BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Xylus Themes//Easy Events Calendar//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Hump Day Hike! Hondo Canyon\, Fossil Ridge &\; Topanga Lookout X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2d3bb0466c0874a2a2bbb42273ba18a6@dev.hikingwithdean.com DTSTAMP:20261108T023014Z DTSTART:20131106T170000Z DTEND:20131106T200000Z SUMMARY:Hump Day Hike! Hondo Canyon\, Fossil Ridge &\; Topanga Lookout ATTACH:https://hwdmedia.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/19135008/120807_image_600_497276533.png IMAGE;VALUE=URI;DISPLAY=BADGE;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hwdmedia.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/19135008/120807_image_600_497276533.png DESCRIPTION:http://photos3.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/6/f/6/6/event_16828518.jpeg\\n\\n\\n\\nAnother spectacular section of the Backbone Trail\, this hike includes staggering views of pink colored sedimentary rock formations\, beautifully shaded live oak\, streams and a sloping green meadow. At the top we will see many fossils in the sandstone. This is one of the shadier sections of the backbone trail. We'll take a snack break atop the old Topanga Lookout where we can lay around and work on our tan.\\n\\n\\n\\nThis is a moderate-to-strenuous 10 mile hike with about 2000 ft elevation gain.\\n\\n\\n\\nHighlights include the sedimentary rock formations known as the Sespe Formation\, Hondo canyon's pink "V" gourge (we'll take a short side-trip into the gorge)\, Topanga Lookout and the Bragg home in the Bay Tree Woodland. (Paul C. Bragg was a pioneer in the health food movement in California. He was the inspiration and teacher for later healthy living teachers like Jack LaLanne. His abandoned vacation cabin was here until 1993 when it burned).\\n\\n\\n\\nhttp://photos4.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/8/2/d/event_6782093.jpeg\\n\\n\\n\\nThere will be a post hike lunch at Pat's Topanga Grill. BYOB (http://www.topangaonline.com/pats/)\\n\\n\\n\\nhttp://photos2.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/5/3/7/e/highres_1461374.jpeg\\n\\n\\n\\nhttp://photos3.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/c/c/0/8/event_75592232.jpeg\\n\\n\\n\\nDirections:\\n\\n\\n\\nMeet at backbone trailhead on south side of Old Topanga Road\, 1/4 mile west of Topanga Canyon. Main trailhead parking is on south side of street. There is some additional parking in small turnouts along either side of Old Topanga\, especially toward Topanga\\n\\n\\n\\nWhen parking on the main turnout please park perpendicular to squeeze im the most cars LOCATION:BBT - Hondo Canyon\, 405 Old Topanga Canyon Rd URL:https://dev.hikingwithdean.com/eec-event/hump-day-hike-hondo-canyon-fossil-ridge-topanga-lookout/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR