Let's go see what's in bloom in one of our favorite hiking spots, Newton Canyon to Buzzard's Roost! This area was burned over in the Woolsey fire, but spring brings wildflowers, freely flowing water, and a few waterfalls, including the Upper Newton Canyon falls. We’ve seen lupines, poppies, lilies, and a real rarity - Indian […]

On this hike, we'll repeat our December hike where we took Las Llajas Canyon to a climb up a sweeping trail to the abandoned Coquina mine and visit the steam shovel that has been rusting patiently there for decades. According to Scott, the wildflowers are great in Las Llajas Canyon right now. This is also […]

This is an easier hike for Thursday, another has also been posted, please only sign up for one hike. This hike is 5 miles and will take us on a less-traveled but quite beautiful part of the 67-mile Backbone Trail, which runs through the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area from Will Rogers State Park […]

We will start early to beat the heat, entering the north branch of Lynnmere Trail via Thistle Trail, which connects the north and south branches of Lynnmere Trail. The Lynnmere Trail is high above Thousand Oaks, providing pleasant scenery along the Conejo Canyons, Wildwood Park, Paradise Falls, Boney Mountain, the Pacific Ocean, and glimpses of […]

Time to re-explore the Los Robles trail system. This will be about a 7 mile lollipop hike with approximately 1400 feet of elevation gain. We start at the trailhead at the back parking lot of Triunfo Park and go up to the Los Robles trail. We then loop around counter-clockwise by way of the White […]

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Let's head out to Hidden Valley Overlook via Rancho Sierra Vista. This double-lollipop out and back hike wanders through wildflowers, grasslands and chaparral from the Rancho Sierra Vista trailhead, then climbs up a foothill of Boney Mountain for some fantastic views east into Hidden Valley and Lake Sherwood, north to Port Hueneme and Oxnard and […]

Stats: ~6 miles with ~1500 ft. of gain. Suggestted equipment: Trekking Poles and Boots. Water - 1 to 2 liters. Conditions: exposed, rocky, steep, technical descents, overgrowth, Rattlesnakes. Description: upside-down lollipop beginning with a steep ascent of 900 feet in 1.2 miles up the China Flat trail. We will take first water break at the […]

http://photos1.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/e/3/a/0/event_167038272.jpeg This hike has some rocky parts, but no scrambling. This hike will take us on a scenic trip from the suburbs of Oak Park to the top of Simi Peak, which overlooks both the Simi and Conejo Valleys and offers splendid views of the Santa Monica range and offshore islands to the south and […]