On Saturday, May 9th John Trudeau led the long hikers in the Windy Hill Open Space District on the Spring Ridge and Hamms Gulch loop for a hike of about 7.5 miles, with an elevation gain of about 1400ft. that features open grassland ridges and forests of redwood, fir, and oak. The ramblers started from the same trail head and left the long hikers at the Meadow trail cutoff, They then took the Betsy Crowder trail around Sausal pond, for a total distance of 5.25 miles, with elevation gain about 1200 ft.
