Tiny Santa Anita Canyon

TSA (Tiny Santa Anita) is a normally dry tributary to LSA (Little Santa Anita) dropping some 2000 vertical feet from the ridge on the East side of LSA.

Park one vehicle at Mt Wilson Park (LSA parking) and take your shuttle vehicle to Chantry Flat. Chantry Flat parking fills quickly in the morning, however there is private parking ($20 on weekends) that opens at 8AM. The Forest Service parking is subject to the Adventure Pass, or Federal Land Pass. Hike up the gated road to the Helipad (elevation 2440) and at the South end of the building is the ridge trail that climbs steeply up the ridge back to the road way above. Head South (still uphill for a bit) to the South end transmitter building (3230 feet elevation) on the South West corner of the fence around the building, head into the brush through a small gap and follow the cut path down into the very top of the canyon.

Follow the top of the canyon (ravine) down 1000 vertical feet, most always in the drainage center, but sometimes on right or left around dead fall. Most of this 1000 feet is steep dirt, fine gravel, and or a bit of scree. There are a few easy and short down-climbs. There is no poison oak in the higher parts, just a couple brushes at a side drainage DCL and a few vines at the narrow S bend of the canyon. At about 2200 feet elevation you come to Hike 150 feet horizontally with a short down-climb and you are in LSA