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  • Los Padres – Easy Intermediate

    Los Padres Trailhead 15 Los Padres Drive, Thousand Oaks, CA, US

    3.5 miles, 600' gain, Easy Intermediate Easy Option: 2.4 miles, 285' gain, Fit Beginner We enter the Los Padres trail through a spooky oak covered section, then move through until we come to a dead end. We'll turn right, and continue climbing up. We'll come to another junction, where we'll turn right onto the Los […]

  • Santa Paula Canyon to Punchbowls

    Domelands Trailhead Turnoff Sweeny Pass Road, Ocotillo, CA, United States

    DETAILS: · Hike leader volunteer(s): Dave. · Meet: Trail head to the left of St. Thomas Aquinas College entrance. · Distance: ~ 10 Miles total (out and back style) · […]

  • Exploring Caves – Hike at Aliso and Wood Canyons Park

    Canyon View Staging Area 22124 Utility Access, Aliso Viejo, CA, US

    We are going to be starting at the Canyon View Staging Area. This hike is roughly 7 miles with relatively low elevation gain. The expectation is to definitely make it to Cave Rock and Dripping Cave. Hopefully we see animals too! Link to Parking from Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Canyon+View+Staging+Area/@33.585273,-117.7465062,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x80dce61b6bd45c2d:0x5ef3f1ad687cc8b5!8m2!3d33.585273!4d-117.7443175 Dogs are not allowed at this park. […]

  • Saturdays in the Santa Monica Mountains 2025 #2 – Mugu Peak

    Chumash Trailhead - Pacific Coast Highway Naval Air Station Point Mugu, CA, United States

    Join us on our second hike in the 2025 Saturday in the Santa Monicas series to Mugu Peak (1266'), an invigorating 8-miles, 1800' gain lollipop hike. We will start with […]

  • Caballero Canyon – Gizmo Peak Loop

    Caballero Canyon 4002 Reseda Bl, Tarzana, CA, US

    Topanga State Park remains closed but I will take you about as close as you can get by tracing the northern boundary with perhaps a view of some of the fire damage. So, join us for a short but heart-pounding hike through the old stomping grounds of Edgar Rice Burroughs in Caballero Canyon. We'll take […]

  • Santa Rosa ~ Gentler Intermediate

    Wendy Trailhead Newbury Park, CA, United States

    The Santa Rosa Trail makes up the backbone of this area because of the access it gives to both Wildwood Park and the Santa Rosa Valley which runs 3.7 miles from Mesa Trail in Wildwood Park, up Mount Clef Ridge and on to CLU and Conejo Valley YMCA. This is a 6 mile tadpole-shape hike […]

  • Intermediate Hike ~ Palo Comado / Cheseboro Loop via Ranch Center trail

    Trailhead Sunnycrest and Doubletree, Oak Park, CA, US

    We’ll do a loop around the northeastern regions of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area and the Las Virgenes Open Space. This area traverses many ecosystems, including riparian, chaparral, […]

 

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