While we hike from out lunch spot into Malibu Creek State Park along the Mesa Peak Motorway (still the Backbone Trail) for the next 3 miles, we come across a number of faults. Some more obvious than others but none the less, these faults have pushed and shoved the rocks around for millions of years. As section after section of rock was compressed and stressed, something had to give. One side of the fault had to move and sometimes, that way was up. At the top of Corral Canyon Road Trailhead there is a unique rock formation. Here you will find spires of rock and dirt turned upward, sideways, and around that add shapes to the mountain's topography as unique to any other place in the park. As one hikes the Backbone Trail, these structures are a definite landmark to look out for and as you can see in the picture to your right, a great place to have lunch and think about how these rocks got here.