Category: 2019

Hikers led by Nancy Rumple did a 9 mile hike with a 1000 ft. elevation gain on the Mayfair Ranch, Longwall Canyon and Bald Peaks Trails to complete the loop. They detoured briefly onto the Chisnantuck Trail to check out the trilliums.

 

Ramon and Marianna Reza led an out and back hike on the Coastside Trail, a winding, flat, paved trail that goes in and out from the edge of the Pacific Coast. Round trip hike distance is approximately 5 miles.

 

Ramon and Marianna Reza led a hike in Bentley Ridge

 

Wate and Johanna Bakker led a hike on Saturday, March 30th in the Caste Rock state park, known for its exotic rock formations and scenic waterfall. Total elevation gain was 500-700 ft, with many ups and downs and some rock scrambling.

 

Brad Hinckley led a hike on a paved trail along Coyote Creek going south from Silver Creek Road on Wednesday, March 27th.

We met at Foothill Center at 8:30 to divide into teams, pickup tools and started departing via mules by 8:45 – 9:00.  The main focus today was the upper part of the Rawhide Trail switch backs, that have also been the main focus of the wild pigs in our hill lands!  Other areas that crews worked on included the steps on the Meadow Trail going up to the mail box and the Step Trail between Rawhide and the upper garden.  We had 30 people show up to make today a great success. 

 

 

Rich Bainbridge led a hike up our hill starting at the upper garden on Saturday, March 16th.

On Wednesday, March 13 Johanna Bakker led a hike in the lower hills. 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. The hiking distance was about 3 miles.

 

Susan Brown led a 6 mile hike to the South Rim Trail in Alum Rock Park Saturday 3/9. The weather was cloudy with some sun and it didn’t rain till after we got back. Other than a very few muddy spots, there were no problems on the trail. The park was very green with the creek full of running water–. The rushing water was so loud that we heard it way up on top of the hill.     

 

Due to rain, hike leader Nancy Rumple led an urban hike instead of the scheduled trail hike.The hikers walked through the Evergreen College campus and Fowler Creek Park to Evergreen Square, noticing new growth, flowering trees and birds. See if you can identify the large bird in the photo. Nancy’s rainy day hike turned out to be a beautiful & interesting day and nearby surroundings can be beautiful.