Day 32: Backbone Trail: Tapia Section

Day# 32: Backbone Trail: Tapia Section
Backbone Trail
Malibu Creek State Park - Calabasas, CA
Monday, July 27th 2015
Time: 3 hours, 15 minutes
Pace: 38:18/mile
Distance: 5.09 miles
Elevation Gain: 1419 feet
Dogs Allowed?: No

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 for 3.4 miles to trailhead on right
Park in the large lot for the Backbone Trail. There is a small parking fee for this lot. You may be able to find street parking near Piuma Rd if you do not want to pay the parking fee.

Today I set out to complete another section of the Backbone Trail, this time from Las Virgenes Road heading west up to the next junction in the trail.  This is a pretty brutal climb up a fire road that is a really good workout for your legs. Great views up here of the canyons to the north and the ocean to the south.  I simply headed up to the top  of the hill where the trail meets up with another fire road and turned around and came back down hill from there. Good workout and a couple more miles of backbone completed.