The park in the Oakland Hills is announcing this trail closure: Redwood Regional Park Trail Segment Temporarily Closed for a Hazardous Tree and Fuel Mitigation Project Beginning Tuesday, July 15, the East Bay Regional Park District will begin a hazardous…
Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park
Next up: Henry Cowell Redwoods
by tom • July 9, 2008 • 2 Comments
I’m finally going to get around to checking out Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park, which has two sections in the woods near Felton in the Santa Cruz Mountains. I’ve been to Cowell’s Fall Creek Unit a couple times (hikes here…
Hiking
Added the Twitter plugin…
by tom • July 8, 2008 • 0 Comments
Now all my posts should also be tweets. Assuming Twitter hasn’t crashed again.
Park district events
Cool map of East Bay parks and improvement plans
by tom • July 8, 2008 • 10 Comments
This map shows where millions of dollars would be spent if a parks measure passes. Among the highlights: $5 million for Sunol Wilderness. $8.1 million for Coyote Hills Regional Park $8.3 million for Las Trampas Wilderness $4.5 million for Black…
Pescadero Creek County Park
Another hike at Pescadero Creek County Park
by tom • July 7, 2008 • 4 Comments
I covered a slice of Pescadero Creek a couple weeks ago but I knew I’d have to come back. The park delights my inner wannabe social historian — mercilessly logged by previous generations, now hiked by few who realize how…
Hiking
Please go hike somewhere today
by tom • July 4, 2008 • 6 Comments
I’m stuck working today, so trod some dirt in my honor.
Media (books, DVDs, etc), Pacific Crest Trail, Through-hiking
More “Zero Days” author events
by tom • July 3, 2008 • 2 Comments
Barb Egbert, my through-hiking former co-worker, has a couple more bookstore events coming up (like a twit I missed one the other day in Fremont) focusing on “Zero Days,” her book about hiking the Pacific Crest Trail in 2004 with…
Backpacking light, Blogs
Nice lightweight-backing blog: Brett on Stuff
by tom • July 3, 2008 • 1 Comment
Brett does most of his hiking in the Pacific Northwest but he has been known to haunt the higher elevations of California. Check out the post count on each of these categories at his blog: Food Reviews (6) Gear Reviews…
Montebello Ridge Trail
Latest hikes column: Monte Bello Open Space
by tom • July 3, 2008 • 0 Comments
From this morning’s Mercury News: If you’ve got a mind to do one crazy thing this summer, try hiking in the hot sun at Monte Bello Open Space Preserve. The park in the Santa Cruz Mountains west of Los Altos…