NOTE: THIS LIST ONLY CONTAINS FREE HIKES IN
WILD NATURE IN L.A. AND VENTURA COUNTIES.
HOWEVER, THE GOOGLE CALENDAR AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE CONTAINS HIKES FROM
MEETUP GROUPS IN ALL OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
REX’S HIKE FOR THE WEEK:
Wed. 6:30pm West Ballona Wetlands and City lights
view--and garlic-fest Dinner at Alejo's
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Tuesday, April 30
9:00am Topanga Ridge up, Stunt High Trail down
4:45pm Conditioning walk along Paseo del Mar
5:15pm Griffith
Park--Mother's Day All
Month Hikes
5:30pm PM Bag: Topanga Ridge Rumble! (Fast-Paced
Conditioning Hike)
5:45pm Hastings
Peak - via Mt Wilson
Trail fast paced 8 miles - 3100' of gain
5:45pm Sunset
Peak Sunset Hike.. 7.2 Mi
1300 G/L—Glendora Ridge
6:00pm Weekly Mt McCoy Hike
6:30pm 6 mile - Signal Hill Evening Hike
6:30pm Griffith
Park Discovery Hike @ Los
Feliz
6:45pm Griffith
Park Hike from Ranger
Station with Sierra Club
6:45pm Griffith
Park--Tuesday Night
Trailblaze
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Wednesday, May 1
4:45pm Conditioning walk along Paseo del Mar
5:30pm Mad Ken's Humpday Hike/Three Peaks of Ladyface
with a Brasserie finish
5:45pm A SHORT LITTLE JAUNT TO BEAR FLAT 4.75M, 1200G
ALL LEVELS, DOGGIES WELCOME—Mt Baldy area
5:45pm Mid-week Getaway/Las Virgenes Trail to Cheseboro
Ridge Loop (about 6.0 miles)
6:00pm Echo Mountain 261 - May Day is Lei Day
6:30pm West Ballona Wetlands and City lights view--and
garlic-fest Dinner at Alejo's
6:45pm HIKING/TRAIL RUNNING: Wildwood Canyon
Cardio Workout
6:45pm Wednesday Night Hike - Griffith Park
6:45pm Weekly Urban Hike in Ventura
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Thursday, May 2
8:30am Chumash Trail E/Simi - Thurs Hike, May 2nd -
Meet 8:30 AM
4:30pm Mount Baldy #49 - Late Week Ascent
4:45pm Conditioning walk along Paseo del Mar
5:30pm PM Bag: Saddle Peak
Via Stunt High Trail! (Fast-Paced Conditioning Hike)
5:30pm 10,000 Steps Evening Hike
6:00pm WORK WEEK BLUES CHASER YAY! Thousand Oaks
6:30pm 6 mile - Signal Hill Evening Hike
6:30pm Verdugo Mtns: Hostetter Fire Road
6:30pm Rancho Palos
Verdes
6:45pm Griffith
Park--HIKING/TRAIL RUNNING: Mt. Hollywood
Cardio Workout - "Newcomers"
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Friday, May 3
5:30am TTTHBWB (Timber, Telegraph, Thunder, Hardwood,
Baldy and West Baldy)
9:00am Ojai: Ventura River Preserve Oso trail loop
9:00am Visit Falling Rock
Canyon and peaks (Sugarloaf, Ontario)
7:00pm Friday
Griffith Park
Hike from Ranger Station
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Saturday, May 4
6:30am Bighorn, Ontario
and Sugarloaf Peaks
Loop...Advanced Hike
6:45am First
Mountain of Summer Hikes:
Chantry Flat-Mt.Wilson (Level 3+: Strenuous)
7:00am Peakbagger Conditioning: Baldy For Brunch!
7:30am Crystal Lake to Mt. Hawkins
and South Mt. Hawkins
7:30am Havasupai Warm-Up: Upper Devils Cyn Overnighter
8:00am -~Deer
Park Hike~-Monrovia
8:00am Bridge to Nowhere Hike
8:00am Cape Horn
Canyon Exploratory—North of Azusa
8:00am HIKE THE NEW OPEN SPACE in Quigley Canyon.
9:00am Doggy Hike
9:00am (Trekker Series 4) Circle X Ranch - The Grotto Falls
9:00am Santa Ynez Canyon Loop
(Topanga)
9:00am The Forbidden Hideaway - Griffith Park
9:00am Urban Hike in Silver Lake/Secret Stairs and the
Alcove Cafe Too!
2:15pm Waterfalls Trail (mostly dry) @ Trippet Ranch
3:15pm Sycamore canyon to the beach
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Sunday, May 5
6:00am Mt Baldy from the Village - Backpacker Training
- 12 miles RT/6,000 ft gain
6:30am 2,000-member/Cinco de Mayo fiesta, hike and BBQ
-- an easier option-Chantry Flat
6:30am 2,000-member/Cinco de Mayo fiesta, hike and BBQ.
11.5m, 2,300ft, moderate pace-Chantry Flat
9:30am Charlton Flats/Mt Vetter
11:00am Easy paced hike through the Palisades Highlands
on Santa Ynez Canyon Trail.
11:00am Hike to a shipwreck—San Pedro
3:30pm Temescal
Canyon Hike
4:00pm Griffith
Park--Sunday Evening
Hike!
5:30pm PM Bag: PCH To Nicholas Flat! (Fast-Paced
Conditioning Hike)
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Monday, May 6
9:00am CanĂ£da Larga
5:00pm Monday evenings at Chantry Flat
6:00pm LETS DO A SAND WALK ON MONDAY
6:45pm Monday Evening Hike in Ventura