Villages Hiking Club, San Jose, CA
Our mission is to promote an active and healthy lifestyle through hiking.
Susan Brown led a long hike to Alum Rock Park today. They parked the car outside of the Penitencia Creek Entrance and walked into the park from the Creek Trail all the way to the Horse Bridge.
Mary Stradner led a long hike at Bear Creek Redwoods. The full hike length was about 8 miles with a vertical climb of about 1400 ft. The hike followed the Redwood Springs Trail and the Madrone Knoll Trail to the peak of Madrone Knoll. They returned on the Alma Trail where there are some very large old growth redwoods.
Our weekly hill hike always occurs on Wednesday mornings starting at 8:45AM. Here is an example of the activity that happened this morning. If you can participate, the reward is a phenomenal view of our valley.
Dan Kato led a long hike of about 8 miles with a vertical climb of about 1800 feet at Mt Diablo State Park on Saturday, November 13th. They parked at Diablo Valley Overlook and started hiking on the Deer Flat Road. Hiking clockwise around the mountain, they turned right on the Bald Ridge Trail. On that trail they had lunch where the views were spectacular. They returned via the North Peak and Juniper trails.
Gary Lohr led a hike to Evergreen College and then up Yerba Buena to Falls Creek Drive and back to the north side of the college campus. They stopped for coffee at the shopping center located at Yerba Buena and San Felipe.
Wate and Johanna Bakker led a hike in the Long Ridge open space preserve along skyline boulevard. They started at the Grizzly flat parking lot on Skyline Boulevard. The main hike was about 5 miles along the Long ridge and Peter creek trails. The trail was quite shady but also had beautiful views all the way to the Ocean. The long hikers extend their hike by continuing along Long ridge trail south to a scenic hilltop for another 2-3 miles.
On Saturday, October 16th, Gesela Pierson led a long hike of about 8 miles at Harvey Bear Park starting at the Mendoza Ranch entrance. They went up to Mummy Mountain over looking Coyote Lake where they observed fall colors on the trees.
The Annual Fall Hiking Trip for October 5th – 6th in beautiful Pismo Beach was a success. They stayed at the Oxford Suites and had 2 and a half days of hikes and enjoyment of the area. They stopped for a picture at Cave Landing trail in Shell Beach.
Cheryl Allmen and Terri Vivoli led a hike around the golf course. They met at the Clubhouse parking lot at 8:30am. The hike was about 3 miles