Author: Jim Beyer

 

The Hiking Club once again celebrated New Year’s Day at the top of our tallest hill, at 2,300 ft. elevation. Rich Bainbridge lead the long hikers to the top, starting from Foothill Center, leaving at 9:30AM. The celebration started at about 11:30 AM at the top of the hill. Total hiking distance was 4-5 mile round trip, depending on which trails were taken. For a more leisurely pace and a slightly shorter distance, some of the hikers started at the upper garden parking lot and went to the picnic table by Ohlone and Skyway.

 

 

The hikers did a 9.2 mile hike in Grant County Park along the Canada de Pala, Pala Seca and Antler point trails on Saturday, December 29th.

 

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Rich Bainbridge led a hike in Vargas Plateau Regional Park on Saturday , December 22nd of about 4 miles.

 

 

Brad Hinckley led a hike to the Anderson Reservoir and on to the Model Airplane airport along Coyote Creek. It was a moderate hike on level ground of about 5 miles.

 

Rich Bainbridge led a hike up our hill on Saturday, December 15th starting at the upper garden. Fifteen started and five made it to the top.

Ramon and Marianna Reza led a rambler hike to Evergreen Plaza via Montgomery Hill on Wednesday, December 12th. The route was through the neighboring Estates and then headed north on Yerba Buena Road along the boundary of Montgomery Hill Park. There was a coffee stop at the Starbucks on the Square.

Susan Brown led a hike to the South Rim Trail in Alum Rock Park. The long hikers did a little longer route of about 7 or 9 miles round trip and the Ramblers did total of 5 miles.

 

Laura & Sy Gelman led a group in exploring various hidden trails that meander through the villages for about 3-4 miles.

Katy Peretti led a hike in the lower hills on Wednesday, November 21st. They met at the upper gardens at 8:30 for a 8:45 departure. They hiked up Sky to Cougar, to Richter, to Oak, up Oak to Buffalo, then Buffalo to Thistle, Meadow to Farm and then Richter and Cougar back to the parking lot.

 

Al Girolami led a hike overlooking Calero Reservoir. The route was just less than 4 miles with less than 500 ft. elevation gain. The majority of the time the group was on the Los Cerritos Loop Trail overlooking the Lake.