Talusdancers

***Los Gatos to New Almaden Grand Winter Traverse

Dan posted a narrative of the “Grand Traverse” that he and Owen and Caroline did in the local hills last weekend.
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***Remember summer?

Shooting star flowers south of Mather Pass. July 13, 2004.

From last summer’s South Lake to Onion Valley 2004 trip.
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Shooting star flowers south of Mather Pass. July 13, 2004.
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***Winter Solstice (or Thereabouts) Grand Traverse and Dinner
- We are putting together plans for a longish hike in the South Bay next weekend. The sketchy outline goes something like this.

Drive a car to downtown Los Gatos and leave it there, then head over the the Hacienda entrance to Almaden Quicksilver Park.

Leave the parking lot and head up toward English Camp, most likely on the Deep Gulch Trail. Continue up to the ridge and pick up the Wood Road Trail to Hicks Road.

Leave Almaden Quicksilver Park, cross Hicks Road, and enter the Sierra Azul Open Space Preserve, still on Wood Road. Continue up to the ridge and eventually over El Sombroso.

Descend on Limekiln Trail to Alma Bridge Road and follow the road to Lexington Dam.

Join the cyclists and joggers on the short trail from the reservoir down to Los Gatos. Locate suitable eating and drinking establishment for a well-deserved post-hike dinner.

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This site will be offline for as long as a few hours today.
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