San Jose Ca Hiking Trips
A really nice hike through Montebello that includes Black Mountain and the Stevens Creek Nature Trail.The hike started off wonderfully with a coyote hunting gophers in the grass some distance away from me. I was downwind of him so while he was preoccupied with getting his breakfast he ended up drifting up the ridge quite close to me. I saw two coyotes today and neither seemed very concerned with my presence. In my past experience they...
I hiked the hard way -- up Horse Heaven Trail -- at Mission Peak Regional Preserve from the Stanford Avenue entrance just off Mission Boulevard in Fremont. I also did this to test my new Garmin eTrex Vista CX unit to see how it would work with my iMac ... it\'s always fun trying to make PC stuff work on a Mac. Handy programs: GPS Photo LInker -- http://www.earlyinnovations.com/gpsphotolinker/ ... -- geocodes photos based on...
Uvas Canyon is one of the loveliest locales in the San Francisco Bay Area after a couple weeks of winter rains. I hiked 5.3 miles with 1476 feet of elevation gain over nearly four hours (lots of breaks for pictures and enjoying the scenery). Hike writeup at Two Heel Drive.
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...
Castle Rock beautiful in foggy weather in the fall. Great camping/hiking area for relaxing and bouldering.
Lexington Reservoir to Hicks Road - Sierra Azul Open Space Preserve
Lexington (historical), California, United States
11.9 miles
11.9 miles
This is a very classic hike that I do at least once a year. Sam and I staged a car at Hicks Road and drove down to Lexington Reservoir. We climbed up Priest Rock Trail all the way to Kennedy Road. This is was a good exercise. The temperature was ideal, we never felt chilly or hot. In less than 2 hours, we were on the ridge, and we continued on the...
EveryTrail shows this hike as 15.9 miles, while Garmin's MapSource says 16.1. I'm splitting the difference and calling it 16 miles. :)This was a long hike that kicked my butt, since I think it's longest single-day hike I've ever done. I made very good time overall, even though my body was completely uninterested in maintaining the pace I wanted it to after about mile 10.Around mile 13, I gave in and took...
WHEN: March 7, 2009
WHERE:
Sunol Regional Wilderness
Calaveras Road exit off I-680; left on Geary Road
Sunol, CA 94586
Tel: (925) 862-2601
TRAILS: Indian Joe Nature Trail -> Canyon View Trail -> Backpack Road -> McCorkle Trail -> Eagle View Trail -> Welch Creek Road -> Upper MaGuire Peaks Trail -> MaGuire Peaks Trail -> Lower MaGuire Peaks Trail -> Welch Creek Road -> High Valley Road -> Cave Rocks Trail -> Indian Joe Creek ->...
Sunol Loop Hike - Sunol Regional Park EBRPD
Mission San Jose District, California, United States
6.1 miles
6.1 miles
This trip is to hike the big loop of Sunol Regional Wilderness covering Flag Hill and Cerro Este Overlook. It also contains part of the famous Ohlone Wilderness trail.Type: Out-and-back loop hikeLength: 6.2 MilesDuration: 2 hr 45 min.Elevation Gain: 1,960 ft.Difficulty Level: ModerateTrailhead: Bridge over Alameda creek near the visitor centerRoute (Summary):Visitor Centor -> Flag Hill -> High Valley Camp -> Cerro Este Overlook -> Visitor CentorRoute (Detailed):OT12 -> Bridge -(L)-> Flag Hill Trail -> SO3 -(R)-> Flag Hill...
WHEN : March 21, 2009
WHERE: Alum Rock Park
DIRECTIONS: From 680 take Mckee Road east, turn left on White Road and then right on Penitencia Creek Road. Take this road all the way into the park and park in the FIRST PARKING LOT at the entrance.
http://www.sjparks.org/Parks/RegionalParks/arp/index.asp
TRAILS: North Rim Trail > Detour to Eagle Rock > Back to North Rim Trail > Todd Quick Trail > Boccardo Loop > Weather Loop > Back to...
