Update on Tuesday, 6/21 Bolinas Ridge Hike

This is a shuttle hike, so CALL WENDY AT 457-3949 OR EMAIL bdreskin@comcast.net if you are coming!

The hike is lightly longer than usual at 5.3 miles, but lots of it is downhill.  (Hopefully, there will be ripe huckleberries to eat).

At 9:20 a.m. we’ll meet on Route One at the bottom of Randall Trail which is about 3 miles north of Dogtown and about 3 miles south of Five Brooks . Then we’ll carpool up the Bolinas-Fairfax Road to Ridgecrest Boulevard and hike along Bolinas Ridge Fire Road and come down Randall Trail.

Carpool leaves St. Rita at 8:25 a.m. Warning: we may get back later than 1:45 p.m.

Weather forecast: As of Monday afternoon, June 20, the National Weather Service forecast for the hike was mostly sunny, with a high near 79. Calm wind becoming west southwest between 6 and 9 mph. (Click here for an updated forecast). Much of the trail is shaded, but there are some sections with full sun exposure, so don't forget your sunscreen and hat.

Bolinas Ridge Shuttle Hike (6/21) Preview

As summer begins we move west in Marin to take one of our hikes in the GGNRA. Slightly longer than usual at 5.3 miles, but lots of downhill.  (Click here for a recap of our hike in August of 2008).

CALL WENDY AT 457-3949 OR EMAIL bdreskin@comcast.net if you are coming!

Directions to trailhead: We’ll meet on Route One at the bottom of Randall Trail which is about 3 miles north of Dogtown and about 3 miles south of Five Brooks. (The Point Reyes National Seashore says to allow 15 minutes for the drive from the Bear Valley Visitor Center, and that it is just under 6 miles from the intersection of Highway 1 and Sir Francis Drake at Olema south to the Randall trailhead).

Park in one of the large dirt pullouts on either side of the road. The Park Service notes that the sign for the Randall Trail is aligned parallel to Highway 1 on the east side of the road and can easily be missed). From the Randall trailhead we’ll carpool up the Bolinas-Fairfax Road to Ridgecrest Boulevard and hike along Bolinas Ridge Fire Road and then down the Randall Trail to Highway 1.

Weather forecast: As of Wednesday morning, June 15, the National Weather Service forecast for the hike was patchy fog before 11am, otherwise sunny, with a high near 72. (Click here for an updated forecast).

More on this hike:  None of Dick Jordan's hiking books describe this hike, but you can find the Fairfax-Bolinas Road, Bolinas Ridge Fire Road, and the Randall Trail in the bottom right-hand section of the park map shown below in this post on the "Meandering" blog. (Use the plus-sign button under the drop-down arrow button to enlarge the map for easier reading):

(Click here to view and print a copy of the map. If you have Adobe Acrobat Reader on your computer you can print the document. Once you see the document on the "Google Docs" Web site, click on the "Actions" down arrow and then on  "Download" to download the document to your computer).