Stokes Canyon House Guide

The address is: 

2831 Stokes Canyon Road, Calabasas

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Coming from Mulholland Highway, you will enter Stokes Canyon Road. After about half a mile, you will arrive at the first gate.

Use the first-gate code in your private arrival email.

See the route photos linked in your private arrival email.

Keep going straight for a quarter of a mile and enter onto the dirt road. Please drive carefully, as the dirt road has some remaining asphalt patches that could damage your car tires.

See the route photos linked in your private arrival email.

Keep going for a quarter of a mile until you come to the second gate. It is black. If locked, use the second-gate code in your private arrival email. 

Please note: After entering the gate, please always lock the gate behind you.

Keep going straight uphill for a few hundred yards, and you will be able to park in front of the cabin.

Suggested guest checklist

Please plan to bring the following items with you:

• Potable drinking water
• Coffee creamer, if desired
• If bringing a pet: a pet bed and enough blankets to protect the bedding, indoor furniture, and outdoor cushions
• A black-out sleeping mask, if needed, as the trailer does not have blackout shades
• Camping lanterns or flashlights
• Camping plates and cutlery, if you prefer your own. We usually provide a limited number of stainless steel plates and cutlery boxed up in the cabin kitchen.
• Extra firewood and/or fire starter as needed. Please see the fire pit section below for more details.

Items we provide

We provide the following items for your stay:

• A small fridge for groceries inside the Airstream
• Access to a larger fridge with a small freezer compartment inside the cabin
• A Nespresso coffee maker with Nespresso capsules
• An electric hot plate for two pots
• A small number of pots and cooking utensils
• Trash bins with liners
• Dishwashing liquid and a dishwashing sponge
• 2 towels
• 1 bathroom floor mat
• Hand soap
• Facial tissues
• Kitchen paper towels
• Toilet paper
• Bed linens
• Two deck chairs with cushions
• A dining table with 3 chairs
• A fire pit with grill and two chairs

We ask that you take your trash with you when you leave, if possible. Small animals may come and scout for food remains, which can create a big mess if trash is left behind.

The Airstream Trailer

This trailer was built in 1965 and is mostly original. Please be gentle! 

For lighting control, you can speak to Alexa or use the switch in the image below:

There is a smart space heater on the counter top. It is set to 70 degrees and turns off if it is moved or tips over.

Kindly let us know if you would like us to adjust the temperature remotely.

Dog owners

Should you bring a dog, you will need to bring a dog bed and enough blankets to protect the queen-size bed and the twin-size bench inside the trailer from damage. Please also protect the seat cushions on the deck chairs in front of the trailer.

Once you lock the entrance gate behind you, feel free to have your dog off leash, if you feel comfortable doing so.

Canyon lighting

There are landscape lights and string lights spanning across the canyon that are on a smart timer. They go on around sunset and turn off around sunrise. Please email or text us if you would like this changed.

Fires

We provide a steel fire bowl and plenty of fire wood. Unless there is a fire ban, you are welcome to make a fire and use the round grate for cooking.

We also provide kindling/fire starter, which is stored in the cabin kitchen. If you need additional fire starter or prefer your own, please bring it with you.

A few steps further up the dirt road on the right-hand side, we have piled up a lot of tree trunk blocks and larger slices that can be split into firewood if you want to bring an axe. Please note that doing so is entirely at your own risk. You may also find smaller logs ready to be used.

If there are windy conditions, no fires are allowed.

Please note: If sudden wind gusts arrive, you will need to extinguish the fire with water from the garden hose nearby.

Water

The campsite is connected to a pressurized spring water system. 

Please note: This water is not potable. Do not drink it! 

Hiking

Below is a hiking trail map suggestion in the area. It involves a few steep stretches that require solid hiking shoes and even climbing over rocks. Don't start the hike if you are not fit, do not feel well, or feel sick. Long pants and sleeves are highly recommended. Always take at least 20 oz of drinking water with you when you hike.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XM4-cspKGvT8s_RAjX7sYOQ4ckGjU-FV

Wildlife and emergency information

If you encounter any wildlife, please keep your distance. As you probably know, the overall area of the Santa Monica and Santa Susana Mountains is known as a habitat for mountain lions and rattlesnakes. We haven't seen any in years, but that of course doesn't mean that you won't encounter them.

If you need urgent medical attention, please call 911 immediately or go to the nearest urgent care center:

Exer Urgent Care

26777 Agoura Rd Ste. 4

Calabasas, CA 91302

(818) 880-2225

You can always text or call me at 310–500–5180.

Check-out

When checking out, please close the bathroom access door and all windows, and turn all lights off.

Please always lock the black gate behind you when leaving.