2004October
***October 2
– Urban hike on the Los Gatos Creek trail.
***October 3
– Almaden Quicksilver. Up Mine Hill to the summit and back via Castillero, Hidalgo, and Deep Gulch.
***October 8
– First day of our annual Talusdancers mid-October “so long to summer” <a href="http://outside.danmitchell.org/2004/10/10#a928"pack trip. We met at Tuolumne and hiked out to Lower Cathedral Lake.
***October 9
– Day 2 of the trip: We walked cross-country to Upper Cathedral Lake, then took a cross-country route over the ridge next to Cathedral Peak that brought us to Budd Lake for lunch. We returned via the end of the ridge closer to Echo Peaks – where it began snowing.
***October 10
– Day 3: We hiked back out to Tuolumne the way we entered. Then we took our tradition end-of-season lunch and the Tioga Pass Resort before driving home.
***October 16
– Almaden Quicksilver hike. Up Mine Hill a short distance, then right on Hacienda to rejoin Mine Hill at Capehorn Pass. Up Mine Hill to the summit and return via Castillero and Deep Gulch.
***October 23
– A cloudy day that turned to rain during the final 15 minutes of my hike. Up Deep Gulch, past English Camp and then on the hiking trail to the summit and on down Woods Road. Retraced the same route to return.
***October 31
– After a very busy week, capped by 4 days at a conference in Southern California, I finally got out for a hike today. I went to Almaden Quicksilver and did a new variation on hikes I’ve done in the past. I started at the Mockingbird Hill entrance and headed out on the New Almaden Trail. Some distance after passing the trail to the Buena Vista mine, I turned right onto a short, unmarked lateral trail that ascends a small ridge to the Randol trail just before it joins the Santa Isabel trail. At the junction I headed left towards Capehorn Pass, where I turned left to climb up the nearby ridge and finally descent back to the parking lot.
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2004October
***October 2
– Urban hike on the Los Gatos Creek trail.
***October 3
– Almaden Quicksilver. Up Mine Hill to the summit and back via Castillero, Hidalgo, and Deep Gulch.
***October 8
– First day of our annual Talusdancers mid-October “so long to summer” <a href="http://outside.danmitchell.org/2004/10/10#a928"pack trip. We met at Tuolumne and hiked out to Lower Cathedral Lake.
***October 9
– Day 2 of the trip: We walked cross-country to Upper Cathedral Lake, then took a cross-country route over the ridge next to Cathedral Peak that brought us to Budd Lake for lunch. We returned via the end of the ridge closer to Echo Peaks – where it began snowing.
***October 10
– Day 3: We hiked back out to Tuolumne the way we entered. Then we took our tradition end-of-season lunch and the Tioga Pass Resort before driving home.
***October 16
– Almaden Quicksilver hike. Up Mine Hill a short distance, then right on Hacienda to rejoin Mine Hill at Capehorn Pass. Up Mine Hill to the summit and return via Castillero and Deep Gulch.
***October 23
– A cloudy day that turned to rain during the final 15 minutes of my hike. Up Deep Gulch, past English Camp and then on the hiking trail to the summit and on down Woods Road. Retraced the same route to return.
***October 31
– After a very busy week, capped by 4 days at a conference in Southern California, I finally got out for a hike today. I went to Almaden Quicksilver and did a new variation on hikes I’ve done in the past. I started at the Mockingbird Hill entrance and headed out on the New Almaden Trail. Some distance after passing the trail to the Buena Vista mine, I turned right onto a short, unmarked lateral trail that ascends a small ridge to the Randol trail just before it joins the Santa Isabel trail. At the junction I headed left towards Capehorn Pass, where I turned left to climb up the nearby ridge and finally descent back to the parking lot.
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