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Dowdy Ranch is open on weekends in July and August this summer so we came out to hike some trails I hadn't been on yet. A nice loop with decent amounts of shade but you get the usual perpendicular to contour line Coe trails in this area. Views from Burra Burra are amazing and Pacheco Creek had quite a bit of wildlife, usually near the occasional pools along the creek. If I was to do this again I'd probably go anti-clockwise to avoid a big hill at the very end of the hike.
Dowdy Ranch is open on weekends in July and August this summer so we came out to hike some trails I hadn't been on yet. A nice loop with decent amounts of shade but you get the usual perpendicular to contour line Coe trails in this area. Views from Burra Burra are amazing and Pacheco Creek had quite a bit of wildlife, usually near the occasional pools along the creek. If I was to do this again I'd probably go anti-clockwise to avoid a big hill at the very end of the hike.
Comments (8)
Wow! I'm glad we just did the shorter loop on Saturday. We must have just missed you guys. Might consider your hike in the reverse direction when it is a little cooler.
by MotorBug on Jul 30, 2012
Anne -- hit pause in slideshow mode and you'll see a squiggly line button for statistics. That has the elevation profile. Ant
by antonyw on Jul 30, 2012
Very Nice! Jomebrew, it sounds like you had a great time. You inspire me to go back for another hike. Antony, do you have an elevation profile? or is it just steep up all the time?
by wildbun on Jul 30, 2012
This is a pounding hike of almost constant single track trails none of which had any flatness to them. The unrelenting downhill brutalized my knees until the right one gave out completely and caused excruciating burning pain. I barely limped down to the creek using two hiking poles and walking backward down 45°slopes. I gobbled up 600mg of Ibuprofen and tightly wrapped my knee in hopes I could continue. What I did not realize was that the concentrated efforts to hobble down these treacherous tracks drained all my energy. The trail following the dry creek bed was navigable but the ascension, back to the ranch was impossible. Suffering from complete exhaustion and near terminal heat stroke, I stumbled after Antony in white light delirium. At times I literally walked in circles thinking I was moving upward. Rest stops were mandatory each three steps. With some previous unknown will power and constant attention from Antony, I persevered upward with needle like grass spears jabbing through my socks and nearly piercing bone. At one point, I found a suitable rock to sit on and nearly fainted from exhaustion and heat. As the hillside went blurry and reality went fuzzy, I was coaxed to my feet to go just a few feet further. Then a few feet more. I worked into a steady cadence of stopping every few steps. Eventually I surfaced in the parking lot and, well, I lived through another hike and to the chance for Antony to try to do me in again!
by jomebrew on Jul 30, 2012
Very nice! The creek and Mack's Corral is very a seldom visited area (maybe because of the zombie skunk!)
by alpharomero on Jul 30, 2012
Very nice! The creek and Mack's Corral is very a seldom visited area (maybe because of the zombie skunk!)
by alpharomero on Jul 30, 2012
Very nice! The creek and Mack's Corral is very a seldom visited area (maybe because of the zombie skunk!)
by alpharomero on Jul 30, 2012
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