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Murietta Falls via Ohlone Wilderness Trail
A tough-but-rewarding hike to the San Francisco Bay Area's highest waterfall.
A tough-but-rewarding hike to the San Francisco Bay Area's highest waterfall.
Difficult
11.9 mi/
19.2 km
19.2 km
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A tough-but-rewarding hike to the San Francisco Bay Area's highest waterfall.
Community Trips
A couple of weeks ago, I was poking around EveryTrail looking for a fun hike. I stumbled across Vaudesir's "Lake Del Valle to Murrieta Fall (Ohlone trail)", and immediately favorited it. A little more digging turned up tommangan's Ohlone Wilderness Trail Guide, who mentions that Murietta Falls only run after "several days of rain". With the Bay Area getting nigh-endless rain for the last week, it seemed like an ideal time to...
After having spent the month of March ignoring activities outside of work, it was time to take a little time and go for a nice, long hike. With the rains that we'd received over the last week, I figured that Murietta Falls might be running. The forecast for the day of the hike was unsettled weather, turning wetter as the day progressed. I decided to take my chances and get an early...
Lake Del Valle to Murrieta Fall (Ohlone trail)
Mendenhall Springs, California, United States
14.8 miles
14.8 miles
This weekend should have been a backpacking weekend but it got
cancelled because of the rain that was forecast for Sunday. The initial
plan was to hike the Ohlone Wilderness Trail from Lake Del Valle to
Rose Peak on the first day, spend the night at Maggie's Half Acre, and
go down to Sunol's visitor center on the second day. 10 miles each day.Instead,
we decided to hike from Lake Del Valle to Murrieta Falls, and come
back,...
Okay, so I'm a couple months late in posting this one. The first couple miles from the east end of the Ohlone Wilderness Trail are a real workout. I've come to refer to it as the Zombie Deer Trail because of the deer carcass that always seems to be in a different location every time I see it. Truth be told I think I'd rather deal with zombies than what I really...
We meander on the west side of Lake Del Valle. Deer Jaw trail and then follow the creek through the campgrounds. Shooting Stars are just starting to come up. A bald eagle flew overhead, but missed taking a picture of it.
2008 Ohlone Wilderness Backpacking (Del Valle - Rose Peak)
Mendenhall Springs, California, United States
17.9 miles
17.9 miles
6/6/2008 - 6/8/2008 Del Valle - Rose Peak (OT28 - OT40)
This backpacking trip was provided by East Bay Regional Park. The park offers simialr backpacking trips each year. I also had the opportunity to attend the trip of year 2006. The year 2008 trip was to hike Ohlone Wilderness Trail from Del Valle to Rose Peak. As no transportation can be arranged, this was a go and back trip.
Departed from Del Valle...
Trip Report
I decided to check out the first leg of the Ohlone trail in preparation to hike from Del Valle Reservoir to Sunol.The ranger at the entry booth said I could make it to Murietta Falls. Oh yeah? NO WAY! I made it to Boyd Camps (plus a bit more). Murietta Falls were another 3ish miles past the climb called "Big Burn". Maybe next time...Things learned: To do the full hike, you HAVE...
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