Today’s hike was one of what might be termed the “grand loops” at Almaden Quicksilver County Park, being nearly 13 miles long. I started early at the Mockingbird Hill entrance and headed toward the McAbee entrance on the New Almaden Trail, following it all the way to the junction with the trail to Bull Run. There was lots of spring greenery, but in some places it unfortunately contained a lot of poison oak.
From this junction I headed back up the ridge via the Mine Hill Trail, topping out near Catherine Tunnel and then descending toward Capehorn Pass, from which I followed the Hacienda Trail back to my car.
The weather was truly spring-like today. I was starting to clear when I began my hike, but an hour later it rained lightly. Within a half hour it stopped and quickly cleared, leaving a sky full of bright puffy clouds.
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Posted by Dan Mitchell on Saturday, March 27, 2004, at 3:55 pm, and filed under Commentary.Follow any responses to this post with its comments RSS feed.Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.
Mockingbird Hill Hike
Today’s hike was one of what might be termed the “grand loops” at Almaden Quicksilver County Park, being nearly 13 miles long. I started early at the Mockingbird Hill entrance and headed toward the McAbee entrance on the New Almaden Trail, following it all the way to the junction with the trail to Bull Run. There was lots of spring greenery, but in some places it unfortunately contained a lot of poison oak.
From this junction I headed back up the ridge via the Mine Hill Trail, topping out near Catherine Tunnel and then descending toward Capehorn Pass, from which I followed the Hacienda Trail back to my car.
The weather was truly spring-like today. I was starting to clear when I began my hike, but an hour later it rained lightly. Within a half hour it stopped and quickly cleared, leaving a sky full of bright puffy clouds.
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