Here is a picture from the Honoree Picnic after the Huddart Park hike on July 12.
It's one of our team honorees, Lauren, and our team co-leader, Jennifer. I haven't had a chance yet to really talk to Lauren much, but Jennifer hiked with our group part of the way on this hike.
Around the midpoint there is this huge hill that is out in the sun with no shade. And there's a picnic table at the top.
Jennifer had radioed down to our group to tell us that she was coming back down the hill again to go up with us, which was nice, because she could say, "It's not far now, you're almost to the picnic table!"
I find out again that I can go up hills with almost no problem as long as there's some sort of traction going up. Going down hills, without having hiking poles, is another matter!
On this hike I borrowed Tifin's poles for a good portion of the end, when we were heading down a pretty steep slope.
I don't have any pictures for this hike, but here's the link to its Wikipeda page, and a hiker/photographer's site with pictures - not the official park page Almaden Quicksilver County Park.
That link has this description of the Hacienda Park Trail which is I think is either the one we took to start the hike, or it's the "medium-fast extension" which we went up for about 5 minutes and then came back down since we had hiked our full time!
The Hacienda Trail begins next to the New Almaden Trail in a shady forest, then rises quickly. It is the steepest trail in the park. Taking it uphill provides a good workout. It climbs straight up through oak-shaded forests, with increasingly dramatic views of the park, the Almaden Valley, and the Santa Teresa Hills. Even after it seems to reach its peak, the trail drops and rises over the ridgeline of one narrow hill after another, like a roller coaster.
No comments:
Post a Comment