
Gentler / Beginner: Kanan Dume to Latigo – 5 miles
This is an easier hike for Tuesday, another has also been posted close by, please only sign up for one hike. This hike is 5 miles and will take us […]

This is an easier hike for Tuesday, another has also been posted close by, please only sign up for one hike. This hike is 5 miles and will take us […]

Encinal Canyon is named for encina, the Spanish word for the holm oak, a lovely Mediterranean tree with holly characteristics. Holm oaks are one of the main trees used to […]

This route is pretty dry. If we get a deluge, I may consider cancelling, but otherwise it's a go! This loop / lollipop hike starts at the parking area in […]

This is an alternative (and probably slower) hike than Steve Johnson posted for Thursday. We will start in the parking lot of SMMNRA and can go up to the monument […]

Come and join your COSCA and COSF friends to fix up some of Conejo Valley's most popular trails in Wildwood Park! The work will be on the Stagecoach Bluff Trail […]

NOTE: This is a second (and slower) hike for Tuesday, we will see how much it rains this weekend, but it should be okay. We will take this Los Robles […]

Join us on a pre-turkey trot up the Ray Miller Trail and the Overlook Trail. We’ll turn back around the Guadalasca Trail intersection. We’ll enjoy beautiful ocean views as we […]

Meet at the Rosewood sign, which is on the Regal Oak Ct. and Lynn Rd. intersection. The hike is about 5 miles with an elevation gain/loss approximately 900’. We'll walk […]

Wildwood Park in Thousand Oaks is one of the most versatile local parks there is, with 27 miles of trails skittering through rocky cliffs, cacti-filled desert environs, volcanic rock, riparian […]
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