This week we'll in the MMWD watershed near Fairfax. Here's Wendy's description of the hike:"This loop starts out in oak/bay/madrone habitat, but we'll also see redwoods and some grassland. If we've gotten some rain we should see mushroom including sulfur tufts, jack-o-lanterns, grisettes, Zeller's boletes, and manzanita boletes." (Click here to read about our last hike in this general area on October 24, 2008).
Directions to trailhead: Take Sir Francis Drake Boulevard into Fairfax. Jog left and make an immediate right in front of the movie theater. The first left puts you on Bolinas Avenue. Continue on Bolinas Avenue until you see the sign on your left for Lake Bon Tempe and Lake Lagunitas.
After making the left-hand turn off Bolinas Avenue, follow the road to the toll booth by Sky Oaks Ranger Station. (Click here for the MMWD map and directions).
The day use fee is $8. You can use $1, $5, or $10 bills and coins at the automated pay station, or a Visa or Mastercard. Annual Sky Oaks parking passes are normally $60 ($30 for those 62 and older), but after September 1st you can buy one for half of those prices and the pass will be valid through January 31, 2011. (You can pay the annual pass fee at the automated pay station. Keep one part of the receipt which is a temporary pass good for two weeks, then: 1) stop at the Sky Oaks Ranger Station on the way out and ask them to send the other half of your receipt to the main office in Corte Madera which will issue the permanent pass and mail it to you, or 2) send or take the receipt to the main office yourself).
Time: 25 minutes from College of Marin. Portapotty in parking lot. Carpoolers can meet at St. Rita’s about 9:15-9:25 a.m.
Weather forecast: As of Friday, November 12, the weather forecast for this hike was sunny with a high near 67. (Click here for an updated National Weather service forecast).
More on this hike: Hike “C12 Taylor-Concrete Pipe-Bullfrog Fire Road” in the Martins' book, Hiking Marin, shows the area where we will be hiking (our route may differ) in this part of the MMWD watershed. (Click here to view and print the MMWD map of this area).
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