Name: Tapo Canyon Open Space- a Gentler Hike
Start: 2013-03-14T10:00:00-07:00
End: 2013-03-14T13:00:00-07:00
Location: Starbucks

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Tapo Canyon Open Space is quickly becoming a local favorite, having been reopened recently after recovering from fire damage. The regular group will be blazing this trail for the first time Tuesday, and we'll follow in their wake with a gentler version.

We'll be threading our way through ranchland and canyons between Lost Canyons Golf Course and Chivo Canyon on the northside of Simi Valley. After a warm up stroll through shady groves filled with woodpeckers and California scrub jays (known locally as blue jays), the wide trail rises, then descends into Chivo Canyon. We'll stop at a thin stream and gaze into the canyon, thankful we won't be making the climb along the mountain that the regulars are doing, before turning back the way we came.

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The hike is approximately 5 miles long, with 700' of elevation gain broken into two ascents (out and back).

The parking area is small, and the early portion of the hike is becoming popular with mommies, runners, and dog walkers, so we'll meet down the street in front of Starbucks (in the mall, near the movie theater), and carpool to the trailhead. Be on time- ready to carpool at 10. Parking is free.

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Directions:

Exit the 118 in Simi Valley at Tapo Canyon Rd. If coming from the Valley, drive straight through the light at the bottom of the ramp and enter the shopping center. Starbucks is ahead and to your right.

If coming from Moorpark, exit at Tapo Canyon Rd and turn left at the bottom of the ramp. Take the first left, into the shopping center, and Starbucks is ahead and to your right.

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IMPORTANT, PLEASE READ BELOW IN ITS ENTIRETY:

The hike host is a volunteer and not responsible for the group. Safety should be a priority for everyone in the group. Please treat this meet-up as hiking with a group of friends. If you become fatigued and unable to continue the hike, it is expected you will advise the hike host of this and return to our starting point on your own. If you are able to proceed, it is expected that you will maintain line of sight with other members of the group at all times and help to promote the group’s safety and fitness goals.

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