Comments on: Hiking Mishe Mokwa Trail to Tri-Peaks and Sandstone Peak http://www.modernhiker.com/2006/12/18/mishe-mokwa-trail-to-tri-peaks-and-sandstone-peak/ A Hiking Blog for L.A. and Southern California Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:22:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Bill Palmer http://www.modernhiker.com/2006/12/18/mishe-mokwa-trail-to-tri-peaks-and-sandstone-peak/#comment-3923 Bill Palmer Wed, 13 Aug 2008 03:34:25 +0000 http://www.modernhiker.dreamhosters.com/?p=10#comment-3923 Wonderful travelogue....and a great trail sketch on Google Earth. This is one of the grand hikes of Southern California. I've done it perhaps 5 times, going up leading a group of 15 or so in September. The secluded plateau/valley is like a miniature Lost World, one would never know about the urban jungles on all sides, far below. There is a "secret trail" descending down from Tri-Peaks to the saddle just north of the Peaks, it then rises to the northern ridge and escarpment of Boney Mountain where the trail from Conejo Valley comes up. On oone of my solo hikes I attempted to follow a long abandoned trail cutting off from the Mishe Mokwa just above Split Rock and leading to that ridge. Two hours later I reached the top, my legs bleeding from the brush. I met a hiker at the summit who told me about the hidden path down and then up to Tri-Peaks.....thank goodness, i could not have handled going back down through that brush. Anywway, I recommend trying that trail to anyone who gets up to Tri-Peaks. Again....a great narrative and maps. Thanks very much. Wonderful travelogue….and a great trail sketch on Google Earth. This is one of the grand hikes of Southern California. I’ve done it perhaps 5 times, going up leading a group of 15 or so in September. The secluded plateau/valley is like a miniature Lost World, one would never know about the urban jungles on all sides, far below.

There is a “secret trail” descending down from Tri-Peaks to the saddle just north of the Peaks, it then rises to the northern ridge and escarpment of Boney Mountain where the trail from Conejo Valley comes up. On oone of my solo hikes I attempted to follow a long abandoned trail cutting off from the Mishe Mokwa just above Split Rock and leading to that ridge. Two hours later I reached the top, my legs bleeding from the brush. I met a hiker at the summit who told me about the hidden path down and then up to Tri-Peaks…..thank goodness, i could not have handled going back down through that brush. Anywway, I recommend trying that trail to anyone who gets up to Tri-Peaks.

Again….a great narrative and maps. Thanks very much.

]]> By: Winter Warlock Does the West. at Modern Hiker http://www.modernhiker.com/2006/12/18/mishe-mokwa-trail-to-tri-peaks-and-sandstone-peak/#comment-3433 Winter Warlock Does the West. at Modern Hiker Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:18:11 +0000 http://www.modernhiker.dreamhosters.com/?p=10#comment-3433 [...] recommended the “hike that got me hiking” — the Mishe Mokwa Trail to Sandstone Peak — still after all this years one of my favorite trails in [...] [...] recommended the “hike that got me hiking” — the Mishe Mokwa Trail to Sandstone Peak — still after all this years one of my favorite trails in [...]

]]> By: Dana http://www.modernhiker.com/2006/12/18/mishe-mokwa-trail-to-tri-peaks-and-sandstone-peak/#comment-3382 Dana Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:52:40 +0000 http://www.modernhiker.dreamhosters.com/?p=10#comment-3382 Went on this hike yesterday and it was great. For people who are driving inept, like myself, it's north of the LA County limit and past Malibu. Once on Yerba Buena Rd., pass Circle X Ranch and keep going for a bit. The road is very bendy. I kept on thinking we had somehow passed it (both on PCH and YBR), but no--it's clearly marked when you get there. The hike itself is terrific. My husband and I did it in running shoes and we were fine. And we saw 14 lizards! Went on this hike yesterday and it was great.
For people who are driving inept, like myself, it’s north of the LA County limit and past Malibu. Once on Yerba Buena Rd., pass Circle X Ranch and keep going for a bit. The road is very bendy. I kept on thinking we had somehow passed it (both on PCH and YBR), but no–it’s clearly marked when you get there.
The hike itself is terrific. My husband and I did it in running shoes and we were fine. And we saw 14 lizards!

]]> By: Study: Expert Hikers Have Better Trail Memories at Modern Hiker http://www.modernhiker.com/2006/12/18/mishe-mokwa-trail-to-tri-peaks-and-sandstone-peak/#comment-2157 Study: Expert Hikers Have Better Trail Memories at Modern Hiker Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:30:50 +0000 http://www.modernhiker.dreamhosters.com/?p=10#comment-2157 [...] activities — has vastly improved. I can pretty much narrate the entire route of the Mishe Mokwa Trail from heart, and I find I have a much easier time visualizing a map in my mind in 3-D, for instance, [...] [...] activities — has vastly improved. I can pretty much narrate the entire route of the Mishe Mokwa Trail from heart, and I find I have a much easier time visualizing a map in my mind in 3-D, for instance, [...]

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