to warrant the closure of the hiking trail with no recommendation for efforts to repair the historic trail. Location & Directions. This is one of the tallest fall in San Gabriel Valley and it is 80. feet. Directions to trail head: From the Foothill Freeway (I-210) in Duarte, exit on Mt. http://www.accessduarte.com/howdoi/find/fish.htm, I don’t believe the damage was that serious Email This BlogThis! Every year, Vulcan Materials (the mining company that owns the land at the trailhead) gives access to the Fish Canyon trail a … Fish Canyon Falls is a tiered waterfall in Los Angeles County, California, located within the Angeles National Forest in the San Gabriel Mountains. From wildfires and rockfalls to access rights litigation and quarrying of the surrounding mountains, the area has seen a bit of it all. Drive to the end of Encanto Parkway, and park in … Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash. We hiked this the day after the trail reopened. ridiculous! The trail was cool, a little boring but did have a nice waterfall at the end. The trail to the waterfall begins on the north side the Latchstring Inn restaurant and guides you to the bottom of the canyon where it … Fish Canyon Falls resides in the Angeles National Forest near Azusa in Los Angeles County, California. Wonderful scenery along the trail. It is administered by the USDA Forest Service. Bobcat Fire burned through this area again. A 4.8 miles (7.7 km) round trip hike provides access to the falls. The one downside to the trail was the ticks, I had about 3 or 4 on me about half way through. The falls are located about 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of Azusa on the Fish Canyon Creek. I was immediately drawn to Fish Canyon as it was billed as "one of the top natural attractions of the San Gabriels Mountains.” Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash. Soon as that happened I asked if I could speak to whoever was in charge to ask some questions about the trail. Love Climbing Adventures, or LCA, is the only outfitter authorized by the U.S. Forest Service to offer ice climbing exhibitions at Fish Creek. The trail head is a little hard to find and not well kept when u start out. Decided just to walk into the gate of the mining company, knowing I'd be stopped by security. It really is an intermediate hike. Fish Canyon Falls Location: North of Azusa in the Angeles National Forest. It takes me about 45 mins nonstop to the end and 30 mins for return (faster if I jogged). However, it can still dry up during the late summers of dry years. If you're lucky, the wildflowers will be in full bloom! Check out the Fish Canyon Falls. Hike report: Fish Canyon Falls - May 24, 1997 Photos When I bought John Robinson’s Trails of the Angeles: 100 Hikes in the San Gabriels on April 25, 1995 (6th Edition, Jan. 1990), I began to comb through the book with eagerness to explore the San Gabriels. 28 likes. It is located in the heart of Spearfish Canyon near the Savoy area. Ultimately the City of Duarte holds the primary decision on whether to repair the damaged trail resulting from the Complex Fire however as of September 2018, the assessment is that the trail is defunct and will not be repaired. Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}34°10′52″N 117°55′32″W / 34.1811°N 117.9255°W / 34.1811; -117.9255, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fish_Canyon_Falls&oldid=861610512, Los Angeles County, California geography stubs, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 28 September 2018, at 17:46. It has a 15-foot drop for the first tier about 10 feet for the second then about 50 down to the pool below. This page is devoted to the Fish Canyon Falls Trail in Duarte, California, and its restoration. Beautiful Fish Canyon Falls - A vivid narrative and photos of a springtime hike to this iconic waterfall in the Angeles National Forest above Azusa on May 7, 2016; presented by Dan Simpson of Dan’s Hiking Pages and Blog This is one of my favorite trails in San Gabriel Valley. Follow Encanto Parkway towards the hills until you come to a junction with a sign labeled "trail" that points towards a parking lot to your right. The waterfall must be really beautiful this year, since when I went we were in a drought. This trail is posted closed until September 7, 2017. It's way too risky. In the summer of 2014 a new trail opened through the quarry allowing hikers a much easier path to the falls. Trail has been closed indefinitely. Spearfish Falls. Unlike many seasonal waterfalls in Southern California, it has a fairly reliable flow year round, due to springs located further up the canyon. The access trail is located on Vulcan Materials Company's Azusa Rock Quarry property. I loved this trail .. too bad the fires ruined it . The changing of the leaves normally peaks during the first week of October. Highly recommending this hike. Fish Canyon Falls Trail [CLOSED] is a 7.5 mile heavily trafficked out and back trail located near Duarte, California that features a waterfall and is rated as moderate. Fish Canyon Falls is the Unofficial name of this waterfall. My best advice is to not even try a way around or even going when they're closed. Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest. Spoke to the manager of operations where he explained the fire and why it's closed, but also the city hasn't made any effort to fix the trail and probably won't by how bad it is. For information or inquiries about the area as well as current conditions, visit their website. Spearfish Falls is slightly off the beaten path, but well worth the walk. Trail has been closed indefinitely due to fire damage. The trail was poorly maintained, and there was no water in the falls. 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