Popular Trips in Mount Diablo State Park
After a couple of weeks of rain, it's prime time to go on the falls loops on the Clayton side of Mt. Diablo. Lots of daffodils on the lower parts of the trail, too!Regency Gate > Donner Canyon Rd. > Cardinet Oaks Rd. > Middle Trail > Falls > Meridian Ridge Rd. > Meridian Point Trail > Back Creek Trail . Back Creek Rd. > Regency Gate.
The definitive Mt Diablo hike - Summit from Mitchell Canyon (loop)
Clayton, California, United States
13.0 miles
13.0 miles
Something else that I've been meaning to do for a long time: a hike from the base of Mount Diablo to the summit. While cleaning the house few months ago, I found an old brochure I got from a past visit, listing the "demanding hikes in Mt Diablo State Park". The "Summit from Mitchell Canyon" one caught my attention. It is featured as "the definitive Mt Diablo hike". Definitively appealing.Most of the...
A tough little 13 mile buttkicker of a hike which should be quashed by plentiful post hike brews to aid in your recovery.
We arrived at Mitchell Canyon parking only to be greeted by fierce winds whipping down the slopes of Diablo. This didn't bode well for our summit attempt as we expected winds to only worsen up on the mountain. We did get some pretty good gusts on the west facing slopes but thankfully they were fairly...
The wildflowers are in their peak. With Red Larkspur and chia.
Hike by the East Bay Casual Hiking group. We started at the base of Mt. Diablo on the south side just past Athenian School and headed up to the Summit Trail and then on to Rock City. After a snack break we climbed to the top of Sentinel Rock and then headed back down to the start. Nice warm and sunny day once the early morning fog burned off.
"Want to do the definitive Mt. Diablo hike?" Vaudesir asked. "It has astoundingly steep stretches!" Wow, way to sell it. Well, OK. But you're driving.The hike started out pretty mild, following a beautiful stream with great wildflowers. And then it went up. The up was pretty relentless ... I don't really think any of it was "astounding"; I'm sure I've been on steeper hikes ... Hobbs Road to Mt Sizer at Henry...
Scramble up the Sunset trail to Castle Rock, and cliffs. Little Pine Creek Rd. to Stage Rd, and back to parking lot.My watch ran out of battery a mile before I was done, so I had to fudge a little on the track. 5.3 miles should be accurate.
I like to have long day hike. So I planed myself of this Mount Diablo Five Peaks Hike on the July 4 weekend, although compared with other of my long hikes (25-30 miles), this one is kind of short. The five peaks covered are:
Mt. Olympia (2946')
North Peak (3557')
Mt. Diablo Summit (3849')
Eagle Peak (2369')
Twin Peak
I planed to start early in the morning for cooler weather. Arriving at 5:50am, I found that the Park...
Monday was a great day for a hike on Mt. Diablo, even though
the sky was a bit hazy. The temperature was perfect (about 70) and the wildlife
was out in abundance. We saw two different species of snake that I had never
seen except in pictures and even though the grass is starting to turn brown,
there is a tremendous amount of wildflowers that more than made up for it.
I ended up taking so many...
