Remember to take lots of water.  No need to register, just show up. A nice shaded cool hike!

COLD SPRINGS RIDGE LOOP To MONTECITO OVERLOOK – 8:30 AM.  Follows shaded East Fork of Cold Springs Creek to the Edison Catway and Montecito Overlook with sweeping views of Santa Barbara and the Channel Islands.  Hiking Distance: 3 to 4 miles round trip. Elevation gain: 1000 feet. Hiking time 2 to 2.5 hours (go at your pace). Difficulty: Moderate-Strenuous.  

  DIRECTIONS: Meet at the Cold Springs trailhead on E Mountain Dr.  just east of the stream crossing. There is ample street parking on weekdays. From either direction on Fwy 101, exit at Olive Mill Road and turn toward the mountains. Continue up Olive Mill Rd 1.0 mile, crossing East Valley Rd where name changes to Hot Springs Rd. After another 1.0 mile turn left on East Mountain Drive. Go 1.1 miles to trailhead on the right, just before the creek crossing.  (You’ll probably see cars & hikers when you first turn onto East Mountain Drive. That is another trailhead.  Do not stop. Continue 1.1 miles.) HIKE LEADER  Bo Kite,roykite2015 @gmail.com; + Richard Haro richardharo@icloud.com, Deborah Rodgers, Donna Haro,

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