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Little Jimmy

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Quick Stats

Mileage

2 miles to campsite; ~4 miles roundtrip

Elevation Gain

+800'

Location

Angeles National Forest​

Permit Requirements

No permit required other than an Adventure pass tag for your vehicle.

Map Information

Paper Maps

Angeles High Country (Tom Harrison maps)

AllTrails.com Link

Caltopo.com Link

Trek Description

Classic 2 mile beginner backpacking trek for Los Angeles based scouts in the San Gabriel mountains. It's practically considered a right of passage for most Southern California scouts.


Initial hike out of the trailhead is steep, and often makes a brand new scout (and some brand new backpacking parents) huff quite a bit, but once up the ridge the trek is generally flat to the campground.  As with all things in the San Gabriels, it's first come first serve, so it's recommended to get to the campground early.  Little Jimmy is a pretty big location, so can accommodate a lot of scouts.  Vault toilets (i.e.: pit toilets) included.  Water can be filtered from the Little Jimmy spring (generally year round) about a quarter mile down the trail from camp.  Elevation gain from the trailhead to camp is about 800'.


From here, scouts can hang out and play around, take a short hike to Windy Gap for an awesome view of the LA range to the south, and westward to Mt. Islip to bag a peak if they like.

Related Awards

This trek may be related to requirements in the following awards.

San Gabriel Trails Award & Segments

Inland Empire

Telescope Peak Award.jpg

Backpack one or more nights on each of these trail segments in the San Gabriel mountains.

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