BACKBONE TRAIL TAKES BIG STEP TOWARD FRUITION.Byline: Kevin F. Sherry Daily News Staff Writer A waterfall greets visitors to the newest attraction in the Santa Monica Mountains The Santa Monica Mountains are a low transverse range in southern California in the United States. Geography They run for approximately 40 mi (64 km) east-west from the Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles to Point Mugu in Ventura County. - the latest addition to the Backbone through and through; thoroughly; entirely. - Lord Lytton. See also: Backbone Trail that lengthens the popular hiking route to about 63 miles. For the past year workers and volunteers from a handful of agencies have chopped brush and cleared a three-mile walkway through the Santa Monica Mountains from Encinal Canyon Road to the east. ``This is one of the big ones,'' said Ranger Charles Taylor
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When complete, the trail will stretch 70 miles and connect Point Mugu to Will Rogers State Historical Park in Pacific Palisades Palisades, cliffs along the west bank of the Hudson River, NE N.J. and SE N.Y., extending from N of Jersey City, N.J., to the vicinity of Piermont, N.Y., with a general altitude of from 350 ft to 550 ft (107–168 m). . Longtime Backbone backers are pleased to see their dream of a completed trail one step closer to fruition. In the late 1970s, Linda Palmer helped circulate petitions to create the Backbone Trail. ``It is very satisfying to see it becoming a reality,'' said Palmer, who now serves as vice president of the Santa Monica Mountains Trails Council. ``The gaps are closing.'' The National Park Service has scheduled a trail dedication and first hike on the new segment for Jan. 14. The crews working on the new trail made sure the grading of the trail was generally even from start to finish. The project included the installation of two bridges For the neighborhood in New York City, see . Two Bridges is an isolated location in the heart of Dartmoor National Park, in Devon, United Kingdom. It is situated around 2. and numerous drainage culverts, water bars and loose-rock retaining walls to control erosion. The amount of work put in during the year should help minimize the amount of work the segment needs in the future, Taylor said. ``We're excited about it because it's such a well-made trail that it should be easy to maintain,'' Taylor said. ``It's a pretty cool trail.'' Features of the new segment include a waterfall at the trailhead, a 25-space parking lot, trail signs, area wildlife and edible berries. ``You can actually see critters and jackrabbits wandering around,'' Taylor said. Completion of the new segment was paid for in part by a $40,000 grant from American Airlines American Airlines Major U.S. airline. American was created through a merger of several smaller U.S. airlines and incorporated in 1934. It continued to buy the routes of other airlines, becoming an international carrier in the 1970s; its routes include South America, the . In January 1998, the federal government allocated $6.5 million for the completion of the entire trail. The costs include money needed to purchase land from private owners, as well as construction of the trail itself. The length of the trail and the fact that it provides people the unique opportunity to hike a ridgeline ridge·line n. See ridge. Noun 1. ridgeline - a long narrow range of hills ridge arete - a sharp narrow ridge found in rugged mountains appeals to many people, said Belinda Faustinos, deputy director of the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy The Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy is an agency of the state of California in the United States founded in 1979 and dedicated to the acquisition of land in the Santa Susana and Santa Monica Mountains and the Simi Hills, north and west of Los Angeles, for preservation as open . ``It is just such a well-defined hiking trail,'' Faustinos said. ``It just stands out in everybody's mind.'' Eventually supporters hope the trail will have camp sites all along its route, so that hikers can make an uninterrupted trek from start to finish. ``People crave to get out of the city and visit something like this,'' Palmer said. ``It's really a wondrous thing to have so close to the city.'' The dedication of the new Backbone Trail segment will be held 10:30 a.m. Jan. 14 at the trailhead. The trailhead is located at Tunnel T-1 on Kanan Road, 8-1/2 miles south of the Ventura Freeway and 4-1/2 miles north of Pacific Coast Highway Pacific Coast Highway may refer to:
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