I work for an large aerospace company in the Antelope Valley. They have recreation clubs for us the employees, and one club that I am a member of is the Hiking Club. Kevin is the commissioner and he set up this hike. There were about dozen folks, (only two women, my wife Teri and Tracy) came out for this hike.

I was very excited to see my wife join me hiking. We planned a hike with Tracy and her husband Sean, next month to climb Half Dome in Yosemite. That will require some fitness training, so this hike will help prepare us for Half Dome.

We arrived at the parking lot at 8:00, met up with the others and was on the trail at 8:30. The trail was maintained well and it was a good hike.

The weather was cool at the bottom, due to some thin fog. It warmed up, but did not seem too warm.
This hike climbs 1500 ft in four miles on the forested north slope of Strawberry Peak. Beginning at the trailhead parking lot at Big Tujunga Creek, the trail switchbacks up, sometimes steeply, through mostly shady slopes to reach a scenic lookout over Wickiup Creek before following the ridgeline into the potrero.

Strawberry Potrero is a sandy, forested basin in the shadow of Strawberry Peak, and will serve as our destination for the hike. It is a good location to admire the high granite wall above that forms the north face of Strawberry Peak.

After a long break at the top we came down. Tracy with camera in hand, took some great photos, she uploaded them to flickr, Tracy’s Pictures. The bad news is that Tracy rolled her right angle. I did not realize how badly she was hurt. It has swollen and she most likely need stay off it for a few day.