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This hike is north of Red Hills Road. The wildflowers should be in full bloom.It's an easy to moderate 6.5-mile clockwise loop that crosses Serpentine Road. The total elevation gain is 640 ft per  mapmyrun.Trail Head: About an1/8 mile beyond the main parking lot across Red Hills Road.Bring the dogs on this one.Dinner: Café Bravo in Oakdale.Last hiked:  3/21/2020, officially. See More

Trail Head: Sunol Visitor's Center at Geary Rd.Fees: When the kiosk is staffed, a $5 parking fee and $2 dog fee.Elevation at trail head is 400 ft.Difficulty: Moderate 7.5 mile CW loop with a repeated 1300 ft elevation gain and loss, utilizing Flag Hill Trail & Road, Vista Grande Road, Eagle View Trail, Cerro Este Road and Canyon View Road for the proposed hike. Otherwise, Cave Rocks Road, Hayfield Road & Indian Joe Creek Trail. Dinner: Restaurant in Livermore.Bring the dogs.Last hiked…See More

Description: 6.7 mile moderately strenuous CCW loop.Trail Head: Juniper Campground parking lot.South Gate Rd entrance fee: $10.00.Elevation Climbs: Two. 2840 ft to 3850 ft. (summit) and 2032 ft. to 2840 ft. No dogs on this one.Dinner at a local restaurant.Last hiked: 2/08/2020See 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

Photo: Jackie on North Dome 2012.Trail head: Porcupine Creek on Tioga Road.Fee: $35/car or Annual Pass. No Peak Hour ticket required.Elevation: 8100 ft. at the trail head, 8340 ft. at Indian Rock, 7540 ft. at North Dome.Mileage: 9.4 miles includes Indian Rock. 8.8 miles w/o Indian Rock.Difficulty: Moderate with a repeated elevation loss and gain of about 800 ft.Dinner: Groveland.Last hiked: 10-06-2012.See More

Photo: Cirque behind Upper Granite Lake.Trail Head: Tioga Pass Park Entrance Station Parking Lot or the Leavitt Meadows lot.Trail Head Elevation: 9973 ft.Elevation Gain: about 900 ft.Description: Moderate CCW 7-mile loop from Lower Gaylor past Upper Gaylor and out to the Tioga Lake vista. Then up to the mine and cross-country to Upper Granite and Lower Granite and back to Lower Gaylor and the trail.Fees: YNP entrance fee or Dinner: Whoa Nellie Deli in Lee Vining or mini Trail Gate.Last Hiked:…See More

Strenuous 11.6 total miles up and back. All on the PCT except off trail the last mile to the summit. Or choose the option of going part way.Elevation Gain:  1842 feet.Trail head:  Sonora Pass day use parking lot.Trail head Elevation:  9628 feetSummit Elevation:  11570 feet.Fees:  None.Bring the dogs.Dinner: Trail Gate at the trail head.Last hiked: 8/27/2016.See More

Two hike choices: Moderate 8-mile up and back to Thunder Mountain summit. Or moderate to strenuous 12.3 mile loop, taking in the summit and returning on Horseshoe Canyon and Castle Point Trails.Elevation gain on first hike is 1450 ft.Elevation change on loop is 2250 ft.The highest point is Thunder Mountain summit at 9400 ft. in both cases.Parking and Trail head: Thunder Mountain Trailhead, a parking lot on the south side of Hwy 88 between Silver Lake and Kirkwood. Land Status: El Dorado…See More