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🌻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 […]

National Trails Day – Hike at the Malibu Reagan Ranch

Paramount Ranch - HWD 2903 Cornell Rd, Agoura Hills, ca, US

National Trails Day is a celebration of trails that evolved from the report of President Ronald Reagan's President's Commission on Americans Outdoors. In 1987, the report recommended that all Americans […]

Caballero Canyon – Gizmo Peak Loop – Sol Y Luna for Lunch

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. We'll take the Dinosaur Egg Trail to Mulholland, head up […]

Leo Carrillo State Park to Nicholas Flat – Lunch at Spruzzo

Leo Carrillo State Park 35000 W. Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, CA, US

Don't forget to join our Facebook Group. Join here The Nicholas Flat Trail in Leo Carrillo State Park is unique in the way it connects the mountains with the sea. […]

From the Sea to the Real Mesa Peak

Malibu Seafood Fresh Fish Market and Patio Café 25653 Pacific Coast Hwy, Malibu, CA

View the hike report Many hiking groups promise to take you to Mesa Peak but they never do. That's because they have confused their peaks and take you to the […]

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