Hike, Backpack, Climb, Travel with Wilderness Travel Course

Come join us as we hike the entire Backbone Trail (67 miles) in eight hikes over four consecutive weekend Saturdays and Sundays. Our first Backbone Trail hike in the Santa Monica Mountains will be 10 miles with 2000 elevation gain on the BBT from the start at Will Rogers Park. We will first hike up to Inspiration Point then along Rodgers Road past Temescal Peak. Then we will leave the BBT taking the Temescal Ridge Trail for 3 miles to our car shuttle point at the Skull Rock Trailhead. Bring water, snacks, sunscreen, and a good attitude. Rain, excessive heat, or Red Flag alert cancels.

This is a Sierra Club hike, so participants must sign in, carry their medical form, and hike between the leader and sweep. The Sierra Club medical form is available at ttps://tinyurl.com/ycy985mt. We ask you to print it out and carry it with you, but the form will be available at the trailhead as well.

TRAILHEAD LOCATION: We will meet initially at 8:00 AM at the Skull Rock Trailhead near the corner of Via Las Palmas and Via La Costa in Pacific Palisades. From PCH take Sunset then left on Palisades Drive, drive 3.5 miles then continue onto Chastain Parkway going 0.5 miles to a right on Via Las Palmas past a small traffic circle and then left into the trailhead parking area.

CAR SHUTTLE: From the Skull Rock Trailhead, we will car shuttle 8 miles down Palisades Drive and then across Sunset Boulevard to the start at Will Rogers State Park.

CHANGED to bypass Topanga Canyon Landslide
Our second Wilderness Adventures Section Backbone Trail hike in the Santa Monica Mountains will be 7 miles on the BBT with 1000 elevation gain from Top of Reseda to Trippet Ranch. We will start at the Top of Reseda Trailhead and hike to beyond Hub Junction to the intersection where we took the Temescal Ridge Trail on the first Backbone Trail leg. We will than turn around and take the BBT past Hub and Eagle Junctions to Musch Camp finishing at Trippet State Park, our car shuttle point.
This is a one-way shuttle hike. Meet at Trippet Ranch parking lot before 8:00 AM. It is recommended not to take PCH to Trippet Ranch unless you know the landslide has been cleared. Instead take 101 to Topanga Canyon Boulevard then 7 miles south on Topanga Canyon Boulevard to Entrada Road, 1 mile, 2 left turns to lot). Park free on Entrada Road and walk in or in lot (fee, or free with appropriate parking permit). From the meeting point at Trippet Ranch, we will car shuttle 15 miles up Topanga Canyon Boulevard then across to Reseda Boulevard to the Top of Reseda Trailhead.
Bring water, snacks, sunscreen, and a good attitude. Rain, excessive heat, or Red Flag alert cancels.

This is a Sierra Club hike, so participants must sign in and hike between the leader and sweep. Please print out the Sierra Club medical form and bring it with you. Copies of the form will be available to fill out at the trailhead as well or you can download the form here. https://tinyurl.com/ycy985mt.

TRAILHEAD LOCATION: Meet at Trippet Ranch parking lot at 8:00 AM. Take PCH to Topanga Canyon Boulevard, North 4 miles to Entrada Road, 1 mile, 2 left turns to lot; or 7 mi S of 101/Ventura Freeway on Topanga Canyon Boulevard to Entrada Road). Park free on Entrada Road and walk in or in lot (fee, or free with appropriate parking permit).

CAR SHUTTLE: From the meeting point at Trippet Ranch, we will car shuttle 12 miles down Topanga Canyon Boulevard to PCH and then up Palisades Park to the Skull Rock Trailhead.