***10/5
- First hike of October today. Went to Almaden Quicksilver with my brother, who is down on business from Woodinville. We hiked up the Mine Hill Trail.
***10/10-10/12
- Final pack trip (most likely) of the season with Owen and his sister Shelley. As per our tradition we went to Fletcher Lake. On the first day I [...]
9/1 - Started the new
month with a semi-urban bike ride to Los Gatos and Saratoga and back
via the route I take from De Anza. 25 miles. 1:45.
9/5 - Day 1 of a short pack
trip out of Tuolumne Meadows. Hiked from the permit station via
Rafferty Creek trail to Fletcher Lake. 7.? miles and about 3:30 of
hiking.
9/6 [...]
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***7/5
- First hike in a week. At Almaden Quicksilver Park I met some hikers from the Orinda Hiking Club and we talked a bit about the various trails and other features at the park. Approx. 7.5 miles.
***7/6
- 8 mile urban hike on the Los Gatos Creek trail.
***7/8
- Quick 6.2 miles up and down Mine Hill [...]
***6/1
- Did the loop from Mockingbird Hill entrance at Almaden Quicksilver. Out on the Almaden trail and then to the Ridge via Prospect #3; along the ridge to English Camp and then down the Mines Trail to the junction with Hacienda trail and back to the start.
***6/7
- The Big Loop from Hacienda via Randol [...]
***2/1
- Short hike up Waddell Creek.
***2/2
- Quick hike up past English Camp to the ridgeline at Almaden Quicksilver County Park.
***2/15
- Almaden Quicksilver.
***2/23
- Telemark and cross-country skiing at Northstar.
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***5/3
Hiked a different route on today’s 7 1/4-mile Almaden walk. Started at the Mockingbird Hill entrance and then followed the New Almaden trail to the junction with Prospect #3. Took Prospect #3 up to the ridge and then via Bull Run to English Camp. Descended the main trail and took the Capehorn Pass segment of [...]
***4/2
- Bull Run loop and Almaden Quicksilver - up the main drag and down the English Camp trail.
***4/4 - 4/6
- Cross-country ski overnight in Yosemite. Camped in Yosemite Valley the first night since a cold late-season storm had closed the road to Badger Pass. Next day we drove to Badger Pass and skied out on [...]
***2/1
- Short hike up Waddell Creek.
***2/2
- Quick hike up past English Camp to the ridgeline at Almaden Quicksilver County Park.
***3/1
- Started the new month with the “middle” loop at Quicksilver - out on the Randol (more-or-less) trail to the lateral from the grassy knoll to the Bull Run trail and then back to Almaden.
***3/8
- Typical [...]
2003 November
***11/2
- First cool-weather hike of the season. It probably didn’t get much above 50 degrees as I hiked up Mine Hill Trail and then back down via English Camp.
***11/8
- First rain hike of the season - though it was more of a drizzle than actual rain. Out on Randol, up Prospect #3 then return via [...]