santa susana mountains

It was another pleasant Simi Valley Saturday there in steep ridge land...

I did the "Las Llajas Canyon and Ridge Loop" (link) and it was... OK. There were four basic parts to it and the first was the best. That was a couple miles of at times steep sections. Not as steep as the Lawlor firebreak but steep enough to give you a good calf workout. I probably wouldn't want to descend that section if I could avoid it.

This is more of a road walk than an hike, but it is to the highest point in the Santa Susana Mountains along the north edge of the San Fernando Valley. Due to the wildfires I needed somewhere to go and that seemed like the best option. I just drove up there and, because I'd had Oat Mountain on my list, I looked that up and went to the trailhead.