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Hiking With Dean

🎾Professional Pickleball Lessons with Mark E!

Club Osa 18122 Erwin St, Los Angeles, CA, US

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 […]

Ridge Route to Parker Mesa Overlook – Los Liones Loop

Los Liones Canyon Trail 570 Los Liones, Pacific Palisades, CA, US

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 […]

Trailer Canyon to Temescal Lookout

1798 Michael Ln 1798 Michael Ln, Pacific Palisades, CA, US

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 […]

Caballero Canyon – Gizmo Peak Loop

Caballero Canyon 4002 Reseda Bl, Tarzana, CA, US

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 […]

San Luis Obispo eBike Tour Starting at Avila Beach

Coastal Gateway Multi-Purpose Room 3900 Avila Beach Dr, San Luis Obispo, CA, US

This 30-mile ride begins at scenic Avila Beach with a light trek on the Bob Jones Trail. Our route intensifies as we climb up See Canyon Road, passing by orchards and vineyards nestled along the way. The pinnacle of the route is a gorgeous summit view at the top of Prefumo Canyon. We'll take in […]

📅First Hike of 2026: Fryman – Franklin Foray

Fryman Canyon Back Door Laurel Terrace Dr and Viewcrest Road, Studio City, CA, US

Beginning the hike at the U-Vanu Trail on Viewcrest Drive immediately gives the outing a quieter, more residential feel than the main Fryman Canyon entrances. The trail slips gently away from the street and begins a steady climb through chaparral and low brush, with filtered views back toward the San Fernando Valley opening up as […]

Fryman – Franklin Foray

Wilacre Park Main Entrance 3493 Laurel Canyon Blvd,, Los Angeles, CA, US

NEW DATE Beginning the hike at the U-Vanu Trail on Viewcrest Drive immediately gives the outing a quieter, more residential feel than the main Fryman Canyon entrances. The trail slips gently away from the street and begins a steady climb through chaparral and low brush, with filtered views back toward the San Fernando Valley opening […]

 

Trail statistics are approximate. For safety purposes always assume they are underestimated. But don’t be disappointed if they are overestimated. Bring more water and snacks than you think you’ll need.

Trail descriptions are based on previous hikes. Current conditions are unknown until arrival. Expect the unexpected and plan accordingly.

The Organizers and members of Hiking With Dean are not professional leaders, guides, or mountaineers. The function of the member or organizer is only to organize the trip. Each person who shows up for a trip/meetup (and their guest or guests) is responsible for his or her own safety. By attending a hike, or any other event organized by this group, you are acknowledging that you and any guests that you bring are aware of the risks, dangers and hazards associated with the activity and freely accept and fully assume all such risks, dangers and hazards, and further agree to release and discharge the Organizers, Members of the Hiking With Dean Meetup Group from and against any and all liability arising from your participation in the group activities per our ASSUMPTION OF RISK AND LIABILITY WAIVER and Section 6.2 of the Meetup.com Terms of Service.