Note the half-hour earlier start time for our final hike of 2008 which Wendy describes as follows:"On this favorite winter hike we hike along a creek with lovely cascades (assuming we’ve had some rain by then!) and ferns. You’ll think you’ve entered the Emerald City! We usually find some interesting mushrooms on this hike.
The start is uphill with some stairs (but we’ll find lots to look at on the way), the end is level - and in between it’s up and down! We end up at the Bon Tempe Dam.
We’ll need people who don’t need to be somewhere in a hurry to take the drivers back to their cars at Alpine (about 35 minutes round trip).
Directions to meeting place: Take the Fairfax-Bolinas Road. Turn in as you would to go to Lake Lagunitas. After the ranger station at Sky Oaks (but before Shaver Grade) there is an unpaved road to the right. Take this to Lake Bon Tempe and park. MEET AT 9:15. We’ll carpool to the trailhead, so don’t pay the $7 entrance fee if you plan to take your car to the trailhead. Portable toilet at Bon Tempe, but none at Alpine trailhead. 25 minutes from College of Marin.
Weather forecast: As of Wednesday, December 10, the National Weather Service forecast for Fairfax was mostly cloud, a chance of showers, with a high near 47. (Click here for an updated forecast).
More on this hike: There is no comparable hike in the Martins' book, Hiking Marin, but we'll begin our hike just past the dam at Alpine Lake and head east on the Helen Markt Trail, eventually pick up one of the fire roads, and wind our way back to Bon Tempe Lake. (Click here to view, zoom in on, or print a map of the MWWD watershed lands).
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