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Article: HIKING: THE HENNIGER FLATS ARE AS GOOD AS GOLD : PINES AWAIT, IF YOU CAN GET THERE.(Sports)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
- Article date:
- October 7, 1999
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Byline: Matt Purdue Special to the Daily News
Pining for an evergreen escape from the heat and the clattering din of the city?
Relief is tantalizingly close if you possess the thigh muscles and lung power to ascend to Henninger Flats from Eaton Canyon County Park. Perched on the south-facing slopes of the San Gabriel Mountains high above smog-shrouded Altadena, Henninger Flats is a verdant oasis of cool pines and cedars encircled by the pungent brittleness of Southern California chaparral.
It's 3.7 miles from Eaton to Eden (7.4 miles round-trip), though you'll have to earn your ticket to paradise by making a calf-cramping elevation gain of ...