IMPORTANT UPDATE: Starting Spring 2023, all non-driver trip participant spots will be selected at random due to high demand. Links will accept sign-ups until 12AM Sunday
Come join Joe and Professor Bar on a beautiful, scenic 9.9 mile loop around the Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve Trail! This is a moderately challenging route, and will take around 4 hours to hike. Expect to see plenty of rolling hills, wildflowers, and open scenery.
PACKING LIST:
Hiking Boots or comfortable tennis shoes
H2O
WAIVERS
WE WILL PROVIDE:
Fun!
PROFESSOR: FRANÇOIS BAR
DEPARTMENT: COMMUNICATION AND SPATIAL SCIENCES
François Bar is professor of communication and spatial sciences at USC. He serves on the Annenberg Innovation Lab research council and is a steering committee member of the Annenberg Research Network on International Communication. His research and teaching explore the social and economic impacts of information technologies, with a specific focus on telecommunication policy, user-driven innovation and technology appropriation. His most recent work examines the potential of information technology for economic, social and cultural development, in places ranging from East Africa to Latin America to South Los Angeles.
PEAK: UPPER LAS VIRGENES CANYON
DIFFICULTY: 3/5
SCENERY: Rolling hills! Oak trees! Creeks!
FUN FACT: The Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve Trail is part of a critical ecological linkage and wildlife corridor between the Santa Monica Mountains and the ranges to the north.
TRIP LEAD: JOE JOCAS