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Super Moon is Coming! Super Celebrate and Meditate!

Prepare for wow. This year’s biggest-looking and brightest full moon will be Saturday night, May 5. It stirs both the scientific and the...
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Culver City Stairs Encourage Appetite for Local Food, Fitness and Nature

  • Baldwin Hills Overlook
  • April 27, 2012
Come rediscover your inner self and encourage a voracious appetite on one of the most invigorating urbanhikes in Los Angeles. Baldwin Hills Park is...
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Getting out of Hermosa Beach for a Waterfall Hike

  • waterfallhike
  • February 28, 2012
Getting out of Hermosa Beach for a waterfall hike can be good for the soul. In 45 minutes you are in the middle of nature, and feel like you are in...
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Hike the entire Backbone Trail through the Santa Monica Mountains

The Backbone Trail is the longest hiking trail in the Santa Monica Mountains measuring 65 miles from Will Rogers State Historic Park to Point Mugu...
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Hiking Sam Merrill Trail to Echo Mountain

Long ago, back in the 90s – that is the 1890s, the resort built on Echo Mountain was one of the largest tourist draws in California. Thaddeus...
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Hiking in Trebek Open Space

  • Trebek Open Space
  • August 4, 2011
If you like the view from Runyon Canyon, but would like to skip the crowds. Take a stroll through the neighboring Trebek Open Space, a 62-acre park...
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Frontierland: Returning to the Wild Wild West

Surrounded by our Pink Berries and Starbucks, it’s easy to forget that our city, Los Angeles, is still—at least geographically&mdash...
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Sandstone rock formations, steep ascent mark hike up Mount Sanitas in Boulder

Unusual rock formations and a steep ascent are the hallmarks of this 1,300-foot climb up Mount Sanitas on the western edge of Boulder.The short...
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Rock walls of Eldorado Canyon, hotel ruins highlight hike at Rattlesnake Gulch

  • hike
  • October 14, 2011
Views of the vertical rock walls in Eldorado Canyon State Park and the site of a long-gone hotel overlooking the canyon highlight this hike just...
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How to use pepper spray during a bear attack

When hiking in bear country, it is recommended that each hiker carry his or her own can of pepper spray. If a bear attacks, you will be happy if...
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