Club Courses
Most of our courses are in the Santa Monica Mountains. The map shows primary trail head locations with a full list of courses below.
| Course | Distance | Type | Location |
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Chantry Flats/Mt. Zion Loop One of the best runs in the San Gabriels. Passes through chaparral-coated slopes with expansive canyon views, lush conifer forest and streamside woodland, sampling the grandeur of the Big Santa Anita watershed. Basically, an 1800 ft. elevation... |
10 | Loop | San Gabriel |
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Chantry Flats/Newcomb Pass/Rim Tr./Mt Wilson/Hoegees Camp One of the best runs in the San Gabriels. Passes through chaparral-coated slopes with expansive canyon views, lush conifer forest and streamside woodland, sampling the grandeur of the Big Santa Anita watershed. We will climb from Chantry Flats up... |
19 | Loop | San Gabriel |
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Circle X Ranch / Sandstone Peak This extremely scenic run begins and ends at the Circle X Ranch parking lot on Yerba Buena Road. It heads out the Canyon View Trail, crosses Yerba Buena Road to the Sandstone Peak Trailhead, and continues on to the Mishe Mokwa Trail. The route... |
10.3mi | Loop | Pt Mugu |
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Entrada Parking lot/Dead Horse Trail/Musch Trail/Eagle Rock Loop This run begins at the La Entrada Parking lot, near the intersection of Topanga Canyon Rd. and La Entrada. Free parking is available on the street. From the parking lot, we take the Dead Horse Trail up to the Musch Trail. We then follow the... |
9 miles | Keyhole | Malibu |
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Ernie's Run (Westridge / Sullivan Canyon Loop) This run starts at the end of Westridge Road and follows the fire road to Mulholland and the park at a former Nike Radar Station with a rest room and drinking fountain. We then go west on Mulholland to Sullivan Ridge and then down into shady... |
10mi | Loop | Pacific Palisades |
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Griffith Park This Griffith Park run starts at the pony rides and keyholes to the Hollywood sign and back. Exit Interstate5 at Los Feliz, turn left on Los Feliz blvd., then right on Crystal Springs Road. Park on the right, near the pony rides. It is mainly... |
10 | Keyhole | Los Angeles |
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Guadalasca Trail This run begins at Ray Miller Trailhead, and in a clockwise direction we take the shortcut to La Jolla Valley, and turn left at the 4-way intersection on to N.Overlook Fireroad. The run proceeds straight on N.Overlook Fireroad, then right... |
14 miles | Loop | Pt Mugu |
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Hondo Canyon This run begins at the Backbone trail head intersection with Old Topanga Road about 1/4 mile west of the Inn of the 7th Ray. There is room to park 5 or 6 cars at the trail head. If we have a larger group than that, instead of turning left on Old... |
8 miles or less | Out-and-Back | Malibu |
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Irving's Run (Westridge Road / Mandeville Canyon) This run, suggested by Irving Hoffman, starts at the end of Westridge Road and follows the fire road up to where it intersects with a utility fire road that goes down into Mandeville Canyon. From Mandeville Canyon the route goes up Hollyhock Fire... |
11 miles | Keyhole | Pacific Palisades |
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Kanan Dume to Encinal Canyon Road This run introduces us to a couple of vertebra of the Backbone Trail. The Kanan Dume Trailhead is reached by turning east on Kanan Dume Road off PCH. Go 4.7 miles and turn left into the parking lot just after the tunnel. The trail heads toward... |
12 miles | Out-and-Back | Malibu |