
Davy Brown Trailhead.

A beautiful meadow at the start.

The trail follows Davy Brown Creek for a time.


There were some easy stream crossings and logs to hop over.

And plenty of overgrowth, the worst of which is not pictured here.

A view back as the trail ascends slightly above the creek.

Davy Brown Creek on the left below.

A junction. I kept right to take the Willow Spring Trail.

A stream crossing along the Willow Spring Trail.

Ah, overgrown grasses hiding poison oak.

Another cure stream crossing, the brush getting worse.

Ascending steeply through brush tunnels.

View back down after the brushy sections were over.

Ascending through a clearing.

Junction. I kept right to stay on the Willow Sprinf Trail.

This portion of the Willow Spring Trail was much more pleasant.

Someone did work recently.

View back, Hurricane Deck seen top left.

The trail makes one long ascending traverse along the slope before reaching a few steep switchbacks.

Along the switchbacks.

The slope is steep, so the switchbacks were welcomed.

Just before reaching Catway Road.

Trail sign for Willow Spring Trail. I took an unofficial trail behind me along the ridgeline to Figueroa Mountain.

Along the social trail, Figueroa seen on the right.

Steep ascent to the summit.

A view toward Zaca Peak.

A view down at my progress up Figueroa Mountain.

Summit area.

Figueroa Mountain lookout tower.

I took the Figueroa Lookout Road a short time, passing some amazing superblooms.

View down toward Los Olivos.

At a major road switchback, I continued along a social trail, taking the ridge.

A steep descent down to the upper Davy Brown Trailhead.

A view back up at the steep descent.

Upper Davy Brown Trailhead.

A gorgeous little meadow.

The trail narrows into a drainage hugged by trees.


I thought this was a very cool section of trail.

The way the canyon had eroded over time was pretty unique, I thought.

A little waterfall along the way.

I met up with Davy Brown Creek.

The trail followed it for a while.

A major junction, though confusing. Straight and left lead back to the ascent route. Right (out of frame) leads up the slope on the right and onto the Munch Canyon Trail.

Ascending along the Munch Canyon Trail.

View back toward Figueroa Mountain, great views of the hillside.

Descending again, now heading toward Munch Canyon.

The brush was a little overgrown at times, but not too bad. Hurricane Deck seen top center.

A nice clearing along the way.

And then more overgrowth, a tunnel through the brush.

A junction. Munch Canyon continues left, but I decided to walk past the gate and reach Sun Valley Road.

Easy walking back to the road.

I took Sun Valley Road back to the trailhead.
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