Led by Jeff Johnson and Beth Epstein Photo above: At our lunch stop on Islip Ridge, standing in rainbow order. By Jeff Johnson, story and photos Our hike started at the familiar Windy Gap Trailhead parking lot in the Crystal…
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led by Jeff Bates and Jeff Johnson By Jeff Johnson We were not sure when we started this Santa Monica Mountains hike whether we would be hitting the peak bloom there or whether we would even be able to do…
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Led by Tom Molloy and Jen Dooley Photo above: Stopping to take pictures of the poppies and phacelia blooming by the trail. By Tom Molloy April 8th was an auspicious day as this same hike scheduled months earlier was cancelled…
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Led by Susan Campo and Jeff Bates Photo above: In a slot canyon off the Amargosa River Valley. By Jeff Johnson Way back in Spring 2020, Susan arranged a multi day desert hiking trip near the Amargosa River in the Mojave…
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led by Jeff Johnson and Carol Jeffcoate Photo above: Finding the location of stars in the evening sky over Hilltop Park in Signal Hill. By Jeff Johnson, story and photos We went on our more-or-less regular route wandering over and…
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Led by Tom Molloy and Jeff Johnson Photo above: A circumhorizon arc appearing over the hills above the Palo Comado Trail on Earth Day. By Jeff Johnson, story and photos The trails we walked on in Agoura Hills took us…
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Led by Kirk Olsen and Jeff Johnson Photo above: The easternmost San Bernardino peaks under clouds, and the Whitewater River – the view from our lunch spot on Saturday. By Jeff Johnson, story and photos Mission Creek is the Wildlands…
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by Nancy BeverlyPhoto above: Group shot where the trails meet and we headed west to the group camp. Photo Nancy Beverly. Ten years have gone by since the last GLS anniversary celebration and here are the opening lines from my…
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By Jeff BatesPhoto above: GLS hikers in Malibu Creek State Park. Photo Nancy Beverly. Jeff Bates’s and Gail Wise’s February 4 hike in Malibu Creek State Park took place on a beautiful and sunny day. The original plan was to…
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By Jeff JohnsonPhoto above: At Mt. Lee, looking southeast past the Hollywood sign toward Los Angeles. Photo Jeff Johnson. Like many GLS hikers, I have hiked in the eastern part of Griffith Park many times, to Mt. Hollywood and to…
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