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SEE WHAT A LOT OF RAIN DOES TO OUR LOCAL WATERFALL PARADISE!

WHERE: Circle X ranch, in the western Santa Monica Mountains

PHOTOS:
http://rexhikes.blogspot.com/2016/01/waterfall-wonderland-below-sandstone.html
https://goo.gl/photos/ShdtRzphp5abLn9ZA

NOTE: BECAUSE THIS HIKE GETS REALLY POPULAR IN WATERFALL SEASON, WE ARE LIMITED TO 50 HIKERS MAXIMUM, AND CAR-POOLING IS MANDATORY--THE RANGERS GET A BIT CRANKY IF WE PACK THEIR PARKING LOT. WE ARE LIMITED TO 12 CARS.

Park in the lot with the sign saying "Sandstone Peak trailhead".

DRIVING TIME: Typically it takes an hour and a half from downtown or west L.A to get here (or an hour from the San Fernando valley)

We will first pass a series of cascading mini falls. Then we will connect with the Grotto trail, and cross a much bigger waterfall. Soon, to our left,we will see falls #2 and 3. Then when we hit the canyon bottom and an old campground, we are really close to the grotto.
The Grotto is really cool because this is a 20 foot underground waterfall, located in a room under a giant boulder in the canyon.

POST HIKE optional dinner at Neptune's Net (located at PCH and Yerba Buena Road)

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