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Running, Hiking and Riding Just Got a Little Easier in Some Parts of Ahmanson Ranch

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Equipment used to scrape and grade dirt roads in the area of upper Las Virgenes Canyon.
Upper Las Virgenes Canyon

Dirt roads used to service gas pipelines that pass through Ahmanson Ranch have recently been scraped and graded.

Scraped and graded section of East Las Virgenes Canyon Road at Ahmanson Ranch. May 23,2023.
Scraped and graded section of East Las Virgenes Canyon Rd about two miles west of the Victory Trailhead.

The work was sorely needed. In the wake of our very wet rain season, in some areas the mustard was 8 feet tall and roads were rutted and damaged.

All of the scraped roads are in the western part of Ahmanson, primarily in and near upper Las Virgenes Canyon. Some very welcome weed-cutting was previously done along the roads in other parts of the open space area.

(Officially named Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve, most users refer to the open space area as Ahmanson Ranch or simply Ahmanson.)