This is a shuttle hike, so CALL WENDY AT 457-3949 or send her an e-mail her at bdreskin@comcast.net if you are coming! Note the earlier than usual meeting time at Bear Valley.
The trail is about 7.3 miles long, but a lot of it is fairly level, so it's a bit easier than the distance implies. We'll go down the Old Pine Trail (which doesn't have any old pines!) to Divide Meadow, then hike back north to the Bear Valley Visitor Center on the Bear Valley Trail. (We hiked this trail last July, but Dick Jordan wasn't along, so there is no recap; but we also did the trek on January 20, 2009 when President Obama was sworn into office, again on May 19, 2009, and also in July of 2008).
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 leave after the end of the hike to help us drive hikers back to the Sky Trail trailhead to pick up their cars.
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 morning, May 19, the National Weather Service forecast for the hike was mostly sunny and breezy, with a high near 59. (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 Junction #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 Trail trailhead) and then back down to the Sky Trail before continuing on to the Old Pine Trail, Divide Meadow 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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