LA Hiking & More
Bronson Caves (BAT CAVES) and to the Hollywood Sign! This is an awesome hike that goes all the way up to the Hollywoodsign. Fast hike should be able to complete the hike in 90 minutes. Ifslower, it may take 2 hours or so. DIRECTIONS:From the 5 South, take the Los Feliz Avenue WEST exit.Take Los […]
Hiking up Mt. Lowe trail in Altadena/Pasadena is a journey letting a hiker’s imagination grasp history in the San Gabriel Mountains over 100 years ago. Hikers can access the narrow, 2-foot trail at the top of Lake Avenue, almost 3 miles north of the 210 freeway. Parking is available on either side of Lake Avenue […]
The Mount Hollywood Trail takes you to the top of Mount Hollywood and offers commanding views of the San Fernando Valley, the Los Angeles Basin, and the San Gabriel Mountains. The trail also includes Dante’s View, a terraced two-acre garden planted by Dante Orgolini in the 1960s, Cahuenga Peak with the Lone Surviving Tree of […]
This is a very personal hike for me.. I did this hike many times at ages 6-14. I grew up at the top of this cyn. on Barrymore Drive and would have a photo of it but it burned down 2 yrs ago. My dad is re-building now. You can see the photo where I […]
At first, when you turn inland off Pacific Coast Highway onto Busch Drive by Zuma Canyon, the canyon looks like many others in the Santa Monica Mountains: huge haciendas perched on precipitous slopes. But the road winds up to a dead end with parking at the beginning of the trail. Hike for Zuma Loop is […]
The most amazing skis these days!!! This is from my house in Montrose.
BAILEY CANYON WILDERNESS PARK TRAIL TO MT. WILSON From Bailey Canyon Wilderness Park to Jones Peak summit is 6.6 miles round trip with a2,275′ gain; return via Mt. Wilson Trail is 8 miles round trip with 2,500′ gain. When the light is right and the air is clean, the purple mountains beckon with the sweet […]
Los Liones Cyn Hike in Topanga. This is a great hike, the first mile is in canopy and then you come into a great view of the ocean and LA. Not a strenuous hike and there were nice people around. We only went the 3.5 miles to the Parker Mesa Overlook, 7 miles round trip, […]
Chantry Flats Loop – Mt Zion, Sturtevant Falls Number 27.. Mt Wilson, Altadena. 9 miles each way; 4500′ elevation gain. In 1864 Benjamin Wilson built the first trail (named after him Mt. Wilson). 1889 it was a four foot wide toll-trail for .50 a rider, .25 per hiker. In 1912 it was used as the […]