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Welcome to the Community Hiking Club |
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Welcome to the Community Hiking Club website!
The Community Hiking Club is based in Santa Clarita, California. We organize hikes and educate the public regarding the various wilderness lands of Southern California. All ages are welcome to join us. Our hikes are typically easy to moderate, with some more challenging treks.
Please look around our website. Editor-in-Chief, Dianne Erskine Hellrigel, has spent many hours compiling information about wilderness area trails and wildlife.
We continue to grow and look forward to you joining us for a wonderful outing!
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The Community Hikng Club is now a non-profit charity. That means that any donations you make are tax deductible. The CHC depends solely upon your donations and grants to survive. Please consider making a donation to CHC today.
Make checks payable to CHC and send them to Community Hiking Club, c/o: Dianne Erskine-Hellrigel at 24820 Fourl Rd, Newhall, Ca. 91321.
You can also make payments via paypal.com online. Payments may be made directly to the Community Hiking Club.
Please include your return address or email so we can send you your tax deductible form. THANK YOU!
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Community Hiking Club Schedule, February
February 6-Canceled due to rain.
February 7-Will be canceled if it rains. Saturday rain will make the area very muddy. Monarch Butterfly Migration Nature Series in Goleta-This is your chance to witness the Monarch Butterfly migration in
Goleta . You will take a short hike into Ellwood Butterfly Preserve. In the morning, when it is cold, you will not see the butterflies until you look closely at the tree bark…..here, you will see millions of resting butterflies, clinging to the trunks. As the temperature rises, the butterflies begin to move, and suddenly there is a symphony of motion as they take flight and flitter through the preserve, sometimes landing on people standing around the trees. The hike to the grove is very short…perhaps ¼ mile. After you view the butterflies, your carload of people can walk along the cliffs, or the beach, and consider whether or not you would like to go out for lunch on the way home. Bring water, lunch (or money for lunch), and your camera.
Meet at 8:00 at
Towsley
Canyon outside the gate for an 8:15 departure to the Preserve,
OR
Meet at the trail head at 10:00.
Directions to trail head:
Drive time approx. 90 minutes
From Santa Clarita to
Santa Barbara , take the 5 freeway north. Exit right to Hwy 126 West. Merge onto the 101 Fwy North. Take the
Storke Rd.exit off the 101 freeway. Exit and turn left. At Hollister turn right. Coronado Drive is one street past Entrance, which is prominently marked. Turn left. Park near the end of the road. There is a hill with a big display sign at the bottom with information about the butterflies. That is where you start
February 18- Homeschool Kids hike –Ed will lead this great hike in
East
Canyon . The kids will climb to the overview of
Rice
Canyon before they turn around. Meet at the
East
Canyon trail head at 8:20 The hike will last from 8:20-10:30
February 13-Jerry will lead us on a special hike to the Saint Francis Dam. This
hike to the historical site of the Saint Francis Dam has two options.
Option 1) Easy flat 4 mile hike on mostly paved closed road to the site of the collapsed dam and back.
Option 2) continue past the dam site and onto the dirt road overlooking
the dam site and loop back to cars. 8 miles with 600 feet elevation.
You can choose either hike.
View video at http://www.scvtv.com/html/legacyfrankrock.html for perspective.
Meet at Towsley at 8:00 for 8:15 departure or meet at trailhead.
Trailhead is DWP power plant #2 on Francisquito road 6 miles north of
Copper Hill Rd.
Bring lots of water, lunch, adventure pass.
February 20-Nick will lead you up
East
Canyon to Mission Point. This hike is approximately 8 miles through Oak woodland and chaparral. Bring your camera. Deer are often seen along this stretch. Bring your lunch and plenty of water. Meet at the trail head at
East
Canyon at 8:15 for an 8:30 departure.
February 21-Dianne is conducting another “Give A Day, Get A Day” program with Disney. This means, if you volunteer today for the Community Hiking Club, you will get a free day pass to
Disneyland ! What could be better? If you are interested in helping in the native garden at the base of
East
Canyon , please contact Dianne at:
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and she will give you details on how to register. The volunteer hours on this day are 8-12noon.
February 27-Nick will take you on a beautiful hike through lots of blooming Lupine from O’Melveny Park to Mission Point. This is a 10 mile trek with a few steep inclines to Mission Point. You will love the views, the flowers, and surprise….you end up in the same spot you did last week from a different direction! Bring your camera, lunch, lots of water, and snacks.
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