Author: Jim Beyer

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.

 

Katy Peretti led a rambler hike to Montgomery Hill.

 

Gary and Terry led a hike in Almaden Quick Silver County Park on Saturday, November 3rd.

 

Our trivia social was held on Thursday, November 1st at Foothill Center. After our potluck, we had a series of questions on travel, geography, history and other minutiae for the group to answer.

 

Ramon and Marianna Reza led a hike on the Belgatos Park Trail in Los Gatos on Wednesday, October 31st. The hike was through forest land and large estate homes with expansive views of the valley below. There was a series of rolling, moderate ascents through estate homes returning to the park for a gradual descent to our starting point. Total elevation gain was about 750 ft.