Sky Trail Hike (January 27th) Preview

Last time (January 20th), we hiked one-way along Inverness Ridge, south on the Sky Trail to the Old Pine Trail, then down to Divide Meadow, and back to Bear Valley. This time we'll return to Point Reyes National Seashore to do a shorter hike beginning at the same spot, but looping back to our starting point after hiking past Sky Camp and then heading uphill to Mt. Wittenberg. Here's Wendy's description of the outing:

"This loop has spectacular views of the estero and the ocean! (Yes, we do have to hike uphill to earn this reward.) Lunch at a scenic spot on Mt. Wittenberg. Last year Amanita muscaria, Zeller's boletes, Pleated Marasmius, and lots of other mushrooms, as well as the start of some spring wildflowers! Level and downhill after lunch."

Directions: Take Sir Francis Drake Boulevard west to Olema. Turn right on Route 1, then make an immediate left onto Bear Valley Road. Continue past Park Headquarters (stop here if you need a restroom, but we won't be meeting here to carpool to the trailhead as we did on the January 20th hike) and go left on Limantour Road. The trailhead is 3.3 miles from this turn. The parking lot is on your left. 50 minutes from College of Marin. No restrooms at trailhead. We'll pass some at Sky Camp about 10:30 am.

Weather forecast: Alas, we're unlikely to have the same glorious, warm and sunny weather that he had for the last hike out here. Aptly enough, the National Weather Service forecast (Inverness) for our first College of Marin Winter term hike is a slight chance of showers with partly cloudy skies and a high near 54. (Click here for an updated forecast from the NWS; for the current weather conditions at the Bear Valley Visitor Center, click here).

Here's the hike and map for this area from the Martin's book, Hiking Marin. Presumably we'll do this hike in reverse, going from Junction 1 to 4, then to 3, to 2, and back to 1 before returning to the trailhead.

Sky Trail to Wittenberg Hike and Map

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