This Cold Creek adventure includes a secret trail that connects the Cold Creek Preserve to the Backbone Trail. Highlights include some old water tanks, the site of a Nike Missile base and the tallest peak in Malibu. Post hike lunch at Maria's Italian Kitchen in El Camino shopping center at 23331 Mulholland Dr. Its to […]
Details The last time we did this hike was 2 years ago on Nov 11. Back then it was a VIP hike, but not today. This hike will be in the Los Robles area of the Santa Monica Mountains. We'll begin at the Triunfo Canyon trail head and hike up one of the nicest trails in […]
High above central Malibu is Saddle Peak, just east of Malibu Canyon, one of the highest points in the Santa Monica Mountains at 2,805 feet. Up here you are literally in the sky, often above the clouds over Malibu. On a clear day, facing south, you can see a vast stretch of the Pacific coast, […]
ll My secret trail is an old farm road that has not been used in a few decades and is currently heavily overgrown. I did it about 13 years ago, and scouted it out a couple months ago, along with some fellow hikers. Its passable with a little bushwhacking. We'll wind our way up to […]
Katja and I started some trail work on some of our favorite Chatsworth trails last Sunday, but there is still a lot of work left to be done, too much for just two people. (see pic above) We'll be continuing where we left off this Sunday and could use some of your help. If you'd […]
Las Virgenes and Cheeseboro Canyons like you have never seen them before! This adventure hike arose from an exploratory I did in April 2010. We'll hike along forgotten ranch roads and use trails. It will include a hike over the eastern ridge of Cheeseboro Canyon and to the Baleen Wall along a forgotten and overgrown […]
A loop hike along both sides of the eastern ridge of Sullivan Canyon. Details The hike down Sullivan Canyon parallels a seasonal creek through a shady canyon. Alive with the singing of birds, this hike sounds and feels like an aviary housed within huge stands of sycamore, oak, and willow trees. We'll be hiking on […]
Details A special hike to Rocky Peak that only HWD can deliver. Rocky Peak, located in Rocky Peak Park, is the fourth-highest point in the Santa Susana Mountains, and overlooks the San Fernando Valley and Chatsworth, the Simi Hills, and the Simi Valley in Southern California. The peak, which is 2,715 feet (828 m) in […]
This was probably the best hike on a hot day in the Santa Mountains. Lots of cool stream crossings for a hot day. Cold Margaritas and munchies served at the picnic.
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