Another one of my favorites hikes. It has everything: long views of the ridges, spring wildflowers, wildlife, and not so many hikers.
Tag: Santa Cruz Mountains
Mindego Hill Spring hike
When I love something I want to do it regularly. If I love place I want to visit it frequently 🙂 So Mindego Hill is my favorite.
Camping in Little Basin Cabins
Big Basin State Park and Little Basin Cabins are currently closed due to extensive fire damage. Please check web sites on the latest info. I love this place. Not that popular as the main camp of Big Basin but has all features of the biggest. But what I always liked the most are cabins.
Purisima Creek Redwoods: Whittemore Gulch – Harkins Ridge hike
Our colleagues relocated to the area at the end of June. After a month and a half, their expectations failed completely. I’m not talking about the quality of life and work, right now I’m describing the weather. Everyone who moves to San Francisco Bay Area wants to see long sandy beaches with constant sunshine and…
Russian Ridge: Mindego Hill Hike
Sometimes you want a mountain top experience without living your area. You need breathtaking views and the wind in your hair. You want to climb; you want a challenge. I’m so happy that Santa Cruz mountains are mostly opened for hikers… I could tell distinct features of the majority of peninsula parks. But I always…
La Honda Creek Open Space Preserve
I had this place in my bucket for a long two years. The problem with it was that you need a permit to access and hike on the territory. They ask to submit the application in 3 business days before the day of the visit. And. I never had a chance to recall it on…
Castle Rock State Park: Sempervirens Point
I love mountains. Epic creations of mother nature. The whole awesomeness of slopes covered with dense forests or only with the snow is my favorite view. That’s why some weeks make my mind want to drive somewhere and hike to the peak, or a valley with the heartbreaking view… Last Friday I returned from BT…
Foggy Russian Ridge Open Space
When we first hiked at Russian Ridge OSP it was awesome. I still remember that impressive scenery from the vista site. I wanted to have the same experience but greener.
Calero County Park Spring Hike
Hello-hello Spring! It’s nice to see you again 🙂 I love this season: green hills, full streams, and the carpet of wildflowers. Bay area has a decent selection of parks to check this beauty. Eastern slopes of the Santa Cruz mountains, Diablo range, and Gabriel range on the south. We hiked at Henry Coe State…