2004November
***November 12, 2004
– Just time for a short hike at Almaden Quicksilver. After exploring up the creek near the parking lot I went up Deep Gulch and enjoyed spectacular fall leaves. Turned around at the junction of Mine Hill and Castillero (at the old Reduction Works site) and returned by the same route.
***November 13, 2004
– Time for another short Almaden hike today – then back to grading papers. Started at Mockingbird Hill entrance and went out on the New Almaden Trail. Took the short cutoff up to the Randol Trail and then to Capehorn Pass. From there went over to Hacienda Trail and turned right, then left at Virl Norton Trail (for the first time) and headed back to the parking lot. A surprising amount of vegetation is coming up already – it almost feels like very early spring, except that autumn leaves are still falling.
***November 20, 2004
– Time for a short hike today – very short. I quickly hiked up Deep Gulch to English Camp, where I crossed over the ridge and returned via the Mine Hill Trail.
***November 21, 2004
– What was supposed to be a one-day XC ski trip turned into a hiking day when the Glacier Pass Road was closed. I hiked up above Vernal Falls and then around the east end of the Valley – mostly doing photography.
***November 27, 2004
– Hiked to English Camp and back via Deep Gulch Trail. I left the trail to just before the buildings and headed up the ridge to the right to enjoy light drizzle, fog, and screaming wind. I found my way to the high point, which is a pile of rocks in a small grove of trees.
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2004November
***November 12, 2004
– Just time for a short hike at Almaden Quicksilver. After exploring up the creek near the parking lot I went up Deep Gulch and enjoyed spectacular fall leaves. Turned around at the junction of Mine Hill and Castillero (at the old Reduction Works site) and returned by the same route.
***November 13, 2004
– Time for another short Almaden hike today – then back to grading papers. Started at Mockingbird Hill entrance and went out on the New Almaden Trail. Took the short cutoff up to the Randol Trail and then to Capehorn Pass. From there went over to Hacienda Trail and turned right, then left at Virl Norton Trail (for the first time) and headed back to the parking lot. A surprising amount of vegetation is coming up already – it almost feels like very early spring, except that autumn leaves are still falling.
***November 20, 2004
– Time for a short hike today – very short. I quickly hiked up Deep Gulch to English Camp, where I crossed over the ridge and returned via the Mine Hill Trail.
***November 21, 2004
– What was supposed to be a one-day XC ski trip turned into a hiking day when the Glacier Pass Road was closed. I hiked up above Vernal Falls and then around the east end of the Valley – mostly doing photography.
***November 27, 2004
– Hiked to English Camp and back via Deep Gulch Trail. I left the trail to just before the buildings and headed up the ridge to the right to enjoy light drizzle, fog, and screaming wind. I found my way to the high point, which is a pile of rocks in a small grove of trees.
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