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| Difficulty: 2
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Route Finding: 2
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| Distance One Way
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0.63
miles |
| Trailhead Elev
920 feet |
Elev Gain 278 feet |
| Avg Time One Way
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20 minutes |
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| Waypoints: |
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| Trailhead |
N 34° 10.099 W 118° 52.320
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Los Padres Trail
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N 34° 10.031 W 118° 52.386
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Los Robles Trail East
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N 34° 09.759 W 118° 52.701
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Los Robles Trail Central
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N 34° 09.759 W 118° 52.701
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Trailhead/End of trail
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N 34° 09.759 W 118° 52.701
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Topographic Route Map |
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Elevation Profile |
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By Scott Legal
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The Janss Fire road is as its name implies – a fire road. If you’re looking for single track, this is not the trail. That said, just a few hundred feet in is the junction with the Los Padres Trail, to the right, and that’s all single track. Also, the trail ends as a junction with the Los Robles Trail. If you head to the right there is a lot of single track ahead of you.
The Janss Fire Road starts near the eastern end of Hillsborough Street. The trailhead looks like a drive way that runs between two houses. The pavement ends just before you reach a locked gate with a horse crossing. From then on the trail is all uphill.
For a fire road the scenery is quite nice. The slope is generally north facing so there is lots of vegetation. The trail travels along a canyon which drops down below the trail to the right. Across the canyon you can see numerous game trails. I have on occasion seen deer on these games trails so keep your eyes open.
Although I said that the trail ends at a junction with the Los Robles Trail, it actually dead ends several yards past the Los Robles Trail at a gate. The gate leads to private land and is off limits to the public. So I’ve called the end the junction. However, it is worth noting that this ranch property is quite pretty, particularly during the winter and spring months when the grass is green. I recommend that you head left on the Los Robles Trail up the hill a ways to take in these green meadow views that are peppered with a few oaks trees.
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Janss Fire Road junction with the Los Padres Trail |
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The canyon below the trail |
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Near the top of the trail |
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A view of the 23 freeway as it passes over Sunset Hills |
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A dark photo of an owl |
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