"My second time visiting this classic collection of peaks in the Santa Monica Mountains. I added a fifth peak, which is the obvious high point before reaching Peak 2127. Starting to heat up, was glad to get this one in before the temps climb higher and the green grass dries up." — MikeTeeples • Mar 14, 2026

"Started at the Piuma Trailhead parking lot with the plan to climb McAuley and Mesa Peak. When reaching Mc Auley Peak my eyes were drawn to a higher peak further down the trail. So instead of using the spur trail to McAuley Peak, I kept walking to Peak 2127, which was about a mile further. The trail came close to the summit, leaving a short use trail to the high point. This was my turnaround point where I retraced my steps to McAuley Peak. This time I took the spur trail to the top and signed the register. I continued from there back to a trail junction at a picnic table. I took the dirt road trail to the right which quickly led to Mesa Peak. On top is some sort of man made structure. From the summit, I noticed another lower peak with a well defined use trail leading to its summit about a half mile away. I made sure to include it on my outing. From the far edge of the summit of Peak 1800 were great ocean views and views into the canyons and toward well-to-do neighborhoods of Malibu. This was a good ending to a day where I doubled my planned peak bagging output by just walking a few extra miles." — MikeTeeples • Mar 17, 2019

"2nd of 2-peak traverse from nearby McAuley Peak(2,049'). 0.7 mile hike w/330' gain, 125' loss south from McAuley to Mesa on Coral Cyn Rd-Mesa Mtwy trails. 3.1 mile return to Piuma TH parking (TH elev: 500') in Malibu Creek State Park off Malibu Cyn Road. " — BradStemm • May 13, 2014

"Did this on a very hot day and I almost got Heat stroke! We started from Coral Canyon and the bizarre rock and land features with cool crevasses and caves we got to enjoy in the beggining of this hike were definitely the highlight of this trip. Some of us ran out of water but my bf was smart enough to bring extra for all of us. " — CaptainBadass • Jun 30, 2013