Trip Notes - Mount Diablo: Eagle Peak

Photo: From Eagle Peak summit, looking NE.

Trail head: Mitchell Canyon park entrance.

Land Status: Mount Diablo State Park

Fee: $6 per car.

Weather: High fifties at the trail head, mid-forties on the peak. Sunny to partly sunny all day.

Elevation: 580 ft. at the trail head.  2369 ft. at Eagle Peak summit.  1789 ft. change.

Mileage: 7.8 mile CCW loop on fire roads and a single track trail.

Trails: Mitchell Canyon Rd., Meridian Ridge, Eagle Peak. Mitchell Rock.

Difficulty: Moderate to strenuous because of the 1789 ft. elevation gain and loss.

Flora: California Fuchsia, Willow, Alder, Coast Live Oaks, Maple, Buckeye, California Bay, Coulter Pine, Sagebrush, Poison Oak, Toyon, Yerba Santa, Chamise, Juniper, Currant, Black Sage and grassland.

Fauna: A herd of wild turkeys and a coyote relieving himself.

Dinner: The Guadalajara Grill in Clayton.

Participants: (6) Steven Fotheringham, Jackie Lederle, Jeanette Farley, Barbara Hayes, Eric Teberg, Becky Teberg.

Comments: Excellent weather although chilly at the picnic benches. Delightful trail through the sage and chamise. Started the hike at 10:10am, the last of us came through at 3:17pm.  Good pace.