Outings Reports

Led by Nancy Beverly and Heidi Lennartz By Nancy Beverly For our easy Franklin Canyon jaunt, we met early to beat the heat — August had been a scorcher. Forecasters had predicted August 30 to be “only” 90 degrees at…
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By Jeff Johnson Recent news has been full of disastrous floods and debris flows. Reading the local news farther down the page, you may have noticed articles and videos about less drastic high water threatening coastal Long Beach. Our most…
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Led by Nancy Beverly and Leslie Brygart by Nancy Beverly We’d been having a lot of June gloom lately, but luckily the weather gods were with us for our sunset moonrise hike up Westridge on June 27. There was so…
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Led by Jeff Johnson and Nancy Beverly story and photos by Jeff Johnson This hike was on various trails and use trails in parkland south of Woodland Hills, adjacent to the Santa Monica Mountains. The trails all show up on…
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Led by Jennifer Dooley and Mary Pickert by Nancy Beverly Three Points to Cloudburst Summit has become one of my fav hikes — thank you, Jen for leading it again, and thank you, Mary, for sweeping. It turned out to…
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Led by Tom Molloy and Jeff Johnson By Jeff JohnsonPhotos from Jeff Johnson except as noted It was nice to return to Nicholas Flat in Malibu when so many Spring wildflowers were in bloom, and the views as impressive as…
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Led by Nancy Beverly and Leslie Brygart By Nancy Beverly and Jeff Johnson Perfect weather in the Verdugos on April 18th, not too hot, not too chilly. We could see for miles and miles from the two relatively unfamiliar viewpoints…
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Led by Tom Molloy and Jeff Johnson By Jeff Johnson If you have been a local L.A. hiker, you have probably been to Solstice Canyon in Malibu several times. You probably remember the road/trail from the parking lot to the…
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