Dan Kato led the long hikers at Butano State Park on Saturday, February 17th.  They took a clockwise direction around the valley, starting at the Jackson Flats trail and continuing on the Canyon, Indian, Doe Ridge and Goat Hill trails.  The challenging hike of 10 miles had climbs up and down.   Wate Bakker led a Rambler hike in Gazos Creek. The hike was mostly flat along a beach with dunes and a rocky coastline and coastal plain.

Ramon and Marianna Reza led a loop hike of about six miles from the Villages to the nearby Bel Air and Hillstone Estates via Shadow Ridge Way (Larkspur/Bently/Canyon Hills/Shadow Ridge/Hillstone/Yerba Buena).They stopped at the Starbucks/Le Boulanger on the corner of San Felipe and Yerba Buena for coffee and snacks.  

Nancy Rumple led hikers on a 8-9 mile hike with a 1,000 foot elevation gain from the San Martin Ave. entrance. The group hiked up to and looped the Ed Wilson Trail. There were good views of the Coyote Dam and Valley. There were a variety of beautiful wildflowers.

Johanna Bakker  led a hike along the Coyote Creek Trail.  The hike started from the parking lot of a small park on  Baskin Ridge Avenue (a continuation of Hellyer) after the light at Tennant/ Silicone Valley/Bernal. Hikers followed a  Baskin Ridge route to Metcalf Bridge, cross over Coyote Creek, and then followed the Coyote  Creek Trail back to the starting point. The hike was a flat loop hike of about 4-5 miles.

Katy Peretti led a 4-5 mile hike to Starbuck/New Seasons.  Participants had the opportunity to catch up during a coffee break.

Amy Meier led a group on Saturday, January 27th from Cribari center to New Seasons and then up Hassler to The Ranch Golf Course. It was about a 7.5 mile round trip with some elevation and excellent views along the hike and at the top of the hill.

Sy Gelman led a rambler hike along Los Alamitos Creek Trail on Wednesday, January 24th .  Starting from Almaden Lake the trail followed Los Alamitos Creek on mostly level ground .  Hike mileage was about 3-4 miles. 

Al Girolami led a hike in our own open space on Wednesday, January 17th . They met and started at Foothill Center at 8:30am and hiked the following trails: Past the Stables to Rawhide, up to Ohlone (Indian), crossover to Skyway and visit the Indian Grinding Rock.  Then down on Skyway and up on Bay and down on Richter and then taking Joe Marsh to the Upper Gardens and passing through Valle Vista and back to Foothill Center.

On Saturday, January 13th Nancy Rumple led the long hikers on a 7 mile hike in Alum Rock Park with 1200 ft. elevation gain on the North Rim, Todd Quick and Baccardo Loop trails up to the overlook and back. Rich Bainbridge led a rambler hike on a 5 mile route on some of the lower trails in the park.

The hiking club held its annual white elephant gift exchange and soup supper fun event on Thursday, January 11 starting at 5:30 pm at Foothill Center.