Popular Trips in Henry W. Coe State Park
After hearing about their beauty on Twitter, I planned an overnight trip to Pacheco Falls in Henry Coe State Park. The falls are located about ten ("rolling") miles from the nearest trailhead and dry up in late spring, which makes them less-than-attractive to dayhikers -- which is a shame, because I can now say that when they're running, they're spectacular.The plan, such as it was, was to park at the Hunting Hollow...
A nice tour of three peaks from the Hunting Hollow entrance. I had intended to only do Vasquez peak today since I'd been to Willson Peak before but when I consulted the map at a decision point I decided to throw in Willson and then added Rock Springs Peak later on so it became a trifecta of sorts.The hike starts along the nice flat Hunting Hollow trail with about four creek crossings, the...
Mt Sizer, Henry Coe (Plus bonus peak!)
Madrone Soda Springs (historical), California, United States
15.8 miles
15.8 miles
A classic Bay Area hiking loop is Mt Sizer in Henry Coe. This hike is a minimum of 14 miles to do using the in-and-out shortest approach, or you can make a loop and do this loop. At about 16 miles it is just long enough to offer solitude and remoteness, but is easy to do as a day trip from San Jose.Between Poverty Flat and Blue Ridge, don't miss the opportunity...
An approx 13 mile hike to check out Kelly Lake and the wildflowers of Coe in March. The hike starts from free parking at the Coyote Creek entrance. There's room for about 4-5 cars here. I've posted a pic of the right side of the road, there's room for one more on the left side. Never gotten a ticket here despite the No Parking signs about four miles back on the road. ...
This year's Coe Backcountry Weekend was cancelled due to rain earlier in the week...but the weather for the weekend was forecast to be perfect. So I headed out on my first-ever backpacking trip. I wanted to take the plunge with a destination that wouldn't be super tiring, and that would let me get used to carrying the extra weight of the backpacking gear. Since I was going solo I also wanted to...
Henry W. Coe State Park - Bill's Hill and Osos Ridge
Old Gilroy, California, United States
7.5 miles
7.5 miles
For quite some time, I had my eyes on Bill's Hill, a peak in Coe's far South area. On the map, it seems quite a simple hike. You just hike along Hunting Hollow Road and then take Bill's Hill Trail to climb to the Osos Ridge. The trail continues along this ridge until it hits Bill's Hill.I noticed though, that on my GPS, another trail, Osos Ridge Trail, would allow me to...
Henry Coe Backcountry Weekend 3 day Backpack
Madrone Soda Springs (historical), California, United States
26.3 miles
26.3 miles
I attended Backcountry Weekend for the fifth year running this year. Each year we do something progressively more difficult. On Friday night we hiked from Orestimba Corral to Pacheco Camp and set up camp, then made a quick side trip to the truly amazing Pacheco Falls. The night was extremely windy and cold, much more than I had expected so it was into the sleeping bag early to stay warm. On Saturday...
Henry Coe - Mount Sizer, the Narrows and China Hole
Madrone Soda Springs (historical), California, United States
17.5 miles
17.5 miles
Antony (Bullit) was looking for company to hike up Mount Sizer, and despite a recent tough experience with that hike (due to heat - see trip 209614), I was game. So were Joe and Sam.The route was similar to the one I took 3 weeks ago. Starting from the headquarters, we would take Hobbs Road (including the Shortcut) up to Blue Ridge and Mount Sizer. But we would then use Jackass trail...
Kelly Lake and the 7th Tarantula - Henry W. Coe State Park
Madrone Soda Springs (historical), California, United States
10.2 miles
10.2 miles
I took advantage of a day off to explore an area of Coe i've never been to before: The area around the Wasno Ridge, easily accessible via the Coyote Creek entrance. The inspiration for this trip came from another trip I saw on everytrail.com (188513 by Tom Mangan). Obviously, I was not going for the flowers (it's November! - although I did see a few blooming poppies) but for something that Tom...
Henry Coe - Coyote Creek Loop
Madrone Soda Springs (historical), California, United States
6.2 miles
6.2 miles
Coyote Creek trailhead -> Grizzly Gulch Trail -> Rock Tower Trail -> Jackson Trail -> Anza Trail -> Coit Road -> trailheadThis was a short but very nice hike with what I often refer to as my "muggle friends" or as Dwayne has named us, The Hillside Stragglers. We've been hiking together for several years now but not as often as we used to. We were looking forward to a good hike...
