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  • Learn Rock Skills & Meet the Legendary Lynn Hill

    Red Box Angeles National Forest, CA, United States

    December 6-8, 2024 (registration link at the bottom) ClimbSmart is the largest gathering of climbers at Joshua Tree, and is owned and managed by Friends Of Joshua Tree (501 c3, founded 1991). Now in its 29th year, this event kicks off the climbing season in Joshua Tree with education and stewardship as the primary pillars, […]

  • Hike to the Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall – Gabrieleno Trail

    JPL Riparian Zone Explorer Rd, Altadena, CA, US

    This hike is so cool! It's a good distance with little elevation gain and it is beautiful. This hike will take us to the Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall. The hike is an out and back at around 8 miles total with 750 ft. of elevation gain, so not steep! This area of the Angeles National […]

  • Wilderness Access Day – Limestone Canyon – **Must sign up on LetsGoOutside.org

    Augustine Staging Area Santiago Cyn Rd, Orange, CA, US

    I'm so excited for another Wilderness Open Access Day at Limestone Canyon. We will be doing the out and back trail to the Sinks. The hike will be about 8 miles with roughly 800 ft. of elevation gain. **You must sign up here: https://letsgooutside.org/activities/2024/12/07/wilderness-access-day-limestone-canyon-59/ At the time of posting, there are 189 spots left of […]

  • Saturdays in the Santa Monica Mountains 2024 #12 – Griffith Park Peaklets

    Griffith Park Merry-Go-Round 4730 Crystal Springs Dr, Los Angeles, CA, US

    Hike #12 in the 2024 Saturday in the Santa Monica Mountains series, will be an adventurous 11-mile, 3000’ hiked from Burbank Peak to Beacon Hill passing by Bee Rock, the Hollywood Sign, Dante’s View, and the Old Zoo. Peaklets, rocks, and hills include Bee Rock (1056’), Taco Peak (1572'), Mt. Bell (1587’), Baby Bell (1570’), […]

  • Eagle Rock the Hard (and Most Scenic) Way

    Trippet Ranch 20825 Entrada Road, Topanga, CA, US

    Eagle Rock, the most impressive landmark in all of Topanga State Park, will afford us an airy perch overlooking the upper watershed of Santa Ynez Canyon and the ocean beyond. We will snack and explore on this impressive sandstone rock covered with crevices and caves. We'll be going a different route than most of you […]

  • Ventura Winter Wine Walk

    Winchesters Grill & Saloon 632 E Main St, Ventura, CA, US

    Many of us from this group will attend this event. In the past, the Ventura Wine Walks have been a really incredible time! The festival takes place along 4 blocks of Main St., between N. Fir St and S. Palm St. { TRAIN OPTIONS - travel via the train } Link to Amtrak The train […]

  • SUNDAY in the Santa Monica Mountains 2024 #12 – Griffith Park Peaklets

    Griffith Park Merry-Go-Round 4730 Crystal Springs Dr, Los Angeles, CA, US

    Sunday identical alternative outing added to reduce Saturday numbers. Hike #12 in the 2024 Saturday in the Santa Monica Mountains series, will be an adventurous 11-mile, 3000’ hiked from Burbank Peak to Beacon Hill passing by Bee Rock, the Hollywood Sign, Dante’s View, and the Old Zoo. Peaklets, rocks, and hills include Bee Rock (1056’), […]

  • Hike at Newport Back Bay

    Upper Newport Bay Nature Preserve 2301 University Dr, Newport Beach, CA, US

    Let's hike at the Back Bay in Newport. We will be doing about 5 miles. It will be an out and back. A lot of the trail is asphalt. You can wear hiking or running shoes. There is a Upper Newport Back Bay Nature Preserve parking lot right off University Dr. and Irvine Ave. (See […]

 

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