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Topo map of our route, the blue loop in the center. We started at the bottom and hiked counterclockwise, with a little junket to the south-east down Marr Ranch Road. The blue line on the lower left is Las Llajas Canyon Road.
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Google Earth view of the hike, in red, looking from east-north-east. The yellow lines show other trails in Simi Valley, the closest being Las Llajas Canyon Road.
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Steps from Cottonwood Drive down to the debris basin outlet
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The start of the loop hike
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The dam for another debris basin
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Looking south from part way up the ridge trail
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Looking north-west, we see another road to explore (but not today)
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The trail on the ridge keeps climbing and climbing, quite steeply in some places
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This collapse looks fairly recent. The doubletrack trail stops when it runs into it and a singletrack trail skirts it.
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Looking back at the collapsed hillside
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The ridge trail meets Marr Ranch Road coming in from the right
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This gate is as far as we went on Marr Ranch Road
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Heading back up Marr Ranch Road
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On the ridge trail again, looking back from where we came
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The trail ahead. We're getting near the end of the ridge section before we drop into Chivo Canyon
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This trail to the north-east comes up from Las Llajas Canyon Road
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The trail down to Chivo Canyon is lined by chaparral. It looks like a lot of it is wild currant so it should be pretty when it's blooming. Much of the trail was quite a bit narrower than this.
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On the trail down to Chivo Canyon
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The trail behind us
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The trail in front
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