Welcome! Please see below for November 16th's hike! Hello Hiking Students! We have a few more volunteers offering to carpool. Please see the list below for email/phone numbers of students in your area! Thank you volunteers! Those of you willing to drive may want to contact one another and coordinate communting! If you need help getting in contact with students let me know. I can put you in contact with people who are willing to drive.
For those of you who like to take photos and do so on the trails, email them to me and we will post them on the webpage. Thank you Carlos for your photos! See you all next week! Dion - diormrz16@gmail.com - (408)599-6032 Aria - (408)688-1807 Gary - Gilroy - elderdickson@gmail.com (408)710-5460 Gerardo - (831)664-6782 Stacy - stacyrenee93@gmail.com Miki - (714)785-4020 Jose - (408)230-9678
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Friday Sept. 7th - Meet at the Gavilan College Track. Class begins at 8:10AM. We will hike the Gavilan College trail. (Approx. 2.1 miles).
Thank you Carlos Barrios for the great photo!
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Friday September 14th Driving Directions: From Gavilan College- head north on Santa Teresa Blvd (Toward 1st Street/Hecker Pass Hwy about 3.8 miles). Make a left on Hecker Pass Hwy/ CA 152 (2.8 miles), make a right on Watsonville Rd (3.6 miles). Left on Uvas Rd (5.9 miles) and a left on Croy Rd (4.4 miles). End 5815 Croy Rd. Follow up Croy road through the Swedish Community of Sveadal. The park entrance is just past the Community. There is a vehicle use fee. Meet in the parking area near the trail map at 8:10. Photo curtious of Carlos Barrios.
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September 21st: Coyote Lake - Mendoza Ranch Entrance - Directions: From Gavilan College - Take 101 North to the Leavesly Road Exit (go East {right}). Take Leavesly Road (2 miles) to New Ave. Make a left on New Ave (north) for .5 of a mile. Make a right on Roop Road and continue east for 3 miles up into the foothills. Make a left into the Park entrance. If you have gone to the Coyote Lake entrance you have gone to far!
There is not a lot of shaded areas on these trails.You may want a hat! Approximate milage: 7.5 |
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Rancho Canada Del Oro - Directions from Gavilan College- take Santa Teresa Blvd North (3.6 miles). Left on Hwy 152 (towards Watsonville, 2.8 miles), Right on Watsonville Rd (3.6 miles), Left onto Uvas Rd. (9.7 miles) and Left onto Casa Loma Rd.(1.7 miles) The road is partially restricted, parking will be on the left. Approximate milage depending on trails: 4.5-5.5
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October 5th Pinnacles - There is a day use fee. Pay as you enter the park. Remember to bring a flashlight, it is dark through the caves! Also, drink pleanty of water leading up to Friday's hike and bring water with you. The weather is forecasted at 89 degrees that day. It has been hot in our area the last few days so stay hydrated!
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Driving Directions: From Gavilan College - take Santa Teresa Blvd South(.4 miles). Make a left at Castro Valley Rd (.5 miles). Right onto 101 South( .3 miles) and merge onto CA 25 (Hollister Exit). Left onto CA25- Hollister/Pinnacles National Monument (approx. 41 miles). Look for the sign, slight right on CA 146 ( approx. 4.5 miles). Turn into the Campground/Visitors center on the left when you enter the park. You can buy your day use permit there. Then you will follow HWY 146 out to the Old Pinnacles Bear Gulch day use parking. The hike is somewhat strenuous depending on which trails you take. We could hike up to 7 miles! Some of it is shaded some of it is open. Bring a hat if you wish.
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October 12 - the weather looks good for Friday! Dress in layers, it may be cool to start off! Take highway 101 north to Bailey Ave. Left on Bailey. Follow to McKean rd. Left on Mckean, right into the park(same entrance as the equestrian center). Staging area is on the right. Directions from Gavilan College: Take 101 North to BaiWe are not parking at the Resevoir! If you have gone there you went the wrong way on McKean.
