Henry W. Coe State Park Geocaching Trips
I hiked this loop to prepare for an Introduction to Geocaching class I'm teaching for the Santa Clara County Parks on May 15th. (If you're interested, please contact me.) The class is on the brand new Mummy Mountain trail. The trail opened on Earth Day 2010 after more than a year of construction. In my opinion it's the best trail in the park. While I was looking for one geocache I had...
Last weekend I did a 9 mile hike at Calero in 97 degree heat. Not having learned my lesson from that, THIS weekend I wanted to go to Coe."Coe in July?", you say. "Are you crazy?"Well ... probably. :)Back in April I did a 2 day backpacking trip up here. I want to do another one! But I had questions. In particular, I wonder if any of the springs that were available...
Trip to Mt. Sizer and China Hole
Madrone Soda Springs (historical), California, United States
17.4 miles
17.4 miles
With Joe, Laurent and Antony. Too long and too much elevation for my poor body...but a beautiful day in a great park with good friends.
Went on an organized hike during Coe's Backcountry weekend 2009. But I was the only one who showed up! The two volunteer guides and I had a nice time.
I got an early start on today's hike in Coyote Lake/Harvey Bear County Park. sammydee had been talking up the new Mummy Mountain Trail, which I'd never hiked on; I've done a couple of hikes staring from the Harvey Bear trailhead, but not the Mendoza Ranch trailhead, where today's trip started out from.Mummy "Mountain" is only about 1300 feet (some people think it's shaped like a Mummy, hence the name), so it...
One of the easier loop hikes in Henry Coe.
