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Etz Meloy Motorway starts with a tough climb, especially when it's loose because of recent grading
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View west from Etz Meloy Motorway, with Yerba Buena Road below and Sandstone Peak in the distance
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View north from Etz Meloy Motorway into Hidden Valley and Thousand Oaks, with Lake Sherwood on the right
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On the Yerba Buena single track segment of the Backbone Trail
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Eastern view from the top of Yellow Hill Fire Road. with the Backbone Trail, Yerba Buena Rd and Etz Meloy Motorway, bottom to top
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Southern view from the top of Yellow Hill Fire Road, with the Backbone Trail below
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The top of Yellow Hill Fire Road is pretty stark
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Sandstone peak and Yerba Buena Rd from the top of Yellow Hill Fire Road. The Mishe Mokwa trailhead is at the far right, and the Sandstone Peak trailhead is at the left. The fire road zig-zagging up the middle is the Circle X Ranch segment of the Backbone Trail
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The Mishe Mowke Trail
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Looking north-east from near the beginning of the Mishe Mokwa Trail
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Balanced Rock above the Echo Cliffs on the Mishe Mokwa Trail
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Picnicing at the base of Echo Cliffs
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Playing on Echo Cliffs
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Another view of Balanced Rock on the Mishe Mokwa Trail
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The Split Rock picnic area on the Mishe Mokwa Trail
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Near the west end of the Mishe Mokwa Trail, not long before it meets the Backbone fire road
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The west end of the Backbone fire road where it forks for the Tri-Peaks Trail Loop
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Looking east towards Sandstone Peak on the Backbone Trail
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View of the ocean from the Backbone Trail near Sandstone Peak
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Looking south into the valley from the Backbone Trail just west of Sandstone Peak
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Stairs up to Sandstone Peak from the Backbone Trail
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Sandstone Peak
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Lake Sherwood and Westlake Village from the Backbone Trail near the connector to the Mishe Mokwa Trail
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Echo Cliffs from the Backbone Trail, near the Mishe Mokwa Connector Trail
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The Mishe Mokwa Trai is below the Backbone Trail, looking east
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The Yerba Buena segment of the Backbone Trail, with Yellow Hill Fire Road above it
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Looking west onto Yerba Buena Rd, the Canyon View Trail can be seen to its left
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View of the Channel Islands from the Backbone Trail near Sandstone Peak
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