Green Gulch Hike (5/3) Preview

Here’s Wendy’s description for next week's hike:  “Today we get to see the beautiful organic vegetable garden at the Zen Center’s Green Gulch Farms on our way up to the Coyote Ridge Trail. Lunch overlooking the ocean on our way back down to Muir Beach.”  (Click here for a recap or here for the on-line album of photos from last year's hike).

Directions to trailhead:  Take the Stinson Beach/Highway 1 exit off Highway 101. Go through Tam Junction, and take Shoreline Highway and follow signs to Muir Beach.

Restrooms at trailhead. Time: 55 minutes from COM.  Carpoolers can meet at the Greenbrae Park and Ride lot at 9:00 a.m.

Weather forecast:  Winter seems determined to hang on this year.  As of Wednesday, April 27,  the forecast for the day of the hike was sunny, with a high near 68.  (Click here for an updated forecast).

More on this hike:  Although our actual route may vary, hike A10 (Coastal – Coyote Ridge – Green Gulch) in the Martins’ book, Hiking Marin, covers this area. The GGNRA Marin Headlands map shows the trails.  (Click here for more information on Green Gulch Farm).  The following Google Earth image shows where we will be hiking.