San Francisquito Canyon (East Fork)

A short and nice canyon in a less canyoneered area, however packed with action! You'll do some rock climbing on the approach and some down-climbing on the descent, creative anchor work and just all around canyon fun. First Known Descent: June 1, 2019 First Known Descent Members: Eshed Bootel, Gil Chotam, Matan Bootel, Ty Chotam, Samuel B, Zoe S > Please carry your favorite Gardening tools to every canyon (Folding Saw, Pruners, Loppers, Machete). We all need to help with trail and canyon maintenance on every trip.

Getting There: You can take different exits from the 5 Fwy. Go North-East and get to Cooper Hill Dr. Turn Left (North) on San Francisquito Canyon Rd. and drive 6.3 miles to the parking at 34.540057, -118.526402. You can see the last waterfall from the road. Approach: A short and fun approach climbing up a creek with seven easy to climb short waterfalls and one more to bypass on the right. From the car, walk East on San Francisquito Canyon Rd. and turn North into the first canyon you see. Take it to it’s starting point and the Saddle on top where you start the descent. From the saddle there’s a nice view of both the ascending and descending canyons.

Hiking down from the saddle, you will quickly get to a 40’ angled drop. This can be very sketchy to down-climb. I sat at the top as a human-anchor and belayed the group as they down-climbed, then down-climbed myself. Once you get to the main canyon you’ll have one 10’ down-climb and two 30’ rappels. Waterfalls ascending: Waterfalls Descending: