Garden of the Gods and Santa Susana Pass hike and rock play

6 mile hike with rock play at two off-trail play areas; 500 feet elevation gain.
Possibility of poison oak to be avoided at the second rock play area. I will point it out.

DETAILS: We will start at Garden of the Gods park (site of the Iverson movie ranch where lots of shoot em up westerns were filmed), and climb a few boulders. Then we will cross Santa Susana Pass Road and enter the State Park onto the El Camino Nuevo trail. I might point out the Manson Family Cave for those who remember the 1960's. (As someone once told me, "if you remember the '60s, you weren't there"). Anyway...

POST HIKE DINNER: at the Country Deli located at Topanga canyon blvd and Lassen street

a video of Garden of the Gods:

https://youtu.be/9FvPpbFl-sg ( https://youtu.be/9FvPpbFl-sg )

TRAIL MAP: https://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/611/files/SantaSusanaPassSHPWeb2016.pdf ( https://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/611/files/SantaSusanaPassSHPWeb2016.pdf )

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Directions: Garden of the Gods is located in Chatsworth on Redmesa Drive/Road near the intersection of Santa Susana Pass Road and Topanga Canyon Blvd. (The street sign calls it Redmesa Drive. Google maps calls it Redmesa Road. SAME ROAD!) RedMesa turns north off Santa Susana Pass Road approximately 2,000 feet west of Topanga Canyon Blvd. The 118 Freeway/Topanga Canyon Blvd. interchange is less than one half mile from the site.

Parking: Street parking is available on Redmesa. BRING LUNCH, THREE LITERS OF WATER, SNACKS, HIKING SHOES, A HAT, etc

LEGAL STUFF: by going on this hike, you agree to assume all risks of this hike, and that no one at Meetup including the organizer is responsible for your safety. See the Meetup terms of service especially paragraph 6.2:

https://www.meetup.com/terms/ ( https://www.meetup.com/terms/ )