XMBC DAY HIKE: Circle X Ranch to Sandstone Peak, Pt. Mugu State Park

SUNDAY, APRIL 21, 1991

RATING:  Moderate -  7 miles round trip - 1500 elevation gain. 
Estimated time: 6 hours.  It gets dark around 7:00PM.

BRIEF:  We'll hike in Pt Mugu state park starting from Circle X ranch.  
We'll be on top of Bony Ridge and climb the highest peak in the park and in 
the Santa Monica Mountains, namely Sandstone Peak, aliased by the Scouts as 
"Mt Allen", elevation 3111'.   This is a part of the park where the club 
has never been before.  In the past I have led trips starting from La Jolla 
Cyn (PCH) or Sierra Vista ranch in Newbury Park.  This one is in the 
less-known part of the park "behind" Bony Ridge.

GATHERING POINT DIRECTIONS:
There is a ranger station with potable water,payphone,restrooms and parking 
lot in Circle X .  It is very obvious from Yerba Buena  road also called 
Little Sycamore Cyn (tall US flagpole) you can't help not seeing it.  It is 
the gathering point from there we'll drive 1.7 miles north to the actual 
trailhead.  Be at the ranch at 12:00PM.

FROM THE SOUTH BAY: Go north on PCH (past Malibu) to Yerba Buena Rd.  Make 
a right on Yerba Buena (if you make a left you'll fall to the ocean) Go on 
Yerba Buena road approximately 5 miles until you hit the ranger station in 
Circle X ranch.  Park in the parking lot.  The road is VERY windy so be 
careful.  It is about 2 hours drive from the south bay.

Alternatively, you can take 101 frwy west to Westlake exit. Go south on 
Westlake Blvd.  Once you are out of the city, Westlake Blvd becomes Highway 
23 and it is windy.  Make a right on Mulholland. After about a mile you'll 
see Little Sycamore Cyn.  Make a right.  Little Sycamore Cyn and Yerba 
Buena are different names for the same road.  Go on Little Sycamore Cyn 
until you hit Circle X Ranch Ranger Station.

WHEN:  Be at the ranger station at Circle X Ranch at 12:00 PM Sunday 21 
April.  Stragglers: The trailhead parking lot is on a dirt patch 1.7 miles 
from Circle X ranch towards Westlake on the right side of the road.  The 
trailhead is across the road to the north.

BRING: Two quarts of water.  Snacks.  Hat.  Sunscreen.  Lugged sole shoes.  
Sweater.  Flash light.

BEWARE OF:  rattlesnakes.  Bruce Hamilton and I saw a benign snake 4/13/91

RSVP to a leader to be kept aware of any changes in plans.

Leaders: 
 Dave Lake (h) 818-708-0583  (w) 213-333-6958
 Bruce Hamilton  (h) 213-327-4862 (w) 213-333-3538