This is a group for people who want to explore trails in the San Gabriels and get a run in at the same time. Runs will vary from 30 minutes to 2 hours and trail suggestions are welcome. Some trails are steep in a few sections, but our pace will be very easy.

I am a long time personal trainer/trail guide and I love our Santa Monica Mountains. I love to share the beauty with others. If you want to get out there and appreciate where we live, join me and my friends! There is nothing better than breathing the fresh ocean air while pumping up a hill. I support California Sate Parks -- I simply ask for your support as well.  We live in a beautiful place--we should get out there and discover it!!! Check out my website: www.NatureGirlTara.com check out my Yo …

A group of lawyers and judges getting together for trail rides, camaraderie, fun and networking.

We are a hiking and backpacking group focused on the Pacific Crest Trail.  We're fast becoming a very active Meetup focused on light and safe travel in the wilderness. We have interesting meetings and plans for brief, overnight hikes as well as for more ambitious treks. We'll learn new skills, hone current ones and develop a network of people you'd trust with your life in the backcountry. We are very open to new trip ideas, lightweight, and ultralightweight backpacking techniques, and the equipm …

Welcome to Hiking With Dean, the best hiking group this side of the Los Angeles River! We are headquartered in Brentwood, gateway to "The Big Wild"-- an 18,500-acre swath of the Santa Monica Mountains that includes 10,000-acre Topanga State Park and other public lands at San Vicente Mountain Park (aka the Nike Missile Base), Rustic, Sullivan and Mandeville canyons. Formally the original "The Weekday Hikers," we now meet regularly on the weekends for hikes mostly in and around the Santa Monica Mo …

We are photo hobbyists and hiking enthusiasts, although..... We're not just limited to hiking. We attend wide variety of urban and rural walks, hikes, photography receptions and photography events. Occasional we will volunteer our photography services for different charities or events that need photographers as well. All levels are welcome! We'll explore various trails, festivals, receptions and photography exhibits around Southern California and bring our cameras and camera knowledge with us. W …

Open to backpackers and soon-to-be backpackers of all ability levels, LABC is where L.A. area backpackers can come together for weekend backpacking trips in the surrounding wilderness areas and longer excursions outside Los Angeles. This is not backpack traveling. Our focus is on the outdoors. We're all about backcountry adventure! *These are NOT guided trips (you have to pay BIG BUCKS for those)! *There are no "leaders". We're just people who love to backpack and don't mind sharing with other …

Sporting a keen sense of adventure? An insatiable appetite for the outdoors?? A wicked craving something grilled??? Well then good thing you found your way to SoCAL Bikes, Boards & Bites – where the pavement ends, the adventure begins... Our goal is to meet other SoCal trail riders with a keen sense of adventure. Our mission is to promote, protect and preserve the California trail experience through advocacy, education and responsible recreational mountain biking. Our group will also feature p …

Instruction and riding in a beautiful setting on safe gentle horses with Talley Hutcherson in Malibu. I love teaching relationship with horses and using horses for personal development. Anyone is welcome who wants to learn about the fun of riding. I currently have 8 to 10 horses available for riding.

Happy Hour Fitness is about working out with a new perspective! We want fitness to be fun, adventurous, and always in a positive environment! Enjoy some great California sun, family and friends! Get your cardio and core workouts every Saturday at Culver City park at 8AM with my fitness group. Start your weekend off right! Starting with stretching, warm-up/workout and then we hit the trail for a run. When you reach your turn around point just head back down the trail and you can wait for the rest …

Notice: All group runs have been postponed until January do to cross-training. In the meantime, get your fitness and strength where it needs to be, and we'll hit it hard and fast in 2013. ******************************************************************** Hey Traceurs...how's your fitness? We're a group of athletes, traceurs, friends, and fitness peeps of all different skill levels. To us Los Angeles is more like a national park for parkour and urban trail running- so if you're looking for a go …

Start the Saturday and Sunday with a mountain bike ride in the morning! Where: From the Santa Monica bike path to the Santa Monica Mountains at Will Rogers State Park to Back Bone Trail How do I find it?: Go to Google maps and search for "Bike Attack in Santa Monica" at 2400 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA 90405. We are starting at the back entrance of Bike Attack at 8.00am sharp. We will ride for 2-3 hours and travel 10-25 miles (depending on trail). We start at the bike path and go up the street …

"Building connections within the Asian community and staying connected" Asian Groupting means: Group + Meeting Group + Outing Group + Connecting Who Asian Groupting is for: All Asians 20s and 30s that want break out of his or her boring, stale, daily routine and try something adventurous, learn new activities and skills, explore unfamiliar and exciting areas, and experience a variety of popular and hidden restaurants with OTHER ASIANS! And you do all this FOR FREE with a group of other Asians …

We are a group of 20- and 30-somethings interested in meeting new friends in the greater L.A. area while enjoying the outdoors through hiking, camping, backpacking, beach-combing, playing volleyball and other fun experiences. We like to have fun, but we also want to stay safe. For that reason, each hike is reviewed by our organization before posting to make sure at least two qualified volunteer leaders trained in CPR and basic First Aid are involved, and we ask that all hikers stay between the l …

