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September 2003 May 2017 Volume 23 Issue 5 Rancho Simi Trail Blazers A Division of the Rancho Simi Foundation RSTB CLUB MEETING New Members This month’s RSTB meeting will be at: Donna, Jesse, Joshua and Erika Wolfe Sycamore Drive Community Center Lydia Ritzman 1692 Sycamore Drive – Room B-1 Randall Sundeen Wednesday: May 17, 2017 5:30PM Everyone Welcome to a ttend! Not within the jurisdiction of the Rancho * Simi Recreation and Park District. Upcoming Events Weekly hikes!! May 6th Horn Canyon to Pines Trail Camp Has Option 1: 5.2 MRT – Moderate to anyone Strenuous (1,800’ of elevation ever gain/loss) Option 2: 8.2 MRT – Strenuous told (3,200’ of elevation gain/loss ) you to Option 3: 9.8 MRT – Strenuous take a (3,800’ of elevation gain/loss) 8AM hike? May 13th Oak Flat Trail to Did you know that in Simi Valley you Whitaker Peak 10 MRT – Mod- can take many hikes with the Rancho Simi Trail Blazers and erate to Strenuous (2,200′ elevation explore the beauty of Simi Valley and Due to unforeseen circumstances, gain) 8AM other beautiful locations? We have so all activities are subje ct to change much fun taking photos, talking and without notice. Please see May 17th Club Board just viewing the beautiful scenery like http://www.simitrailblazers.com/index. Meeting The Sycamore Drive the photo above. We even enjoy going php/calendar/ for event details and the on overnight events. Please join us Community Center - 1692 Syca- and see for yourself how much fun we most up-to-date schedule. more Drive - Room B-1 Everyone have! Welcome to attend! 5:30PM Hikes are every Sunday, Rancho Simi Recreation and Park Tuesday, Thursday, and most District events can be viewed at May 20th Work Party – Big Saturdays http://www.rsrpd.org to see what is Sky Ranch 8AM happening next! May 27th Wildwood Park RSTB LOGO T-SHIRTS Loop 7 Mile loop – Moderate Sporting the beautiful RSTB logo, (~1,000’ elevation gain) 7AM these are great shirts! Please call Mike Kuhn if you’d like to order at Our bank will no longer accept 805-583-2345. dues or other checks made out to the Rancho Simi Trail Blaz- short sleeve $12 ers. ALL CHECKS must be long sleeve $14 made out to the Rancho Simi sweat shirt $18 Foundation. 1 March 18th – Backbone Trail Part 5: Latigo March 25th – Backbone Trail Part 6: Stunt Canyon Trailhead to Malibu Canyon Road Trailhead Trailhead Eighteen hikers met on another pleasant spring morning to tackle the sixth section of the Santa Monica Mountains Backbone Trail. After dropping off several shuttle vehicles along Saddle Peak Road (at the Stunt Road intersection) we carpooled to Malibu Canyon in search of parking near the Piuma Road trailhead. Twenty-two hikers tackled the fifth section of the Santa Monica Mountains Backbone Trail on a pleasant cool, spring-like winter morning (perfect for hiking). After dropping off several shuttle vehicles along Malibu Canyon Road (at the Piuma Road intersection) we carpooled to the Latigo Canyon trailhead. After a couple of futile attempts, we finally parked in Tapia We began our hike along the trail as it headed northwest Park and hiked 0.5 mile to the signed trailhead along Piuma down into a heavily shaded canyon adorned by a variety of Road. As we began our hike, we crossed a creek where the blooming wildflowers. We then headed northeast through destructive effects of the winter’s rain was quite evident. a riparian woodland along a seasonal creek with running However, we immediately entered a dense oak woodland water (which we crossed at least ten times), passing (ferns were abundant and a variety of wildflowers were several meadows filled with blooming) as the trail rose steadily upward for about 2.5 bright green grass. The miles to a road crossing. After crossing Piuma Road the trail trail then rose and fell as it climbed noticeably more steeply through continuing shade wound along chaparral- (mostly provided by ceanothus) until we crossed a flowing covered slopes on its way stream and soon emerged into an open section of trail to Corral Canyon Road. bordered with thou- After crossing the road, we sands of blue dick soon found ourselves walk- wildflowers as well ing among (and on) a varie- as smatterings of ty of stunning sandstone rock formations. We decided to other wildflowers; take our lunch break atop the highest such formation also we had excel- where we examined the ruins of an old dwelling and en- lent views of the joyed the views afforded by our high perch. (unfortunately surrounding area. an offshore marine layer hid the ocean from view). After Eventually we lunch, we headed east along the Mesa Peak Fire Road stopped for lunch at toward (but not to) Mesa Peak. This section of the hike a point where there provided excellent views of the mountains and valleys to was shade but also the north. About seven miles into the hike we turned north a great distant view to the northwest. We