Kathi Gardner's Page

Photo courtesy of Yosemite Hikes.Description: 3.6 mile loop, partial cross-country.Destination: Series of cascade falls on the Tuolumne River.Destination: Top of Pothole Dome for 360 degree views.Fee: $30 entrance fee or pass.No dogs on this one.It will be warm this weekend. We’ll take it easy but we can add walks in Tuolumne Meadows or at the Pass. Early Dinner: Whoa Nellie Deli. See More

Photo: Female #878, fledged in the Pinnacles, fall of 2017. Parents are #569 and #589, photographed doing it in Jan 2017. Description: Moderate 6.1-mile loop through Bear Gulch Cave and up High Peaks Trail, completing on Condor Gulch Trail.Trail Head:  Bear Gulch Day Use Parking Lot.Parking: Bear Gulch Day Use Parking lot and overflow parking behind the Visitor Center with shuttle service to the trail head.Land Status: National Park.Fee: $30.00/car entrance fee paid at the visitor's center, or…See More

Trail head: End of Pierce Point Road, Point Reyes.Fee: None.Description: Easy 9.5 mile out and back with a repeated 400 foot elevation change.  Elevation: 300 ft at trail head, descends to 80 ft, ascends to 470 ft.No dogs on the trail. Dinner: Trail Gate away from crowds.Last hiked: 3/31/18.See More

Photo: From 6/7/14 Photo Album.Trail Head: Kennedy Meadows Trail Head Parking is 1.75 miles from the marked trail head. I included that distance in the hike mileage.Description: Moderate 8.7 mile up and back with 1370 foot elevation gain and loss.Trail head elevation: 6330 ft.Highest Trail elevation: 7700 ft.Fee: None.Dogs are welcome.Dinner: Kennedy Meadows Diner or Mia's.Last hiked: 7/01/2017.Weather Forecast: Partly sunny, high of 45 degrees. See More

Photo: Taken from the Upper Merced River Watershed Council website. Easy 7-mile out and back with minimal elevation change.Trail head: The site of Savage's Trading Post, 21 miles east of Mariposa on Hwy 140, just east of the 2006 landslide and detour.Parking: You're driving eastbound on Hwy 140. Cross the bridge over the South Fork of the Merced River and the parking lot is immediately on your left. We cross the highway to get to our trail head.  Fee: None. Dogs are welcome.Dinner: Trail Gate…See More

Mt. Tamalpias: Cataract Falls Loop.Land Status: Marin Municiple Water District, adjacent to Mt. Tam State Park.Moderate 6.5 mile loop utilizing Cataract, High Marsh, Kent, Benstein, Potrero Meadow, and Simmons trails.Elevation change: 750 feet beginning with a descent.Trail Head and Parking: Rock Springs Trail Head off of Pan Toll Road, Mt. Tamalpais.There isn't a parking fee.Leashed dogs are welcome.Last hiked 3-25-17.See More