If you like the sound of running water near the trail, the trail to be on is probably somewhere on the south side of Mount Tamalpais these days. I hiked a couple of the popular trails at Mount Tam yesterday…
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Hike videos of the Berry Creek Falls at Big Basin
by tom • January 29, 2008 • 0 Comments
I’ve been meaning to link to these and now that it’s waterfall season, these videos are worth a look: Part 1. Part 2. Part. 3 Anna, the producer of these videos, has a bunch more at her YouTube profile page…
Latest Hikes column: Mount Diablo
by tom • December 6, 2007 • 3 Comments
Posted today. The intro: December is a gift to hikers drawn to Mount Diablo, the peak dominating the East Bay landscape. It’s a month when occasional rains wash smog from the sky and open amazing vistas (you’ll see snowcapped Sierra…
Rescue practice at Henry Coe
by tom • December 5, 2007 • 0 Comments
Cynthia caught a squad doing a helicopter rescue drill at the park over the weekend.
More great Mount Diablo trails
by tom • December 4, 2007 • 0 Comments
Seth Adams of Savemountdiablo.org, which just issued a massive new hiking map of the area around Mount Diablo State Park, passed along some of his favorite Diablo hikes. … you’ve done some nice hikes, the loop around the summit is…
Rock City at Mount Diablo State Park
by tom • November 26, 2007 • 7 Comments
You don’t hear much clamor among hikers to check out the Rock City area at Mount Diablo State Park. The rocks are very cool, but they’re also covered in the initials, names and graduation years of lord knows how many…
Stop the presses, I’m actually going hiking
by tom • November 25, 2007 • 0 Comments
I’m heading up to Mount Diablo to check out the Rock City area today (duty calls; this’ll be for another column in the Mercury News). It’s my last major section of the park still unexplored. Tons more minor ones, plus…
Gonna be crowded at Mount Diablo this weekend
by tmangan • November 2, 2007 • 1 Comment
It’s the Seventh Annual Trail Adventure weekend: The Contra Costa County high point is the scene of several organized hikes Saturday and the seventh annual Mount Diablo Trail Adventure on Sunday. Included in the Sunday festivities are a marathon, a…
Diablo Three Peaks, again
by tmangan • October 29, 2007 • 2 Comments
Vindu wondered why on earth I’d want to do this hike again. Fourteen miles later, I was wondering too. It is a hike that must be done once. Mount Diablo dominates the East Bay landscape, visible from pretty much every…