Pine Mountain/Elliott Preserve Shutte Hike (Jan 19) Preview

SHUTTLE HIKE - NOTE EARLY STARTING, LATE ENDING TIME - CALL OR E-MAIL WENDY IF YOU ARE COMING.
This hike starts in oak/bay/madrone woodland, passes through chaparral, then heads down to a valley with a stream, passing some serpentine rock areas. We'll check out birds and mushrooms as we go.  (Click here for the recap of our hike in this area last January).

Directions to trailhead: We need some people to meet at the end of Cascade Drive in Fairfax at 9:20 a.m. If you have time pressure after class go there as well, since the car shuttle won’t get us back until a little after 2:00 pm. I will drive those drivers to the start of the hike.

Others should meet at the trailhead by taking the Bolinas-Fairfax Road past the Meadow Club (golf course) and up to the crest of the hill. 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.

There maybe a porta potty at the trailhead. Carpool to the trailhead (not the end of Cascade Drive) from St. Rita's at 9:25 a.m. (Wendy won't be at St. Rita's she is going early to drive to the end of Cascade Drive.)

Weather forecast: Weather forecast: As of Thurssday, January 14th, the National Weather Service forecast for Fairfax for the day of the hike was cloudy, rain likely, with 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).