This mountain is bordered by Big Tujunga Canyon on the west and the Arroyo Seco Canyon on the east and the foothill cities on the south. There are a variety of dirt roads, trails and routes through this area.
CLEAR CREEK TRAIL
A beautiful trail on what is an overgrown old dirt road. The trail
is overgrown to the point of having a tunnel appearance. The upper
end starts from Grizzly Flat Road and the trail curves around
the mountain to cross Clear Creak at the lower end.
DARK CANYON TRAIL - Elevation Change: 1390 ft.
This foot trail works its way up from Big Tujunga Creek to the
forest covered Grizzly Flat. This section is more shady than not.
Above Grizzly Flat it continues as a Forest Service road up to
the Mount Lukens Ridge Road. It continues down the east side of
the ridge initially as a road to an experimental forest and then
a trail down to the Angeles Crest Highway.
Trailhead: Big Tujunga Canyon. Angeles Crest Highway.
DUNSMORE CANYON TRAIL
A short trail up Dunsmore Conyon in the City of Glendale Deukmejian
Wilderness Park. There is a loop trail off of this trail. And
the Rim of the Valley Trail connects into the loop trail.
Trailhead: The northern end of Dunsmore Ave leads into
Deukmejian Wilderness Park.
GRIZZLY FLAT ROAD
A forest service road that connects Mount Lukens Road to the Angeles
Crest Highway. Dark Canyon trail and Clear Creek Trail also connect
to Grizzly Flat Road.
Trailhead: The trailhead is on the Angeles Crest Highway
near the CCC Ridge. It is the first dirt road on the left above
the Forest Service Fire station.
LA CANADA TRAIL - Elevation Change: 1000 ft.
This is a forest service road based trail that skirts along the
edge of the Angeles Crest Mountains.
Trailhead: The eastern trailhead is on the Angeles Crest
Highway at the entrance to the National Forest. The southwestern
trailhead is on Foothill Boulevard by Indiana Ave. Another trailhead
is on North Hartner Lane.
MOUNT LUKENS ROAD - Elevation Change: 3000 ft.
A forest service road that climbs up to the top of Mount Lukens
and crosses over to the other side. From the west, the road climbs
steadily for 3,000 feet elevation gain. Several trails connect
to this road making many variations of trips possible.
Trailhead: The western trailhead is located at the northern
end of Haines Canyon Road in Tujunga. Follow the main road up.
Two other lesser used roads leave on the left side, the first
is Sunset Trail and the second is Haines Canyon Trail
STONE CANYON TRAIL - Elevation Change: 3060 ft.
This trail climbs up the north side of Mount Lukens starting in
Stone Canyon. It presents good views of Big Tujunga Canyon. The
trail joins Forest Service Roads just shy of the top of the mountain.
SUNSET TRAIL
This is a relatively flat forest service road along the bottom
of Mount Lukens. It runs from Big Tujunga to a juvenile prison
camp on Big Tujunga Canyon Road. A half mile before the juvenile
camp is a foot path connecting to Big Tujunga Canyon Road allowing
a through trip without passing through the juvenile camp. The
road has a good view west over Tujunga, Sunland, and parts of
San Fernando Valley.
Trailhead: The trailhead starts at the end of Haines Canyon
Road. This is the beginning of the Mount Lukens Road. A short
distance in the road, another road cuts off sharply to the left,
this is the Sunset Trail Road. The other trailhead is unmarked
but is a quarter mile south of the camp on Big Tujunga Canyon
Road.