Santa Monica Mountains

The Santa Monica Mountains were a mountain range in Los Angeles, California, that separated the inland Valley from the Los Angeles basin and the sea. Passes through the mountains included Sepulveda Pass and Topanga Canyon.

The mountains were something of a wilderness, covered in brush but crisscrossed with trails that nature worshippers used. Mulholland Drive and Coldwater were roads that ran through the mountains, and Matilda Swenson was found by Nina Myers on a fire road off Mulholland.

Mountaingate Drive and the Vanderbilt Complex were also situated in the mountains, overlooking the Interstate 405 and the Los Angeles basin. The Santa Monica Mountains Preserve was a wide tract of land that ran along the backbone of the mountains.

During Day 1, Teri Bauer became stranded on Mulholland Drive when she realised Kevin Carroll was not who he claimed to be. Later, she drove herself and her daughter through Griffith Park in an attempt to escape Jovan Myovic, but her parked car fell down a cliff. Thinking Kim was dead, she lost her memory and was picked up by Tanya, while Kim phoned a cab to take her to Rick's house.

During Day 2, Eddie Grant waited at a phone station in the mountains in order to lure a phone company van to the location. After killing Cam Stroker and Danny, the phone technicians, Eddie took their van and drove it to CTU Los Angeles with Jack, Chris and Scott.