Take Little Tujunga Road (Osborne Street) from Foothill Blvd to Gold Creek
Road (about 4.2 miles). Take Gold Creek Road to the Oaks Spring trail
parking area. If the parking area is not open, you can park along the
road opposite the trailhead at 34° 19.13' N 118° 20.015' W. You
will need a National Forest
Adventure Pass to park here (except for
the last Saturday of each month in 2003).
The cache originally contained:
- Log book & pencil
- colored chalk
- spring toy
- wrist compass
- eyeglass repair kit
- emergency poncho
- toy car
This hike will take you through a recently burned area. This is where the
first stage of this cache was when it was a multi-cache. The fire fighters
built a new fire break to contain the fire to this relatively small area. The
trail is partially obscured by the fire break. You will need to follow the
firebreak to Oak Spring trail camp where you can cross the creek an continue
on the trail.
The total trip is seven miles on trails that are sometimes steep. Except for
the welcome shade near the two springs the hike is mostly through chapparal.
Take plenty of water and wear good hiking shoes. The cache can also be done on
mountain bike or horseback. Due the the steepness of the trail I recommend
only advanced bikers. The new parking lot has spaces for horse trailers.
You can answer the question "Where did I leave the keys to the truck?" along the way. And Groundspeak Premium members can also bag
Buffalo
Gal's Sunland Gold Creek Cache.