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Echo Cliffs, Santa Monica Mountains

Description 

Santa Monica Mountains rise above Los Angeles, widen to meet the curve of Santa Monica Bay and reach their highest peaks facing the ocean, forming a beautiful and multi-faceted landscape
Covering 250 square miles, rising out of the Pacific Ocean to a height over 3,000'. The mountain range was driven up from the sea over 10 million years ago. Weathering created rugged landscapes of canyons up to 2,000' deep with unique rock formations.
Located in a Mediterranean ecosystem, the Santa Monica Mountains contain a wide variety of plants and wildlife.

Climate 

Santa Monica Mountains have a dry, warm to humid summers and wet, mild to cool winters

The Classics

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Rolling Blackout 5.10c/d  CA : Los Angeles County : ... : The Power Wall

Best route on the wall, IMHO. Start on some smaller pockets just right of the large huecos of Power Station. Crux at third bolt as you pull left around a protruding rock. Joins (the better half of) Power Station after that....[more]   Browse More Classics in CA

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Planet of the Apes Wall, Malibu Creek State Park, ...	Many years, springtime brings an extraordinary wil...	Blue-Eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium bellum), Santa Monic...
Juvenile Striped Racer, Santa Monica Mountains	The falls in the Grotto, at Echo Cliffs, in wet co...	Water cascading down the normally dry descent gull...
Local climbers and rangers join forces to clean up...	Litter recently gathered from the base of Echo Cli...	A sellout crowd at the Mishe Mokwa Trailhead.