On Saturday morning, about 20 L.A. Times subscribers attended our fourth Times subscriber hike, this time a 3.5-mile trek to Sycamore Canyon falls in Point Mugu State Park. It was a crisp, cloudy day, ...

Howdy! I’m Jaclyn Cosgrove, an outdoors reporter at the L.A. Times. My job is to explore the mountains surrounding Los Angeles to find the best hikes, campgrounds and other adventures for you to ...

Midspring is a perfect time for those betwixt and between hikes - in terrain that's somewhere above the sweat-sucking desert and below the chilly mountain heights. One route that fills the bill: the ...

Hikers rest at Sycamore Canyon falls during an L.A. Times subscriber hike. (Jacsen Donohue / Santa Monica Mountains Fund) On Saturday morning, about 20 L.A. Times subscribers attended our fourth Times ...