continued our hike and began a three-mile descent through an oak woodland up the mountain to Saddle Peak where the view toward the into Malibu Canyon where we had left our shuttle vehicles, ocean was blocked by the incoming fog. We climbed up on thus completing a 10.3-mile one-way hike with about some beautiful rock formations near the peak and enjoyed 1,500’ of elevation gain and a little over 3,000’ of elevation spectacular inland views. We then descended past a large loss. We retrieved the vehicles we had left along Malibu water tank to Stunt Road and our shuttle vehicles, thus com- Canyon Road as well as the shuttle vehicles at the Latigo pleting an 8.0-mile one-way hike with about 2,700’ of eleva- Canyon trailhead and headed home, looking forward to tion gain and 900’ of elevation loss. hiking the remaining three sections of the Backbone Trail. 2 RSTB Calendar MAY Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 Mt. McCoy Trail Chumash Trail Horn Canyon to 6PM 6PM Pines Trail Camp See Schedule See Schedule 8AM Happy Birthday See Schedule Happy Birthday Hannah Kuhn Robert D. Lisenby Terry Simon 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Rocky Peak Mt. McCoy Trail Oak Flat Trail to Chumash Trail 6PM Whitaker Peak Fire Road 6PM 5PM 8AM Happy Birthday See Schedule See Schedule Jim Vandenberg See Schedule See Schedule 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Rocky Peak Club Meeting Work Party – Big Fire Road Mt. McCoy Trail 5:30PM Chumash Trail Sky Ranch 5PM 6PM Everyone 6PM 8AM Welcome to attend! See Schedule See Schedule See Schedule See Schedule Happy Birthday Happy Birthday See Schedule Alan Mann Clifford Cameron 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Rocky Peak Mt. McCoy Trail Chumash Trail Wildwood Park Fire Road 6PM 6PM Loop 7AM 5PM See Schedule See Schedule See Schedule See Schedule Happy Birthday Jonathan Silva Happy Birthday Alan Cueba 28 29 30 31 Rocky Peak Mt. McCoy Trail Fire Road 6PM 5PM See Schedule See Schedule Happy Birthday Bonnie Bouley SANTA ANA WILDFIRE THREAT INDEX - Provides a 6 day forecast of Santa Ana Winds Wildfire Threats on a color coded map http://psgeodata.fs.fed.us/sawti/ CALIFORNIA FIRE WEATHER MAP - Provides actual Red Flag Warnings and Fire Weather Watches http://www.fire.ca.gov/communications/communications_firesafety_redflagwarning.php (Scroll down to map) 5 R A N C H O S I M I T R A I L B L A Z E R S A Division of the Rancho Simi Foundation Executive Chair: Mike Kuhn HM (805) 583-2345 [email protected] Treasurer: Santiago Homsi Park District Liaison: Jeannie Liss WK (805) 584-4453 [email protected] Work Parties Chair: VOLUNTEER NEEDED Contact Mike Kuhn at: 805-583-2345 Hiking Chair: Mark Gilmore HM (805) 990-1460 [email protected] Vice Hiking Chair: Les Wilson HM (805) 522-2642 [email protected] Website: Mark Gilmore HM (805) 529-5581 [email protected] Ways & Means Chair: Marty Richards HM (805) 526-4414 [email protected] Publicity Chair: VOLUNTEER NEEDED Contact Mike Kuhn at: 805-583-2345 Newsletter Editor: Linda Mann Cell: 805-501-5229 [email protected] ———————————————————-cut out and return with your payment———————————————— MEMBERSHIP Please enroll me as a New ( ) or Renewing ( ) member of the Rancho Simi Trail Blazers for the annual donation fee of Single.......$10 Family.......$15 Name_________________________________________________________Birth Month_______Day_____ Family memberships: Please list names and birthdays of additional family members (Month & Day Only) _________________________________________________________________________________________ Phone (provide up to two numbers): work/home/cell ____________________________________________ How do you want to receive the Newsletter? Check all that apply. Mail Mailing address ________________________________________________________________ Email Email address _________________________________________________________________ How did you find out about the RSTB? _______________________________________________________ Please make out tax deductible member dues check for the year to: Rancho Simi Foundation and mail it to RSTB, P.O. Box 1231, Simi Valley, CA 93062 U.S. Postage RSTB P.O. Box 1231 Simi Valley, CA 93062 __________________________ 6 HAS THE MOUNTAIN LION Fortunately for us, mountain lions don’t the top of the rock, left the drill in place, seem to look on man as a prey animal. tied the rope to the drill and everyone POPULATION INCREASED made it down safely. As the eldest broth- [Source of data: Outdoor California IN CALIFORNIA? er, Jim whaled the daylights out of Larry - (May/June 2000)] standard fare for the day. Both Lloyd and Between 1907 and 1963 in California, Mike Kuhn Larry, according to Joe, cut their names mountain lions were a “bounty species” - 11-17-04 (revised 12-15-07) on top of the rock while they were up that is a reward was paid to anyone who there.
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