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Become a TreePeople Reforestation Supervisor

March 16, 2010

If you’ve always wanted to help out with reforestation in our local mountains – and also want to have the title of “Supervisor” at some point in your life – you might be interested to know that the TreePeople will be hosting a Reforestation Supervisor training session this Saturday, March 20th in Calabasas.
This training will [...]

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Adams’ Pack Station Under Threat From Health Department

March 15, 2010

The Adams’ Pack Station at Chantry Flats is one of the last operating pack stations in the country. It, along with most of Santa Anita Canyon, was spared during the Station Fire, but now the historic general store may be forced to close its doors by the L.A. County Health Department.
According to a recent [...]

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Hiking in Hollywood

March 4, 2010

Apparently this skeletonized version of an Oscar statue is hanging out near the summit of Runyon Canyon right now.

Chances are, it probably won’t stay up long – so if you want to pretend you just won the world’s biggest Oscar, now’s your chance!
via Losanjealous.

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One More Storm

January 25, 2010

In case you didn’t get a chance to enjoy our snow-covered mountain views this weekend, it looks like one last storm is due to move into the L.A. area tomorrow.
The storm may start as early as tonight, and linger through Wednesday morning. The mountains around Mount Baldy are predicting 9 to 16 inches of [...]

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L.A.’s Best Post-Rain Hikes

January 22, 2010

For those of you new to hiking or new to hiking in Los Angeles, you are in for a treat this weekend – because hands down the absolute BEST time to hike in Los Angeles is right after a winter rainstorm.
The rain has a lot of effects on SoCal trails. Obviously, if it rains [...]

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Pro Tip – Hike Soon, If You Can

December 7, 2009

If you can take off a day of work tomorrow or Wednesday, you should use that time to go hiking instead.
SoCal hikers know the first one or two days after it rains are one of the absolute best times to go hiking in Southern California – the smog is wiped clean, the rain brings tons [...]

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Station Fire Image from Space

November 25, 2009

If you were wondering exactly which areas within the Station Fire burn area were burned and which were spared, you can thank NASA for giving us some information.
On November 19th, an unmanned Predator B drone flew over the Station Fire burn area and took detailed images with an Autonomous Modular Scanner. Unfortunately, the picture’s [...]

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Thanksgiving Hiking

November 24, 2009

At one of the four pre-Thanksgiving Thanksgiving dinners I’ve been invited to, one of my friends remarked that Thanksgiving in L.A. was becoming like Halloween – an extended 2-3 week celebratory period that may or may not have a party or dinner scheduled on the actual holiday itself. And I like it that way.
For [...]

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Hike to the Hollywood Sign

November 20, 2009

If you’re one of the few non-natives who actually stick around Los Angeles when Holiday Season hits, and you want to try to work off some of that Thanksgiving turkey, you might want to join up on a ranger-led hike to the Hollywood Sign in Griffith Park.
On the mornings of November 27th and 28th [...]

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Up Late? Catch the Leonids!

November 16, 2009

If you’re a night owl, insomniac, or just a SoCal resident who relishes the opportunity to dust off those warm clothes, you’ll want to head out to remote, dark place tonight to catch a glimpse of the Leonid meteor shower.
Tonight’s show is expected to start around 1AM Pacific Time, and should produce 20-30 meteors per [...]

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