Vasquez Creek

Vasquez Creek Canyoneering Canyoning Caving

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‌	Difficulty:‌3A III (v3a1 III) Raps:‌2, max ↨60ft Metric Overall: 4-6h  ⟷5mi Approach:  ↑860ft No Red Tape:‌No permit required Shuttle:‌None Vehicle:Passenger
Location:	34.2703, -118.2048
Condition Reports:	13 Mar 2022 "Approach took one hour on a nice cool morning. Took Grizzly Flat Road up higher than on the KML before following faint trails to the drop-in. The cany
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Regions:	North America United States California Southern California San Gabriel Mountains  Big Tujunga Region

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Introduction

A narrow, beautiful and often overlooked canyon with a continuous trickle of water. Once in the canyon it is well shaded and generally brush free.

• • As with all the Big T canyons your help is needed to keep access open. This entire area is still seeing a slow recovery from the old station fire which means lots of invasive plants and overgrowth in general can quickly close off access to these areas and/or make your time in them miserable. Consider adding a pair of hand shears and/or small bypass loppers to your gear list when descending these places.

Educate yourself on how and why [1]
BIG TUJUNGA CANYON RESTORATION

Approach

The approach to Vasquez has changed a bit from the original beta by Chris Brennan. Grizzly Flat was scorched in the station fire and is covered in pretty thick brush and downed trees. There are paths through it but it takes quite a bit longer and getting to the drop-in is much more difficult.

You may choose to drop-in to the canyon further down than the original beta describes. However the canyon is very steep and loose and you will most likely have to rappel into it. Careful of rockfall!

Descent

After a few downclimbs that some may want to rappel you come to the first rappel.

Rappel 1: 25' of rope for a 12' rappel. Anchored off a root RDC.

Rappel 2: 50' anchored LDC, multi-stage rappel.

Rappel 3: 80' anchored LDC. Nice waterfall with a shallow pool at the bottom. Seems to have a small flow year round.

Beta sites

• Chris Brennen's Adventure Hikes (St Gabriels)  : Vasquez Creek
• Super Amazing Map  : Vasquez Creek