Mount Zion from Hoegees Camp

The junction with Lower Zion Trail

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Related Hikes

• Hoegees Camp
• Upper Zion Trail
• Spruce Grove Camp
  

If you enjoyed the hike to Hoegees Camp, you should consider pressing on to Mount Zion. This trail leaves the banks of the creek for higher ground and panoramic views of the canyon.

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A quarter of a mile above Hoegees Camp on Lower Winter Creek Trail is a junction with Lower Zion Trail. From here, the summit is 1 ¼ miles away.

The trail switches up the south face of Mount Zion, leaving the spruce-shaded forest for a sunny chaparral-covered hillside. Wildflowers soak in the sun and grow in vibrant patches along the trail, making this a great spring hike. Blue Dicks, Larkspur, and Phacelia are all in abundance. You will also be treated to views down Santa Anita Canyon toward the hazy (or smoggy) civilization below.

Push on up the trail as it ascends a thousand feet. This will get your thighs burning for sure, but then a trail runner will go past and you will remember that it can’t be that steep.

At the top, there is a turnoff for a ¼ mile track out to the summit. The views from the top aren’t much better than what you’ve seen along the trail already, but it would just feel wrong to bypass this little side trip to the summit.

To return, you may descend Lower Zion Trail back to Hoegees Camp, or take the Upper Zion Trail north along the ridge down to Spruce Grove Camp as part of the Santa Anita Canyon Loop.

To get to the trailhead: follow these directions to Chantry Flats.

Phacelia lines the trail

There is Large-flowered Phacelia too

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