The mountains are calling!

Category: Bay Area

  • Black Mountain (via Rhus Ridge Trail)

    If you want to burn your calves and feel like cursing yourself for doing it, then Black Mountain needs to be on your list! The hike in itself is not so bad, but the final stretch of elevation does test your fitness level. Like with most of the hikes in…

  • Muir woods to Stinson beach

    What better way to enjoy the beautiful Dipsea trail in most of its entirety from Muir Woods to Stinson Beach. Dipsea trail starts in Mill Valley and ends in Stinson Beach. If you decide to do this trail starting from Muir Woods, you can either do a round trip or…

  • Berry Creek Falls

    If you have ever been to Big Basin Redwoods state park, then you have seen signs for this beautiful falls called Berry Creek! There are multiple trails that lead you to Berry Creek falls and most of them start from Big Basin Redwoods park. If the drive to Big Basin…

  • Stinson beach to Mount Tam

    What better way to enjoy the bay area, than a hike that includes the famed Mt Tam and Dipsea Trail, both packed into this wonderful experience. The views from a top of Mt Tam are some of the best you can see around the bay area. Though the hike doesn’t…

  • El Sombroso

    Hiking Mount El Sombroso is not like any other mountain, with its numerous ups and downs towards the end of the hike, its a challenging one. There are more than one routes to hike up El Sombroso; from the Kennedy trail parking lot, or the Limekiln trail. Both the trailheads…

  • Montara Mountain

    If you want to experience one of the best views of Pacific around the bay area, hiking Montara Mountain should be on your list. It’s an easy out and back hike that has views all around, and can never disappoint you. Even on a foggy day, you get to see…

  • Mount Sizer

    Someone rightly said “People don’t go to Coe to train for the Sierra, they go to Sierra to train for Coe”. While Mount Sizer does not stand with the elite peaks of Yosemite in its views, it’s as challenging as any other peaks in Yosemite. Mount Sizer is located in…

  • Mount Diablo

    In my preparation to hike the John Muir Trail, I decided to pull our group and go hike Mount Diablo via Mount Olympia and North Peak. This route was not a strange one as we had put ourselves through this treacherous torture twice before, and still wonder why we would…