O: Spring Backbone Trail #7 - Encinal Canyon to Mishe Mokwa

Date and Time:
Sat, May 24, 2025; 8:00 AM - 2:30 PM (Pacific)
Time is tentative.

Add to Calendar O: Spring Backbone Trail #7 - Encinal Canyon to Mishe Mokwa

Our seventh Wilderness Adventures Section Backbone Trail hike in the Santa Monica Mountains will be 10 miles with 1400 elevation gain on the BBT. We will take the Etz Meloy Trail, the newest addition to the BBT, starting at the Encinal Canyon trailhead. We will cross the Mulholland Highway and then take the Etz Moloy Trail, with views of Triunfo Pass and the Boney Mountains, to end at the Mishe Mokwa Trailhead.The outing will be a one-way shuttle hike.We will meet at 8:00 AM at the Mishe Mokwa Trailhead. From PCH go north 7 miles on Yerba Buena Road to the Mishe Mokwa trailhead parking area on the right, one mile east of Circle X Ranch. From the meeting point at the Mishe Mokwa Trailhead we will car shuttle 7 miles via Little Sycamore Canyon and Decker Roads to Encinal Canyon Trailhead.This is a Back Country hike, and a medical form is required. Please print it out and carry it with you. Copies of the form will be available to fill out at the trailhead as well. You can download the form here. https://tinyurl.com/ycy985mt.Leaders: Bob Cody bcodyman@aol.com, Ernie Scheuer ems728@gmail.com.

Mishe Mokwa Trailhead Parking Lot, Yerba Buena Rd, Westlake Village, CA 91361, USA

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34.11452100,-118.91830600 Robert Cody bcodyman@aol.com MM/DD/yyyy amOUuwqNAzpGSXwtHmnd12740

Organized By: Angeles Chp Wilderness Advntr

Location: Mishe Mokwa Trailhead Parking Lot, Yerba Buena Rd, Westlake Village, CA 91361, USA

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Event Organizers:
Robert Cody
   bcodyman@aol.com
   (310) 410-9172
Ernest Scheuer
   ems728@gmail.com
   (310) 689-8241

Our seventh Wilderness Adventures Section Backbone Trail hike in the Santa Monica Mountains will be 10 miles with 1400 elevation gain on the BBT. We will take the Etz Meloy Trail, the newest addition to the BBT, starting at the Encinal Canyon trailhead. We will cross the Mulholland Highway and then take the Etz Moloy Trail, with views of Triunfo Pass and the Boney Mountains, to end at the Mishe Mokwa Trailhead.The outing will be a one-way shuttle hike.
We will meet at 8:00 AM at the Mishe Mokwa Trailhead. From PCH go north 7 miles on Yerba Buena Road to the Mishe Mokwa trailhead parking area on the right, one mile east of Circle X Ranch. From the meeting point at the Mishe Mokwa Trailhead we will car shuttle 7 miles via Little Sycamore Canyon and Decker Roads to Encinal Canyon Trailhead.
This is a Back Country hike, and a medical form is required. Please print it out and carry it with you. Copies of the form will be available to fill out at the trailhead as well. You can download the form here. https://tinyurl.com/ycy985mt.
Leaders: Bob Cody bcodyman@aol.com, Ernie Scheuer ems728@gmail.com.

Level: Moderate(O)

Bring: Bring water, snacks, sunscreen, and a good attitude.

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