I had crazy-great weather — sunny and clear with cool breezes — for Sunday’s hike at Henry Coe State Park’s Dowdy Ranch Visitors Center. The trails near Dowdy Ranch, which opened two years ago, are classic Coe: straight up and…
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Great route at Henry Coe from the Coyote Creek entrance (updated with pictures)
by tom • April 27, 2009 • 4 Comments
Winehiker Russ broke out his absurdly huge Henry Coe State Park map and found this untried route from the Coyote Creek entrance: Typically I figure folks can find their own way if they use common sense and grab a map…
Mount Sizer in Henry Coe: Among the best hard hikes in the Bay Area
by tom • October 20, 2008 • 6 Comments
What makes Mount Sizer a must-see? Check out Baychic’s pictures from Saturday. She went with a group that put in a 16-mile version of the Sizer loop (just about any Sizer hike is a minimum of 12 miles, all of…
Monday at Henry Coe: another Mount Sizer epic
by tom • April 15, 2008 • 11 Comments
My pal Vindu Goel is jetting off to Brooklyn this weekend to launch his new life as an tech guru for the New York Times, but he had to get one last Henry Coe hike out of his system. Not…
Wildflowers and more from Henry Coe State Park
by tom • March 18, 2008 • 5 Comments
It’s not exactly a riot of color out there just yet, but there’s plenty for alert eyes to see. Oddly enough I’m still not seeing many California poppies in parks this season, but keep seeing tons growing along roads —…
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.
Latest Hikes column: Henry Coe
by tmangan • October 11, 2007 • 2 Comments
The format of the column essentially forbids giving proper credit to the greatness that is Henry Coe, so this piece is not among my favorites, but I’m hoping it’ll get a few first-timers out to the park who might’ve had…
Searching for fire damage at Henry Coe
by tmangan • September 30, 2007 • 1 Comment
Two long hikes in the past week at Henry Coe have shown me that it takes some serious hoofing to see any of the remnants of the Lick fire, which burned across almost half the park’s acreage. Whether you come…
More Henry Coe pix
by tmangan • September 26, 2007 • 4 Comments
Remember how I said I was on vacation this week? Well, I did have an itch to see if any fire damage was evident at Henry Coe State Park. Bottom line: yeah, if you walk a long, long way. Melissa…