2003 May
***5/3
Hiked a different route on today’s 7 1/4-mile Almaden walk. Started at the Mockingbird Hill entrance and then followed the New Almaden trail to the junction with Prospect #3. Took Prospect #3 up to the ridge and then via Bull Run to English Camp. Descended the main trail and took the Capehorn Pass segment of the Hacienda trail back to the parking lot. The white lupine on the ridge near the mine are still not quite at their peak yet.
***5/10
Climbed to Windy Hill from the Alpine Road area via (mostly) a fire road. About 5.5 or 6 miles? This was my first time on this trail. I often passed the part of the park on Skyline Blvd. when I used to bicycle up there, but I never even got off the bike to take a look.
***5/11
Quick hike up to the ridge-top mine on the Castillero trail to take pictures of the White Lupine display, which seemed to be at its peak today. Went up the Mines Trail and down the English Camp trail.
***5/17
Up the English Camp trail and down the Mines Trail. Completely forgot to look for the lupine patch near the mine – I was busy talking to Bill, a fellow I met on the trail up the hill. He claims to have hiked here as early as 1959 (?) before many of the mining facilities had been removed.
***5/24 – 2/26
Telemark and cross-country skiing at Mammoth. On Saturday left town late and drove to Mammoth – arriving around 11:30 to camp in the desert. Sunday, telemark skied at Mammoth resort – quite a lot of snow left. Spent the better part of the day skiing beginning run (Discovery Chair?) and practicing telemark technique. Monday cross-country skied out to Minaret Summit to lie in the warm sun for an hour or so and admire the snow-covered view. Drove back over newly-opened Sonora Pass with incredible snow-covered scenery and lots of flowing meltwater.
***5/31
An aborted end-of-month hike today at Almaden Quicksilver. I headed up the trail and was all ready for a 11-12 mile outing but thought I’d call home first to see if others had awakened yet. (I left very early.) They had, and I needed to take Jameson to a rehearsal, so I reversed course and headed back home with only about 2 miles of hiking under my belt. There’s always tomorrow…
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2003 May
***5/3
Hiked a different route on today’s 7 1/4-mile Almaden walk. Started at the Mockingbird Hill entrance and then followed the New Almaden trail to the junction with Prospect #3. Took Prospect #3 up to the ridge and then via Bull Run to English Camp. Descended the main trail and took the Capehorn Pass segment of the Hacienda trail back to the parking lot. The white lupine on the ridge near the mine are still not quite at their peak yet.
***5/10
Climbed to Windy Hill from the Alpine Road area via (mostly) a fire road. About 5.5 or 6 miles? This was my first time on this trail. I often passed the part of the park on Skyline Blvd. when I used to bicycle up there, but I never even got off the bike to take a look.
***5/11
Quick hike up to the ridge-top mine on the Castillero trail to take pictures of the White Lupine display, which seemed to be at its peak today. Went up the Mines Trail and down the English Camp trail.
***5/17
Up the English Camp trail and down the Mines Trail. Completely forgot to look for the lupine patch near the mine – I was busy talking to Bill, a fellow I met on the trail up the hill. He claims to have hiked here as early as 1959 (?) before many of the mining facilities had been removed.
***5/24 – 2/26
Telemark and cross-country skiing at Mammoth. On Saturday left town late and drove to Mammoth – arriving around 11:30 to camp in the desert. Sunday, telemark skied at Mammoth resort – quite a lot of snow left. Spent the better part of the day skiing beginning run (Discovery Chair?) and practicing telemark technique. Monday cross-country skied out to Minaret Summit to lie in the warm sun for an hour or so and admire the snow-covered view. Drove back over newly-opened Sonora Pass with incredible snow-covered scenery and lots of flowing meltwater.
***5/31
An aborted end-of-month hike today at Almaden Quicksilver. I headed up the trail and was all ready for a 11-12 mile outing but thought I’d call home first to see if others had awakened yet. (I left very early.) They had, and I needed to take Jameson to a rehearsal, so I reversed course and headed back home with only about 2 miles of hiking under my belt. There’s always tomorrow…
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