Strawberry Peak
Red Box, Angeles NF front range · near La Cañada Flintridge · Los Angeles / SoCal
Hiking
At a glance
- Difficulty
- moderate
- Route type
- out-and-back
- Distance
- 7.5 miles
- Elevation gain
- 1,510 ft
- Time needed
- day
- Best season
- Fall–spring · Hot in summer; occasional winter snow
Permits and booking
- Permit required
- No
- How the permit works
- No hiking permit; a National Forest Adventure Pass is required at Red Box. The Colby Canyon 'Mountaineer's Route' adds an exposed class-3 scramble.
- How hard the permit is to get
- 1 of 5
What is here
- Features
- 6,164-ft front-range highpoint · Ridge walking · Optional class-3 Colby Canyon scramble · LA basin & high-country views
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Allowed
- Good for a first timer
- No
Hiking detail
- Intl tip
- Take the Red Box route for a straightforward hike; only tackle the Colby Canyon scramble if you're comfortable with exposed hands-on rock and route-finding.
The guide
The highest peak in the San Gabriel front range, offering a satisfying ridge ascent and a summit panorama that takes in Mt. Wil…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Strawberry Peak — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 34.2581, -118.1049