Note the early start and finish times for our first hike of 2009. Here's how Wendy describes this shuttle hike:"This hike starts in chaparral and passes by serpentine areas on the way to the waterfall. This year we can take the new trail and get to the waterfall easily, but it will mean we get back around 3:00 pm instead of 1:45. After the waterfall we go through the pygmy Sargeant cypress forest, and return through oak/bay/madrone woodland. We'll check out birds and mushrooms as we go.
We need people to meet at the end of Cascade Drive in Fairfax at 9:20 am. If you have time pressure after class go there as well, since the car shuttle won’t get people back to the start until about 3:20 pm. I will drive the drivers from Cascade to the start of the hike. Others should meet at the trailhead (directions follow).
Directions to the trailhead: Take the Bolinas-Fairfax Road past the Meadow Club (golf course) and keep going. Park in the parking lot across from the Pine Mountain Fire Road. It is a large dirt parking lot on your left, and the fire road is on the right. If you start going downhill and can see Lake Alpine, you’ve gone too far.
Maybe a portable at the trailhead. 25 minutes from College of Marin.
Weather forecast: Weather forecast: As of Tuesday, December 30th, the National Weather Service forecast for Fairfax for the day of the hike was mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and a high near 54. . (Click here for an updated forecast).
More on this hike: We'll be hiking on both MMWD watershed lands (click here for a map that you can view, zoom in on or print) and those of the Marin County Open Space District (click here for a description of the preserve in the Cascade area of Fairfax, or click here for a map of this area).
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