Popular Trips in Almaden Quicksilver County Park
I participated Santa Clara County's Healthy Trails program(Third Edition)I need to do five trails. This is the first one
A brisk January morning hike with some friends. Highlight was the 50+ newt orgy at the Day Tunnel Pond. Good times!
An easy 7 mile hike
through the Almaden Quicksilver Park today. It was foggy when we started but cleared
up later, we started at 8.30am and finished it at 11am.
This was a warm up hike to get my missus ready for an assault on El Sombroso. We parked at the woods road entrance and headed down woods road. I stopped several times to take in delightful views and snap plenty of pictures. It was a perfect day to be out here. It was cool with just the slightest breeze. The first couple miles are mostly flat but you do drop...
A quick hike to check out the wildflowers in this end of the park.
Almaden Quicksilver County Park is nice place to go for a short, non-technical mountain bike ride. Wide fire access roads without much rocks or gravel make the riding pretty easy. The loop that I like starts with a steady uphill climb to the ridge top. The climb is followed by a fun downhill ride to the reservoir and then finishes off with a mixed up and down section. You could of course do...
Quicksilver - Guadalupe Reservoir Dam to Providencia Trail
English Town, California, United States
3.8 miles
3.8 miles
This is a moderate hike with a constant climb from the reservoir to the start of the Providencia Trail, and then a steeper section where the trail joins up with the Mine Hill Trail. The Providencia Trail does not allow bicycles, so it's a quiet trail with some good views of Mt. Umunhum, and the option to drop down to the Enriquita Trail, where you'll find a small pond and more remnants...
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