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Pickens Trail

Pickens TrailPhoto: mjhbower, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)
2.4 mi
round trip
924 ft
climb
4,624 ft
high point
Out and back
route
Jan–Dec
best months

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Pickens Trail is a 2.4-mile out-and-back hike in the Los Angeles Gateway Ranger District of Angeles National Forest, managed by the Forest Service. The trail rises from about 3,687 feet to about 4,624 feet, a climb of 924 feet one way, and is rated hard. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to go. Typical averages from a nearby weather station at Mt Wilson show May highs around 70°F and October highs around 72°F, while July and August average in the mid-80s. That station sits about 1,086 feet higher than the trail's low point, so temperatures on the trail run warmer than the station's figures. Bikes are allowed on the natural-surface trail. Dunsmore Canyon Trail is about a mile away, and Old Mt Lukens Trail and Coyote's Trail are each within about a mile and a half. Gould Mesa campground is about 2.9 miles off.

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