⛰️ CABALLERO CANYON & RESEDA LOOP ADVENTURE!!! 🌲🥾🌄

⛰️ CABALLERO CANYON & RESEDA LOOP ADVENTURE!!! 🌲🥾🌄

🗓️ DATE: Sunday, May 4, 2025
⏰ MEET TIME: 9:00 AM
🚶‍♂️ HIKE STARTS PROMPTLY: 9:15 AM
📏 DISTANCE: 3.8 miles
📈 ELEVATION GAIN: 836 feet
⏳ ESTIMATED DURATION: Approximately 1 hour 58 minutes
🔄 HIKE TYPE: Loop Trail
⚡ DIFFICULTY: Moderate

📍 MEETING LOCATION: Caballero Canyon Trailhead — Street Parking Available
Coordinates: 34.14278° N, 118.54103° W
Closest City: Tarzana, CA

Please plan to arrive a little early to allow time for parking and check-in! We will start the hike promptly at 9:15 AM.

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🥾 TRAIL DESCRIPTION:

We’re excited to kick off a thrilling morning adventure on the newly reopened Caballero Canyon and Reseda Loop Trail! ✨

This beautiful trail highlights the natural canyon beauty unique to Southern California’s landscapes. Starting with a peaceful trek alongside Caballero Creek, hikers will experience an immersive canyon environment lined with wild plants, creek beds, and towering canyon walls. 🌿🌊

As we ascend, the trail gently inclines and rewards hikers with stunning vistas of Topanga State Park and the San Fernando Valley. 🏔️ The higher we go, the more sweeping the views — a photographer’s dream!

The trail also offers rich opportunities for wildlife viewing, including hawks overhead, rabbits among the brush, and colorful spring wildflowers brightening the slopes. 🦅🐇🌸

While this is rated a moderate hike, the pace will be friendly, with plenty of time to enjoy the journey, soak in the beauty, and capture some epic moments! 📸✨

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🧢 WHAT TO BRING:
• Water (minimum 1–2 liters) 💧
• Comfortable trail shoes or hiking boots 🥾
• Snacks or light refreshments 🍎🥜
• Sun protection: Hat, sunscreen, sunglasses 🧴🕶️
• Light jacket or layers (morning temperatures may be cool) 🧥
• Trekking poles (optional but helpful) 🦯
• Positive attitude and team spirit! 🌟❤️

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⚠️ LIABILITY DISCLAIMER (Including Guests):
• By attending this event, you acknowledge and accept that hiking involves inherent risks, including but not limited to slips, falls, dehydration, exposure to wildlife, and other potential hazards.
• Patrick Chun and Happy Feet Hikers are NOT professional or paid guides. We are volunteers offering a social, community-based hiking experience.
• All participants and their guests are fully responsible for their own safety, health, and belongings throughout the hike.
• By participating (or having your guest participate), you and your guests agree to waive, release, and hold harmless Patrick Chun, Happy Feet Hikers, and any volunteer organizers from any liability, claims, demands, or causes of action for injury, loss, or damages, whether occurring before, during, or after the hike.
• Participation is entirely voluntary and at your own risk.

Note: If you are bringing a guest, it is your responsibility to inform them of these terms prior to the event.

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📸 PHOTOGRAPHY NOTICE:

Photos and videos may be taken during the hike to document the experience and share within our group community.
By attending, you consent to your image potentially appearing in group photos, online albums, or social media posts.
If you prefer not to be photographed, please kindly let the organizer know before we begin.

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🎉 LET’S MAKE IT A MEMORABLE ADVENTURE!!! 🎉

Bring your happy spirit, your adventurous heart, and your happy feet!!! ❤️👣
We look forward to sharing an incredible day of connection, fresh air, and canyon magic with you all!!!

See you on the trail!!!