Day# 28: Backbone Trail: Stunt Rd to Saddle Peak Rd
Backbone Trail
Calabasas, CA
Thursday, July 23rd 2015
Time: 3 hours, 45 minutes
Pace: 39:03/mile
Distance: 5.79 miles
Elevation Gain: 1232 feet
Dogs Allowed?: Yes
Directions:
From the 101 Freeway in Calabasas:
Exit Lost Hills Rd and head south for 1.1 miles to Las Virgenes Rd
Turn Right onto Las Virgenes Rd and continue 1.6 miles to Mulholland Hwy
Turn Left onto Mulholland Hwy and continue 4.0 miles to Stunt Rd
Turn Right onto Stunt Rd and continue 2.8 miles to trailhead on right
Park in any open dirt area on the side of the road, make sure you are all the way off the road.
Today I wanted to get some more miles of the Backbone Trail completed so I headed up Stunt Rd. to climb Saddle Peak and hike another great section of this trail. The trail starts off on a short connector trail from Stunt Rd. Once you reach the actual Backbone Trail, turn left to head toward Saddle Peak.
After connecting to the Backbone, you start climbing right away. As you are climbing you can see some large boulders at the top of the hill, this is Saddle Peak. It has some amazing rock formations at the top and the trail takes you right through them. After spending some time exploring the rocks at the peak, I continued on downhill to connect to Saddle Peak Rd and complete this section of trail. From here I simply turned around and retraced my steps back to my car. Another absolutely amazing section of the Backbone completed!
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| Approaching Saddle Peak |
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| Rock steps through the boulder field |
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| The giant submarine sized rock at the top |
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| Starting to get some ocean views |
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| You can see all the way to Santa Monica Bay |
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| Looking down toward Calabasas Peak |
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