We return to Point Reyes National Seashore for the last year of 2009. (We hiked this trail on January 20, 2009 when President Obama was being sworn into office, and again on May 24th.). The trail is about 7.3 miles long (this is a shuttle hike, so please call or e-mail Wendy in advance if you plan to go, and note the earlier than usual meeting time at the trailhead).Directions to trailhead: We’ll meet at Bear Valley at 9:20 a.m. and carpool to Sky Trail. When we get to Mt. Wittenberg we’ll go down Old Pine to the Bear Valley Trail. We’ll need some people who are not in a rush to drive people back to Sky Trail. Restrooms at Bear Valley, none at Sky Trail trailhead but some as we pass Coast Camp. Carpool leaves St. Rita Church in Fairfax at 8:45 a.m.
Weather forecast: As of Thursday, December 20, the National Weather Service forecast for the hike was mostly cloudy and a chance of rain with a high near 52. (Click here for an updated forecast).
More on this hike: "G3 Sky Trailhead to Bear Valley" in the Martins' book, Hiking Marin, is a version of this hike although we usually go straight at Juntion #1 shown on their map and continue on to Sky Camp rather than take the detour up to Mt. Wittenberg (which we do on a separate loop hike from the Sky Trailhead) and then back down to the Sky Trail before continuing on to the Old Pine Trail, Divide Meadow (where we had lunch on November 24th), and on to Bear Valley. (Click here for the Seashore's South District Hiking Map which shows these trails).
The following Google Earth image gives a bird's eye view of where we'll be hiking:
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