White Oak (Upper)

The full White Oak route from the top of the canyon. This adds 6 rappels to the classic White Oak route for a total of 9.

Continue on the Condor Peak Trail past the drop-in for Lower White Oak until you are just SE of Fox Peak. You will leave the trail at this point, 34.313171, -118.197352 and bushwhack a short and steep distance to the NE to gain the ridgeline. Continue on the ridgeline to the E/SE to reach the drop-in for the upper section, 34.312608 -118.197352. We down-climbed the first several hundred feet until the first mandatory rappel.

After a steep, loose slide/down-climb which some may choose to rappel (there are plenty of strong bushes) you will arrive at the first mandatory rappel: Rappel 1: 110' from a bush LDC. This rappel drops in two stages and if desired could be broken up into 2 separate rappels. This is followed by a few downclimbs. Rappel 2: 40-50' from a bush LDC. Rappel 3: 20'. Two short 20' rappels one after another. Rappel 4: 20' off a small tree. Rappel 5: 60' from a bush LDC. Rappel 6: __' extended anchor from a bay tree RDC. After some more bushwhacking /down-climbing you will eventually pass the classic White Oak drop-in from a gully on the right. After this there is a 40' down-climb which is easiest RDC. Rappel 7: 40-60' from a bush LDC. Rappel 8: 150' anchored high in a tree LDC Rappel 9: 180' from a tree LDC. Starts off as a slab and drops off into a free-hanging rappel in a sprinkling waterfall. Continue down canyon until you reach the Big Tujunga reservoir.