A new old west is rising! Let's check out the rebuilding progress of the famous Old Western Town at Paramount Ranch with this easy hike. 📽️As many of you know, until the Woolsey fire, this was the filming site of hundreds of movies and TV shows since 1927. The Woolsey Fire destroyed the original Western […]
When was the last time you did this hike?... Eagle Rock, the most impressive landmark in all of Topanga State Park, will afford us an airy perch overlooking the upper watershed of Santa Ynez Canyon and the ocean beyond. We will eat, drink and explore on this impressive sandstone rock covered with crevices and caves. […]
Details This hike will climax with a rare and stunning ocean vista, including almost a straight down view of white, foamy surf and turquoise-tinted shallows. Our hike will begin in Big Sycamore Canyon, the finest example of a sycamore savanna in the State Park system. Some of the gangly sycamores soar to heights of over 80 feet. […]
This hike is the perfect summer hike. It will require several stream crossings along the Arroyo Conejo and Wildwood Canyon Creek so wear shoes you don't mind getting wet (if you don't like walking on rocks); shorts recommended We'll visit the Wetlands and have a picnic lunch at shady Skunk Hollow, a tree-lined area adjacent […]
Club Osa has Special Price for HWD Members! Suitable for experienced beginners or new players. Professional coach RAMON OSA will be teaching you new skills while coaching you on the rules and various shots of the game. Little or no experience is ok. Come play the game everyone is either already playing or wanting to […]
First Post Fire Hike! And what better way to restart our Pali hiking but with an HWD Original! Perched high above the Palisades and Malibu, the vista from the Parker Mesa Overlook is stunning. You can see all of the LA basin laid out before you, the San Gabriel Mountains to the north, Catalina Island […]
This HDW original is a classic. On this 6 mile hike I will take you through Franklin Canyon and then a bit off-trail to the "planar" center of Los Angeles. It will make a great photo opp. The first hill will be a workout, but there is lots of shade on this one. Franklin Canyon […]
Another Palisades favorite. Our route begins on Trailer Canyon fire road providing broad views over Santa Ynez Canyon and the surrounding mountains. But like nature and vacuums, we abhor fire roads. Thus, shortly after the hike begins we will leave the fire road and take a small, slightly overgrown use trail that passes a clay […]
Join us for a short but heart-pounding hike through the old stomping grounds of Edgar Rice Burroughs in Caballero Canyon, I'll be taking you on some HWD Ridge trails you probably have not seen in this familiar canyon. We'll take a snack break on Gizmo Peak. Hike is about 4 miles with over 1,000' total […]
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