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Contact: Ana Beatriz Cholo, 8057509356
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. – The Backbone Trail section between Newton Canyon Trailhead at Kanan-Dume Road and the north-south Zuma Ridge Trail, will be closed to the public from April 18 to May 19, 2022. View map here.Facilities workers from the National Park Service will be constructing a new bridge in Zuma Canyon. The Backbone Trail Bridge in Zuma Canyon was destroyed during the 2018 Woolsey Fire.
Closure signs are posted throughout the closed areas. The parking lot at Newton Canyon Road will remain open and visitors can still access the Zuma Ridge Trail in its entirety. We encourage hikers, bikers and equestrians to explore other trails and areas of the park.
For more information and to view a map of where the closure is located, please visit the park website at www.nps.gov/samo or download the National Park Service App.
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (SMMNRA) is the largest urban national park in the country, encompassing more than 150,000 acres of mountains and coastline in Ventura and Los Angeles counties. A unit of the National Park Service, it comprises a seamless network of local, state and federal parks interwoven with private lands and communities. As one of only five Mediterranean ecosystems in the world, SMMNRA preserves the rich biological diversity of more than 450 animal species and 26 distinct plant communities. For more information, visit www.nps.gov/samo.
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Last updated: April 15, 2022