Discussion With Sara Wan at 7:00 am Hike at 7:15 Sara WanTrailhead

Sara Wan is currently the Executive Director of the Western Alliance for Nature, a Malibu based land conservancy (www.wanconservancy.org). The Wan Conservancy works throughout both North and South America to help protect and preserve biodiversity and important habitat. Sara Wan is the former Chair of the California Coastal Commission having served on the Commission for 15 years, and also a former member of the Boards of the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, the State Coastal Conservancy and the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission. The Sara Wan Trailhead is named after Sara in recognition of the years of her dedication to the protection of the California coast and public access to it. She will talk to us about the importance of the Santa Monica Mountain ecosystem.
We are proud to have her as our sponser, and excited to announce a discussion on May 16th just prior to the hike. She will speak for 15 minutes and we will hike the trail at 7:15. So you can choose to listen to discussion, join in or come after for the hike. Please share and invite your friends
Address: 25623 Pacific Coast Highway

The parking lot at Malibu Seafood, or park on P.C.H. The Sara Wan Trailhead at Corral Canyon provides easy access to regionally significant 1000-acre Corral Canyon Park in Malibu on Pacific Coast Highway between Malibu Canyon and Kanan Dume Roads. The trailhead provides parking, picnic areas, restrooms, educational displays, sitting benches, and seasonal access to L.A. County-operated Dan Blocker State Beach. A 2.5-mile-long hiking trail leads into the last undeveloped canyon that flows freely to the ocean. The trail climbs through pristine wilderness to the Puerco Canyon watershed divide and provides spectacular ocean and mountain views. The views improve, both up canyon and down, as the trail climbs to its highest elevation of 525 feet at the north end of the loop. The trail then makes a U turn heading-south to what is labeled on the map as an overlook. There is a nice view up and down the coast from this shelf on the ridge, 1.5-miles from the bottom of the loop. The turnoff also connects to a footpath that makes a straight shot up the ridge toward Puerco Motorway and Mesa Peak. Step out and enjoy the view here, then return to the trail. It then descends onto an ancient marine terrace with native bunch grasses. Along this route, the hiker passes through coastal sage scrub, coastal bluff native grassland, and the riparian corridor of Corral Creek with its alder, coast live oak, California sycamore, and willow trees. A pocket of coastal salt marsh is located where the creek meets the Pacific Coast Highway bridge. An MTA bus stop is located at the entrance to the park. Address: 25623 Pacific Coast Highway

Join Us! If you have questions please feel free to contact me! Bring water and appropriate shoes (sneakers, hiking boots) http://lamountains.com/parks.asp?parkid=4