Past Event
Saturday, March 25, 2017, 9 a.m. to noon
Furry Friends Hike in Crest Canyon
Trailhead lies .7 miles down Racetrack View Drive, Del Mar
Cost: Free
The staff of the San Dieguito River Valley Conservancy invites hikers and their furry friends to join them on a hike at Crest Canyon. Despite its urban setting, Crest Canyon is a beautiful example of coastal sage scrub intermingled with southern maritime chapparal, both rapidly disappearing with the development along the coast. Rare plants such as Del Mar manzanita find a home here among vast displays of lemonadeberry, bush sunflower, and coastal goldenbush. The canyon in dotted with Torrey Pines, found only in this area of San Diego County and on Santa Rosa Island off the Santa Barbara coast. Hikers are asked to bring a pet food or treat donation for the Helen Woodward Animal Center.