Lets twist (hike) again like we did last year - Chubby Checker. The pic is from the top of Chumash trail on Dec 11, 2025 @ 19:00:25 Thank you Jimbo WhereAmEye (Tall Mark) has been doing this hike up the Chumash Trail in Simi Valley every Thursday night since the Jurassic Period, and he'll be...
3.5 miles, 600' gain, Easy Intermediate Easy Option: 2.4 miles, 285' gain, Fit Beginner We enter the Los Padres trail through a spooky oak covered section, then move through until we come to a dead end. We'll turn right, and continue climbing up. We'll come to another junction, where we'll turn right onto the Los...
Join the members of the Urban Creeks Collective for a fun and helpful morning. We will thoroughly weed out invasive plants that are competing with our California native coastal habitat flora at the Mission Creek Lagoon restoration site. We will be staging in the back of the Palm Park Parking Lot near the bike path....
The SoCal eBike Riders has scheduled a Simi Valley bike tour. Check it out and RSVP there
Join us for a 25 mile looped tour around Simi Valley. Highlights include Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village - From the 1950s to the 1970s, Tressa "Grandma" Prisbrey created a unique "village" comprising shrines, walkways, sculptures, and buildings, using recycled items and materials salvaged from the local landfill. She lived from 1896–1988. Chumash Park - Chumash...
5.0 miles, 640' gain, Easy Intermediate Starting at the Wendy trailhead we hike about 1/4 mile and take the left fork up the Windmill Trail, a steep, but short climb (0.1 miles, 100 ft gain). At the top of this steep climb we'll take the right fork down the Wendy-Satwiwa Connector into the grasslands for...
Beat the post holiday season doldrums with a hike up the Rocky Peak trail. Pic is Sunset on the Rocky Peak trail Oct 2023. Thank you Teka, WhereAmEye (Tall Mark) has been doing this hike in every Sunday afternoon for over 20 years, and he'll be leading this event as long as he keeps getting...
3.3 miles, 800' gain, fit beginner A hike to Paradise Falls is one of the most popular things to do for those visiting Simi Valley, yet a lot of people that live nearby rarely make this fun hike or perhaps have never done it. There are several paths one can take to the falls. This...
This is a fit beginner to moderate 3.5-mile hike with about a 400' elevation gain. Meet me at the Wildflower Playfield parking lot at 6:30. There is a restroom but I'm not sure when it is locked. The Hike My hikes are slow paced (1.5-2 mph) and the end time is approximate only. We take...
5:45 PM START TIME - WEDNESDAY NIGHT I've been get too much couch time lately and need to get my tuckus moving, so here we go... This is kind of my "go to" hike, it's on my way home, it's not too long and the views can be spectacular! This is a great weeknight hike,...
This week: Romero Canyon. We will be ascending the single track Romero Canyon trail. This route starts up an overgrown road which is fairly steep, crosses the creek and hits the intersection of the old Romero Road. We'll hang left and ascend steadily up a single track to the intersection of that same road to...
Dear Happy Hiker, Just weeks ago, Baron Ranch was a place of strength, challenge, and beauty. In early December, runners traversed its ridgelines and canyons during the Island View Endurance Run, taking in sweeping views of the Gaviota Coast and Channel Islands. Today, the landscape tells a very different story. According to the National Weather...