Come join the Griffith Park Section of the Sierra Club for our evening conditioning hikes and other events. Enjoy our hikes and learn the trails with experienced and well trained hike leaders. The section also has potlucks, cookouts, and monthly moderate moonlit hikes; see the Calendar for details. We are a conservation group committed to protecting the environment. Though you do not need to a member of the section to hike with us, we encourage people to join our section and get our excellent ne …

Ever been out in a group and wished you were just home? Us too. Let's hang out. This group is designed for people who get it - who know that "boring", "stupid", and "annoying" are actually synonyms. If your skin crawls when you hear someone's story trail off into oblivion. If you would rather bang your head against a wall than listen to a couple struggle back and forth over who said what pointless thing. If you understand that "lol" is something that should only be used by 13 year-olds, and even …

We are a serious, but fun group of women who enjoy cycling & exploring new places together. We try to encourage and motivate each other while supporting each of our athlete’s individual training goals. We will have a consistent Tuesday morning ride and will often have other rides scheduled throughout the week. Most of our rides begin at Serious Cycling in Agoura Hills & will cover 25+ miles, and we ride both in the hills & the flats. This is not a beginning riding group.

Corgis unite!! If you are lucky enough to own one of the greatest, smartest, cutest, and furriest dogs ever, then you should come out and play. Nothing beats a pack of corgis. Purebreds and mixes welcome! There will be at least one meetup per month, whether it's at the park, on a hiking trail, or at the beach where dogs can play and owners can mingle. Join us for tons of fun with your corgi(s)!

This group's focus is ALL forms of outdoor activities including hiking, backpacking, camping, running, orienteering, road biking, mountain biking, kayaking, sailing, rafting, volleyball, tennis, skiing, snowboarding, inline skating, rock climbing, or anything else you can think of. Sometimes this includes multiday adventures to amazing destinations, as well as, an occasional social event like a dinner, social mixer, picnic, or bowling etc. Join and meet fellow enthusiasts for outdoor activities …

If you don't have the attitude then you won't make the altitude! A group of people who love the outdoors - particularly large hills that some call mountains. We love to spend time exploring the wilderness because we know freedom lies within the moment. Call us individuals who like to take the trail less traveled... Actually, that's a bit cliche... but whatever you get the drift. SOME QUICK INFO ABOUT SOCAL MOUNTAINEERS Some of the treks are going to be tough. This group is not for someone who …

Do you love to jam with other musicians? This group meets once a month (every second Tuesday of the month at 10pm) at a club in Santa Monica. Cheep beer and a really great place to network with other musicians, for creative projects, or just hanging out. We will decide on a "set" ahead of time and everyone will get a chance to play along and will solo if desired. This jam night is open to all instrumentalists and all vocalists. So that everyone gets stage time we ask that musicians sign up in g …

Come for a hike in Runyon Canyon every Friday morning with other dog owners. Dog not required to participate. Seriously...I don't even have a dog I just like to be around them! We meet at the south entrance at 9:45am near the intersection of N Fuller Ave & Hillside Ave; Los Angeles, CA 90046. We will be just inside or outside of the front gate. We hike the dirt trail path up the left hand side (not the paved road) which is said to be the more challenging path (still pretty easy). This hike is l …

Hi SB Surfers, It’s time to bring your boards out and have some fun. It looks like most of us have surf once or twice but still feel like a beginner but we do have others in the group that has surfed for years and are looking for a few new surf buddy's. This weekend lets try something diffrent from 8 am to 9 am if you feel your a beginner/intermediate let meet at Rat Beach and for the rest let's meet at Torrance Beach from 9am till 11 am. Beginner & Intermediate Rat Beach Meetup Spot 8am Rat Be …

This group (new!) was created for single black women and Asian men, in their 20s to late 40s, to get together. I've noticed that although we don't see this interracial combination quite too often, there are certainly many black women and Asian men interested in getting to know one another romantically for simple dating, possible long-term relationships or even good friendships. Additionally, I had to create a group like this that catered to those in the LA area. Within 100 miles of LA, I saw no …

Meet others who are interested in getting in shape and taking advantage of the beautiful hiking trails that are so close to us. We will meet one or two times a month at varying locations!

This group is for nannies (live- in, full time, part time) Au pairs, babysitters, or anyone who works with children in any way. If you love your job but are exhausted and need some people in your life who can relate and maybe carry on an adult conversation then this group is for you! This group is pretty much just to meet up anywhere in the valley or Hollywood (coffee shop, hiking trail, movie theater, ect) to connect and have fun with others who get it. We will do activities on the weekends mos …

You will meet other local people interested in improving their experience of life with Neuro Linguistic Programming, a tool for self-improvement and interpersonal communications. You will join us on the second Tuesday of each month and occasionally we may announce other meetings on related topics. We host this common interest meeting in Playa del Rey (in the Los Angeles South Bay area). NLP is an attitude and a methodology that leaves a trail of techniques At each meeting, you will experience so …

A diverse group of cyclists looking for off-road.  New cyclists are welcome, we'll happily share trails & advice. This group has an interesting history- it began as a women's cycling club, briefly had only MTB first responders attending meetings (guys), and now it's a broad collection of great people. Everyone is free to post an event.