Calipidder

I wanted to keep up with my recent trend of long wildflower hikes on the weekend so I took advantage of Saturday’s perfect hiking weather to hit a classic East Bay destination: Mission Peak. Rather than take the traditional approach, I took the longer but much more pleasant route from Ed Levin County Park. From [...]

Redwood Peak is an easy little peak that’s a stone’s throw from the nearest trailhead. Not one to take the easy way, I decided to approach it from a trailhead several miles away in Chabot.
Let me back up a second - I actually started off the day with a goal to hike a segment of [...]

I mentioned a few entries back that I’ve gotten the Bay Area Ridge Trail hiking bug, and of course past hikes don’t count. I have to start from scratch and ‘officially’ add everything to the list. Yesterday I took the opportunity to knock of the stretch at Anthony Chabot Regional Park since David had a [...]

This past weekend was a perfect one to get out on the trail. The parks are still green, the wildflowers are peaking, and the weather was absolutely beautiful. I chose to spend Saturday morning up at Russian Ridge, and then during yesterday’s record highs I headed over to the redwoods of Big Basin to stroll [...]

I continued my spring obsession with wildflowers and hiking last weekend at Sierra Azul Open Space Preserve. A friend of mine has the through hiking bug, deciding to complete the entire Bay Area Ridge trail. Of course he can’t count the ones already done, so we started from scratch with one of the longest stretches, [...]