In the second of our two Echo-Park-area walks, this Sunday afternoon of Secret Stairs (Walk #17) took us through Fellowship Park, a small wilderness area in the middle of L.A. City. One street in the civilized part of the hike has the official nickname of Stuck Truck Hill. Open this hike on Garmin Connect
Category: Hikes
Echo Park Lake Victorians
Beth and I took the first of the weekend’s two stair walks in the Echo Park area late on Saturday with Secret Stairs Walk #12, which goes past some wonderfully restored large Queen Anne and Victorian houses, including one used as Don Draper’s childhood home (Mad Men). We got to see plenty of turtles, ducks,…
Glassell Park South – Taylor Yard
Amie and Amy joined Beth and me for a Sunday afternoon figure-8 hike through Secret Stairs Walk #4, wrapping up a beautiful weekend between winter storms. With few staircases but lots of stairs, this hike gets some great views of Los Angeles, and also a hidden glen. Good news: no poison oak or rattle snakes….
Glassell Park – York and Beyond
Beth and I got the chance to go out on a beautiful Sunday afternoon to hike Secret Stairs Walk #3. There were only three staircases (four if you count our descent of the same stairs we ascended to start). We got to see flowers, some fall colors here in Los Angeles County, and lots of…
Franklin Hills East – Lyric Loop
Megan is visiting town, so Beth and I brought her along on Secret Stairs Walk #30. All of the time spent talking about life made the steeper longer stair climbs a little shorter. We caught some nice hazy views of sunset to the west and got to see lots of city lights coming on at…
Sierra Pelona
With a few days’ break between Atmospheric Rivers 11 and 12 this storm season, Beth and I headed back out in the mountainous wilderness of the Angeles National Forest. This time, we drove for just over an hour to the trailhead of Hike 3 from Trails of the Angeles, “Sierra Pelona.” The chapter on this…
Silver Lake Court
For this Friday afternoon-into-evening stairway walk from Secret Stairs, Beth and I covered Walk #27. For this one, we got to pass a couple of Easter Island mo’ai (which I now know are called mo’ai), a muddy dirt road more in-place in a rural woodsy area of the country, and a house/exhibit reportedly with a…
Eagle Rock
Beth and I planned to cover two stairway walks today from Secret Stairs: “Whitley Heights” (# 36) and “Hollywood Bowl and High Tower Loop” (#37), both of which start and end at the intersection of Highland and Franklin Avenues in Hollywood. Before driving to Hollywood though, we fortunately noticed the 2023 Academy Awards on schedule…
Santa Monica – Rustic Canyon Loop
With legs holding two days of stairs already this weekend, Beth and I drove to Santa Monica for Walk #40 from Secret Stairs: A Walking Guide to the Historic Staircases of Los Angeles, climbing the steepest stairways yet. Early in the walk, we got some directions from a couple of kind ladies out on their…
Los Feliz – Griffith Park Loop
For the second of three planned walks this weekend, we chose Walk #29 from Secret Stairs: A Walking Guide to the Historic Staircases of Los Angeles, which winds through hilly areas of the Los Feliz district and culminates at the Griffith Observatory, which we reached just at sunset. Highlights include the Ennis House (a Frank…