Hot & Cold Backcountry Springs of the Santa Barbara & Ojai Mountains

Hot & Cold Backcountry Springs of the Santa Barbara & Ojai Mountains

Free Online Presentation with Q&A
Thursday, September 16th, 5:30pm

With fall approaching and temperatures becoming more pleasant, now is a great time to start thinking about heading out into the backcountry for soaking and nature connection. However, the big challenge in our semi-arid climate is where is there available water in the fall?

This talk will highlight the backpacking opportunities to our four backcountry hot springs: Little Caliente, Agua Caliente, Willet, and Sespe Hot Springs. It will also cover more than a half-dozen destinations in our local mountains that generally have reliable, year round water.

Join local writer James Wapotich as he shares images and stories from his treks to these unique places in our mountains. James has hiked many of the trails in our local backcountry. He is an experienced backpacker, trail guide, and author of the Santa Barbara News-Press hiking column, Trail Quest. His blog is www.songsofthewilderness.com.

This talk is being live-streamed via Zoom. To register go to https://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=34260, any time before the presentation starts, and a link will be sent to you.

This free online presentation is part of the Trail Talks series hosted by the Santa Barbara Public Library.

The next talk in the series is Thursday, October 14th, 5:30pm, Bicycling with Butterflies, with author Sara Dykman. Her talk was rescheduled from August.