Exploring Topatopa Ridge on September 7, 2009

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View of the Poodle-Dog Bush Trail (Topatopa - Last Chance Connector Trail) from the back route up Topatopa Bluff

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Topo map of our route, in light blue. The Last Chance Trail is shown in yellow. The Poodle-Dog Bush trail is red.
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Google Earth view of our route, in light blue, looking from the south-west. The Last Chance Trail is light green. The Poodle-Dog Bush trail is orange.
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View of Piedra Blanca from the Chief Peak Road on the way to Topatopa Bluff
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In the distance to the east, mist and smoke from the Station Fire
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Heading up the back route to Topatopa Bluff (the easier way)
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The first clear sighting of Hines Peak to the north-east
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On the Topatopa Bluff ridgeline
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We found a spacecraft landing pod!
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Hines peak and the Topatopa Mountains
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On the Topatopa Bluff ridgeline
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We didn't go down that way...
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...we followed the trail up along the ridgeline
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We have ways of dealing with poodle-dog bush!
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Starting down the ridgeline south-east towards Santa Paula Creek Canyon and the Last Chance Trail on the other side.
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This trail came to be known as the "South Ridgeline Firebreak Manzanita Bushwhack Trail" or Manzanita Bushwhack Trail for short.
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