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Volunteer Opportunity! Post-fire trail work in Malibu (Circle X Ranch)

Mishe Mokwa Trailhead Parking Lot Yerba Buena Road, Westlake Village, CA 91361, Westlake Village, CA, US

Volunteers will be working with individuals from the National Park Service and the Santa Monica Mtns Fund to repair trails burned in the Woolsey Fire of 2018. After the fire, […]

Wilson Canyon – Los Pinetos Spring Loop

Wilson Canyon Park 14450 Olive View Dr, Sylmar, CA, US

Wilson Canyon is named after the same person as in Mt. Wilson -- Benjamin Davis “Don Benito” Wilson, merchant, landowner, civic leader, as well as Los Angeles mayor from 1851 to […]

Evening Hike to Murphy Ranch in Rustic Canyon

Sullivan Ridge at Casale Rd Capri Drive and Casale Road, Los Angeles, CA, US

Join our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/hikingwithdean/ For those that have never heard about it, the ranch is allegedly a 1930s hideout where NAZI/Third Reich sympathizers could sequester themselves until German […]

😈Devils Canyon Loop – Special Edition

Twin Lakes 11199 Canoga Ave, Chatsworth, CA

Literally step out of the Valley and into another world. Our hike begins in Devils Canyon near the north end of Topanga Canyon Blvd. Devils Canyon with its spectacular rock […]

🌻The Pentachaeta Loop

Triunfo Creek Park 32176 Triunfo Canyon Rd, Westlake Village, CA

This one is another HWD original! I put this one together back in 2009 after exploring some Westlake Village use trails. With combination of use trails, some minor rock scrambling […]

The Original E.T. Hike – 🐶s OK

Limekiln Canyon - Corbin Trail Head 11336 Corbin Ave, Porter Ranch, CA

Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/hikingwithdean/ We've been following the footsteps of ET since 2008! See https://www.hikingwithdean.com/event/the-original-et-hike/ for complete hike description with pictures and video 🍺Post hike lunch is at Islands […]

The Lost Trails of Zuniga – VIPs Only

Red Rock Canyon Park 23601 W. Red Rock Road, Old Topanga, CA, US

This will be an exploratory hike, with some bushwhacking, rediscovering some forgotten and overgrown trails and old roads in the Zuniga Pond area of the upper Topanga watershed. If you […]

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.