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October 19th Directions: From Gavilan College, take 101 North to San Martin Ave. Right on San Martin Ave (2 miles). The Ranch entrance is on the left hand side before Foothill Ave. Notice in the picture below the trail marker we have discussed in class. In the middle of the marker is the name of the trail you are on. The top is the next trail junction and at the bottom is the milage. Remember to dress in layers as we have discussed in class also. The weather is changing, it is cool in the early mornings but heats up quickly. Remember you do not want to over dress! Trails: Today we are hiking the Harvey Bear Trail, all the way to the Damn. We will come back to Coyote Ridge trail and down Willow springs trail.
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10/26/12 Mount Maddonna County Park - We are going to try and hike this morning. There are pockets of showers, but we are still going to meet.
We will meet at the sprig lake recreation area. Our hike begins at the Sprig trailhead. In the event of showers we will hike, but if it is stormy check the webpage or call my office phone (408)848-4894 for the voice mail message of instructions. Directions: From Gavilan, go North on Santa Teresa Blvd. Left on HWY 152/1st st. Follow to the Sprig Recreation area, it will be on your right hand side. DO NOT go up into the park! |
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November 2: Santa Teresa County Park. |
The weather is supposed to be okay for us. Just a reminder, in the event of rain, call my office I will leave a message for you if necessary. If it is just sprinkeling we will still hike. Driving Directions: Take 101 North to Bailey Ave (approx. 20 miles). Make a left on Bailey (3.4 miles) follow to McKean Rd. At McKean make a right, and follow past the resevior (2.9 miles). Make a right on Fortini Rd and follow till the "T" in the road, turn left (San Vicente). You will see a small parking area on the right hand side. If you miss Fortini Road you will end up at Harry Rd, make a "u" turn and come back to Fortini (approx -1.3 miles) and make a Left. We will start at the Stile Ranch Trail. |
November 9th: Class Cancelled! Due to the weather we will cancel today! We will hike Almaden next week. Almaden Quicksilver County Park (Hacienda Entrance- see map).
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The forecast calls for 30-40% chance of showers tomorrow. I will monitor it this evening and if we are not able to hike I will post something on the webpage or leave a message on my office phone. That number is (408)848-4894. Call that in the morning before you go if the weather looks bad. Remember though we are hiking in south san jose, if its wet here, it may not be there! Directions from Gavilan College- Take 101 North to Baily. Left on Baily (past IBM) to McKean Road (See directions above from Santa Teresa County Park). Right on McKean. Follow all the way to the end (Harry Rd.), make a left. Harry turns into McKean. Make a left on Almaden Rd. Follow out to New Almaden and the park entrance will be on the right hand side. For alternate directions see the park website.
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November 16th: Almaden Quicksilver County Park (Hacienda Entrance- see map).
In the event of rain, we will meet on campus in the gym. I do not want to cancel class again. Call my office phone and I will leave a message as to weather we are on campus or at Almaden. If we are indoors we will do a short cuircut training session to get a workout in. Hope to see you under sunny skies on Friday!
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Directions from Gavilan College- Take 101 North to Baily. Left on Baily (past IBM) to McKean Road (See directions above from Santa Teresa County Park). Right on McKean. Follow all the way to the end (Harry Rd.), make a left. Harry turns into McKean. Make a left on Almaden Rd. Follow out to New Almaden and the park entrance will be on the right hand side. For alternate directions see the park website.
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| November 23rd: Thanksgiving weekend. No class! |  |
| November 30th -Out of class assignment. Click on the following link for your assignment. You can email it to me or turn it in on December 7th. Hiking Assignment | |
| December-7th Almaden Quicksilver County Park (Hacienda Entrance- see map). | Directions from Gavilan College- Take 101 North to Baily. Left on Baily (past IBM) to McKean Road (See directions above from Santa Teresa County Park). Right on McKean. Follow all the way to the end (Harry Rd.), make a left. Harry turns into McKean. Make a left on Almaden Rd. Follow out to New Almaden and the park entrance will be on the right hand side. For alternate directions see the park website. |
| December 14th Henry Coe State Park Morgan Hill - we will meet at the park head quarters. There is a day use fee of $8.00. | 13-miles east of Morgan Hill on East Dunne Avenue. From Highway 101 in Morgan Hill (1/2 hour south of San Jose), take the East Dunne Avenue exit and go east past Anderson Lake to the end of the county road to the park headquarters. The road to the park beyond Anderson Lake is 10 miles of narrow winding road. The trip will take about 30 minutes. |
This page was last updated on 11-19-2012 |