Camping out above LA | Henninger Flats Backpacking

[@cozycastle]

I hiked there today and everything was closed. Great video to show what’s all inside.

[@HuckOutdoors]

Hopefully it opens soon.

[@tylerdeth7757]

Can you still camp?

[@alltheangels648]

Good stuff bro ty for taking the time. That museum was dope

[@Matthew-Dunn]

As always, awesome trip! That was fun. That sun was brutal on the way in. Great vid man, you captured it well. You showed me more in that museum in your vid then I actually saw

[@HuckOutdoors]

Lots of fun up there!

[@redwhiteblue7831]

Great trip... Awesome views, I'd like to make it to this campground. Great job on the tour, lots to see. Can't beat the fire wood already split for you. Thanks for sharing, take care Jason.

[@HuckOutdoors]

You'd enjoy it up there.

[@scampster]

This place never disappoints.

[@HuckOutdoors]

Yep! Those views are awesome!

[@brianpowell5082]

Awesome!! I gotta check out all the conifers up there! The LA views are legit, and so are the views of all those trees planted up there! They look so lush for being at such a low elevation!

[@HuckOutdoors]

You would love it up there!

[@brianpowell5082]

I wonder if there are any Pacific Douglas-Firs (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii) planted there. I saw a cone of one displayed in the pine cone case display on the video!

[@Perch_Master_Nick]

I'm getting ready to hike to Henninger Flats this upcoming Saturday. I heard that everything is closed and it's only open to full day hiking.

[@HuckOutdoors]

I've heard that as well. You could go a couple miles further and camp at idlehour camp.

[@tedbrogan1262]

I'm sl jealous Jason. This is one of the two places I try to bring our scouts to every year. I use to show a video on the history of the Mt. Lowe railway in the museum. The views are incredible. You made me relive it. Thanks for sharing. By the way, on days where the fog rolls in it's incredible to watch it roll over LA and move into San Bernardino and Riverside counties.

[@HuckOutdoors]

It would have been great to watch that fog!

[@markdeartola1154]

Hi did u need any permits or such? I’m gonna try to hit this up but I’m from Idaho and idk any of the regulations down there

[@HuckOutdoors]

This camp is still closed right now.

[@lalogee37]

@@HuckOutdoors still closed?

[@HuckOutdoors]

@@lalogee37 not sure.

[@Perch_Master_Nick]

@@lalogee37 i'm going this weekend. I believe it's only open to full day hiking.

[@20robertang]

Just like I’m watching Huell Howser Show, great content in here. I can’t wait to bring my family there as an educational trip. Isn’t that a Cherry Blossom tree?

[@jonmacdonald5345]

fivemoreminutes THAT'S AMAZING!😆

[@HuckOutdoors]

Thanks for the Huell compliment! Would be another great spot to bring the boys backpacking. I don't think they were a cherry tree, but it did look similar.

[@DonGrigorianFishing]

Great Video Great Channel! Thanks for this, never knew about this place...

[@HuckOutdoors]

Great spot for a quick getaway

[@potatothorn]

Excellent!! nice museum tour and what a great spot above the City

[@HuckOutdoors]

So cool to have a getaway so close to downtown.

[@sangeethagopalakrishnan1579]

Do you know if the trail is open for backpacking?

[@HuckOutdoors]

I heard it hasnt reopened yet.

[@W6RIPRadioAdventures]

Very Cool. Thanks for sharing this place. Looks like a great place I would like to visit! Crazy how old our trees are....

[@HuckOutdoors]

Great views along the way.

[@alltheangels648]

We need more from hector lol

[@TroutWest]

I guess in SoCal especially in the LA area ya gotta be thankful they even let you do a fire... not a bad spot to post up for the night though. Well done sir

[@HuckOutdoors]

Thanks bud!

[@GubbioGear]

Insane view. I never knew how cool the mountains above LA could be! 👈👍👍

[@HuckOutdoors]

Hidden Gems everywhere!

[@richyambros2769]

Do you drive up there or do you have to hike up there and park at the bottom

[@HuckOutdoors]

Hike up

[@ArmandoFL]

I’m planning to do my first ever backpacking trip here. Where do you store the food at night ? Is there any need for bear canisters ?

[@HuckOutdoors]

You hang it from the trees or store in one of the wooden food lockers there.

[@JeremyOdom]

What did you think of the Haven Tarp and NetTent? I've been eyeing that one for a while now.

[@HuckOutdoors]

My First time using it, but I really enjoyed it. Lots of space.

[@HeliJim400]

Nice job, very informative and those tacos looked bomb. I really liked the timelapse too.

[@HuckOutdoors]

Thanks Jim! Tacos are one of my favorite meals to make out there.

[@shupingyin8082]

Nice vid beautiful narrative j just camped out there last weekend

[@HuckOutdoors]

Thanks Shuping! There are some great nightime views there.

[@hike2bhuman110]

Wow, I already had this marked on my Google maps as a place I wanted to visit, great job with this video, Matt and Hector are great guys to kick up some dirt with. Those benches are just crazy, I would wanna cowboy camp right on them. Could those trees be in the Cherry family?

[@HuckOutdoors]

Not sure if they are Cherry or not, but you would love it there!

[@javierarmando8347]

Is it open now?

[@HuckOutdoors]

I heard it is not. :(

[@goodoverevil7095]

I'm on my way next weekend

[@HuckOutdoors]

Have fun! Hopefully it opens up by then!

[@matthewmadsen8123]

nice hike

[@HuckOutdoors]

Can't wait for this campsite to open back up.

[@titotobias8009]

Great video. Are the sites first come first serve?

[@HuckOutdoors]

yes they are

[@Charlieg01]

Looks like a cool camp good food good friends Hip Hip!!

[@HuckOutdoors]

Thanks for watching bud!

[@Hector_Outdoors]

That was an awesome weekend!

[@HuckOutdoors]

Yes it was!

[@alfonsocasillas7290]

Great video how difficult and how much of a hike was it in?

[@HuckOutdoors]

1500-2000 feet in 2.5 miles. No shade

[@katelynnilene3923]

Are there any fees??

[@HuckOutdoors]

It was free

[@rgvkid250]

Cool Place to visit. Gets busy on the weekends but amazing views! Best sites are up in the Middle camp area. But there was a homeless guy living up there for quite awhile in a make shift Tent and he'd harass people camping in the middle camp area. I don't understand why the rangers hadn't kicked him out! Hopefully they have by now. Were the bathrooms open? Last time I was there they were closed.

[@HuckOutdoors]

I believe the homeless guy was gone. When we got there and checked in, the ranger set us up in the lower camp.

[@rgvkid250]

Awesome! I wish they added floor fire pits! That would make it perfect with those views at night! How cold did it get?

[@butch1254]

I know the guy you are talking about! He through a rock at me on a random weeknight when I was pretty much alone up there… he kept creeping on me all night…finally had to threaten him within an ounce of his life to make him go away! This is the problem when camping too close tot he city i find. Bummer! Rangers need to step up, but apparently they can’t do all that much.

[@brandensoutdoorb-channel8084]

The museum has pictures of rattlesnake bites. GoLite is old school, they are out of business. My scout troop used to backpack henninger.

[@HuckOutdoors]

I saw the pictures of the bites, but the poster is getting faded pretty bad!

[@jeffwrinkle575]

The trees with the purple flowers are most likely Crepe Myrtle trees.

[@HuckOutdoors]

Thank you

[@leomajich1259]

There is a place to fill up water bottles to the right of the museum

[@HuckOutdoors]

When we went they had no running water there.