This Saturday CSSA invites you for hiking at Santa Ynez Falls
Dear CSSA members,
The Southern California is finally extinguished now! We should go out and take a deep breath of the nature! This Saturday (November 17th, 2007) CSSA invites you for hiking at Santa Ynez Falls. It will be a great adventure!
This is a great hike into the dense and somewhat wild Santa Ynez Canyon. Just as you begin to descend the Santa Ynez trail, look to the left at a grassy knoll. Its not unusual to see deer feeding. A little further down the trail are some neat sandstone formations you can climb up on for a dramatic view of the mountains and ocean.
The last couple of hundred yards to the waterfall requires some climbing over boulders and one large slippery boulder has a rope to help you over. Once at the waterfall, the brave of heart can climb up a step face, with the assistance of a rope left in place, to get to the top of the falls. The shear walls of the deep cut canyon are quite spectacular.
Highlights: Waterfall, dense woods, grassy knolls, mountain views
Distance: 6 miles round trip
Elevation Gain: 1000 ft
Difficulty: Strenuous
Time: 11/17/2007
Near: Topanga, CA
For a detailed description of this trail, check the website:
http://www.localhikes.com/HikeData.asp?DispType=0&ActiveHike=9&GetHikesStateID=1&ID=4022
NOTE:
It's a trip of about 3 hours. You may be worn out, but you will find it's worthy and satisfying. Bring your own food for lunch. BRING ENOUGH WATER! It might be cool in the morning but hot in the afternoon. And hiking equipment are preferred, at least sport shoes.
Local weather:
http://www.weather.com/weather/local/90290
Trailhead: From Topanga Canyon Boulevard, turn east on Entrada Road; that's to the left if you are coming from the San Fernando Valley. Follow Entrada Road by turning left at every opportunity until you arrive at Topanga State Park. The trailhead is at the end of the parking lot. (Lat:34.0928 Lon:-118.58707)
Transportation:
CSSA highly encourage our participants to volunteer as drivers.
Each carpool passenger needs to pay the volunteer driver $3.
CSSA will try to arrange carpool for those who do not drive.
The carpool will be assigned on a first-sign-up-first-serve basis. Carpool may NOT be guaranteed for every registrant in case that we do not have enough volunteer drivers.
Carpool pick-up:
Location: Westwood turn-around between Eng IV and parking lot 6
Time: 9:00am, Sat. 11/17/07 (so that we can arrive at the resort around 9:30am and start hiking around 10:00am).
Registration:
Please send an email to cssa.ucla.hiking@gmail.com and include
1) title as "11/17/07 hiking"
2) your name
3) # of people in your group
4) contact phone # (cell phone preferred)
5) whether you can be a driver and how many people you can take
6) whether you need pick-up
Registration Deadline: 11/15/07 Thursday 10:00 pm, Cancellation before 11/16/07 12:00pm.
Registrants will be notified via email about carpool arrangements and hiking preparation tips.
CSSA-UCLA Committee
11/12/2007
