I needed to go to Costco and decided to take the best route rather than the quickest. The quickest would take me twenty minutes but the best would wind up taking over two hours. 30 miles of which were off road.
Basically, I'd start by driving in the wrong direction and then take The Sierra Pelona Mountainway off of Bouquet Canyon, climb over the hills through Rowher Flats and wind up on Sierra Highway about 10 miles east of Costco.
A - The start of the trail is pretty easy to miss it while your zipping along Bouquet Canyon.
B- I stopped at the first pullout to quickly to check over the car and wound up right next to an ancient dump. It was pretty picked over but still neat.
The road going up is pretty smooth but a bit narrow with plenty of blind corners. There are some bits where rocks have fallen into the road and if you don't like heights you shouldn't look down.
C - Weird rock formations! The goelogy in this area is amazing.
D- Pretty quickly you reach the most western point and have a great view of Santa Clarita and beyond.
E- As you head back east there are several spurs off the fire road. Mainly little hill climbs, some more challenging that others but only one the Land Cruiser couldn't handle.
F - Somewhere around the highest point on the trail.
G - As you start to descend you can see the Bouquet reservour off in the distance. Turn right and head down Fall Canyon Truck Trail.
H - More weird rocks!
I - As you head up Texas Canyon Trail keep your speed down. There are a few puddles that seem to never dry up and in the case of the Toyota FJ40 hitting them at a moderate speed can mean a mud bath. Here's what happened on a previous trip.
This time I kept my speed down and made it to Costco relatively clean.
And realized that because of my "active lifestyle" I need some new sunglasses. It was the retro early 90s packaging that convinced me.
thanks Costco!
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