Hikers carry everything they need to be out for the full route, as they do on paths like the Appalachian Trail and the John Muir in the Sierra Nevada. In between, you’re in nature and away from city life. Going west, you start near the Palisades, with views of downtown skyscrapers, and finish a few days later on a beach west of Malibu.
The Backbone Trail is what’s known as a through-hike: essentially a multiday backpacking trip. I also discovered the city has an excellent way to get closer to all this wildlife: the 108 kilometres Backbone Trail stretches across the Santa Monica Mountain Range, which separates Los Angeles from the San Fernando Valley. After 40 years of trail building, the 108 kilometre route stretches all the way to the sea. According to researchers at UCLA, Los Angeles County is home to more than 4,000 distinct animal and plant species, including dozens of endangered creatures, from condors to desert bighorn sheep. Expanded urbanisation has resulted in Angelenos having coyotes in the street and bears in their swimming pools. Each May, jacaranda trees along the streets bloom like purple fireworks. Mountain EscapadesĪfter my wife and I moved to LA from the East Coast, I noticed how often the city smells of flowers. In winter, you can even go backcountry skiing. Just a 20-minute drive north of Dodger Stadium is Angeles National Forest, which has 700,000 acres of woodlands and mountains, some of which top 3,048 metres. LA is a coastal basin that humans turned into a concrete bowl.Īnd yet, for all the cars and wildfires, LA is the only major city in the United States bisected by a massive mountain range. The metropolis is well loved for its Mediterranean climate, but nature isn’t what most people think of when they picture it-and for good reason. Los Angeles, for all the things it’s known for, isn’t usually considered a great city for green spaces.
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