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 9th
Annual Verdugo Hills Community Hike & Trail Run
 SATURDAY
NOVEMBER 7th 2009
Join the communities
of Burbank, Glendale, and Crescenta Valley
in a day of exploring the hiking trails and points of interest
in your other backyard, the Verdugo Hills.
REGISTRATION FORM AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER
2009
2008
Trail Run WINNERS —>
WINNERS
L to R: Margaret Garcia, 1st place women’s;
Stephen Kellogg, 3rd place men’s; Joanie
Mathison, tie 3rd place women’s; J.R. Mintz,
1st place men’s; Saundra Whitehead, tie 3rd
place women’s; Stephanie Gordillo, 2nd place
women’s; Allen Hill, 2nd place men’s.
Click
here
for more photos at Fire Warden's Grove from the 2008 event.
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Verdugo
Hills Community Hike WINS MERIT AWARD
 23rd
California Trails & Greenways Conference
May 30, 2008 — San Diego, CA
Verdugo Hills
Community Hike
(Cities of Burbank & Glendale)
The Verdugo Hills Community Hike
is an annual event sponsored by the Cities of Burbank and
Glendale that opens up the Verdugo Mountains fire roads
and trails to hikers and runners. The seventh annual event
held on November 3, 2007 was attended by one hundred sixty
five trail users. The participants had their choice of three
starting points and two destinations. Routes included a
7.2 mile hike, a 2 mile "hike lite" and a 13.8
mile trail run.
In addition to city staff, fifty
seven volunteers from local ham operator clubs, Boy Scouts,
Glendale Park Ranger Explorer Scouts, Burbank Nature Docents
and Burbank Junior Docents helped to make the event a great
success.
The partnerships formed by this
“hike” have started the dialog between surrounding
jurisdictions for a comprehensive regional trail plan and
opened up the Verdugo Mountains as the region's "other
backyard".
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HIKE/RUN
START POINTS & SUMMITS
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STOUGH
CANYON NATURE CENTER
Click
for where to Park
2300 Walnut Avenue, Burbank
8:00 am - 9:00 am Check-in & Start
Summit: FIRE WARDEN'S GROVE
3.6 miles each way,
approx. 1,500 ft. gain
• • • very challenging
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HIKE
LITE !
STOUGH
CANYON NATURE CENTER
Click
for where to Park
2300 Walnut Avenue, Burbank
9:00 am - 10:00 am Check-in & Start
Summit:
OLD YOUTH CAMPGROUND
Under 1 mile each way,
approx. 1,000 ft. gain
• least challenging
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LA TUNA CANYON - Crescenta
Valley
La Tuna Canyon Road & 210 Freeway
Google
Map to start location
Hosteller Fire Road
8:00 am - 10:00 am Check-in & Start
Summit: FIRE WARDEN'S GROVE
4 miles each way,
approx. 2,000 ft. gain
• • challenging
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BRAND PARK
Doctor's
House, Glendale
Google
Map to start location
1601 W. Mountain Street,
NW corner of Park
7:30 am Check-in – 8:00 am Start
Summit:
FIRE WARDEN'S GROVE
6.9 miles each way,
approx. 2,000 ft. gain
• • • •
extremely challenging
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JOIN US!
CUB SCOUTS!
BOY SCOUTS!
Coordinate
your Den, Troop or Patrol to work on:
- WEBELOS
Outdoorsman Activity Badge Requirement 9
- TENDERFOOT
Rank Requirements 5 & 11
- SECOND CLASS
Rank Requirements 1a, 1b, 5 & 6b
- FIRST CLASS
Rank Requirement 6
HIKERS!
It was great. So beautiful ... and everyone
on the trail was great. — Cary Michel, 2008
The sense of community is just great.
— Mike Bowen, 2008
On Saturday, November 4, 2006, I participated
in the Verdugo Hills Community Hike and found it quite enjoyable.
I met a lot of nice people along the way and the weather
could not be any better. The food served by the Boy Scouts
was good at Fire Warden's Grove. — Ray, 2006
RUNNERS!
I ran the Verudgo Hills Trail Run on Saturday,
November 3, 2007 and had a great time. Thank you to all
the volunteers at the start area in Brand Park, the rangers,
Boy Scouts, other course volunteers, and the enthusiastic
welcoming group at the summit. It was my first time running
in the Verdugo Hills, and it was a great morning. I'll definitely
be back next year. — Joanie, 2007
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