Per Wendy, "this hike takes us through redwood forest, over Fern Creek, into chaparral, and finally to lunch at Bootjack. The return is fairly level and shady."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. Drive about 4 miles. When you reach Mountain Home Inn on your right, park on your left in the parking lot across the road. 40 minutes from College of Marin. Restrooms at trailhead and Bootjack.
Weather forecast: As of Friday evening, the National Weather Service forecast for Mill Valley on Tuesday was mostly sunny with a high near 73. (Click here for an updated forecast).
More on this hike: Earlier this year, we hiked down from Mountain Home to Muir Woods, up to Camp Eastwood, and back to Mountain Home. Then we did a hike from Bootjack over to Pantoll and back. The Martin's book, Hiking Marin, does not lay out a map or description for the hike we'll take this Tuesday from Mountain Home to Bootjack and back, but the map the accompanies the following hike described in that book does show the trails paralleling Panoramic Highway that we'll follow, as well as the location of both Mountain Home and Bootjack:
(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).
You can also view these trails on a map of Mount Tamalpais State Park by clicking here. (Put your cursor over the magnifying glass icon in Scribd and then move the "slider" that appears to the right to zoom in on the map).
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