Albertson Fireroad in Thousand Oaks on December 29, 2011

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Our route, shown in light blue, as visualized in Google Earth looking from the southwest. Other Lang & Wood Ranch trails are shown in brown and Cheeseboro trails are green.
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Starting off under the trees...
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...but the shade doesn't last long. Here we're turning onto the trail that bypasses some private property.
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This bypass trail used to be a singletrack, but it gets so much use it's almost as wide as a road now.
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Our youngest hiker!
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Turning back onto the fireroad from the bypass trail.
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The road goes up and up!
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Some of our group is going more slowly
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The 99% peering over the fence of the 1% to see their private roads. This was the spot we turned around.
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On the way back down
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I call that rocky section above us "Mini Tripeaks." You can access it from a trail on the ridge.
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The trailhead and the end of our hike.