After spending virtually all summer hiking out in the Point Reyes area, we head to Southern Marin this week to hike on Mount Tamalpais. Wendy says: "This lovely loop takes us by California torreya trees with their nutmeg-like nuts, past scenic Inspiration Point, to beautiful Collier Springs where we lunch under the redwoods. We’ll take Northside Trail to International Trail after lunch.Directions: Take the Stinson Beach/Highway 1 exit off Highway 101. Go west through Tam Valley and up onto the ridge. Turn right onto Panoramic Highway and follow signs to Mt. Tamalpais. Keep going up the mountain, turn right at Rock Springs, and keep going until the road ends at the East Peak parking lot. 1 hour from COM. Restrooms at trailhead. (If you are traveling from northern or central Marin, meet at 8:55 a.m. at the Greenbrae Park & Ride lot to carpool).
Weather Forecast: As of Wednesday, September 10th, the National Weather Service forecast for this area on Tuesday, September 13th is patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 78. (Click here for an updated forecast).
More On This Hike: The Martin's book, Hiking Marin, describes most of this hike. You'll see that on their hike they head straight south from Collier Springs while we'll be hiking a little farther west than shown our their map until we reach the International Trail before looping back to the East Peak parking lot.
(Click here to view and print out a complete description of the hike and map from Martins' book. If you have Adobe Acrobat Reader on your computer you can print the document. Once you see the document on the "Scribd" Web site, click on the "Download" icon and then on the "PDF" icon to open the document on your computer).
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