From Los Gatos through St. Joseph Hill and Sierra Azul to QuickSilver
Did you read the title ? That's already too many park names to put in one blog, not to mention running them all on one Sunday morning. Yes, that was March 19, 2006.
See a gmap of the run at : http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=73009
Disclaimer - the photos were taken with an E850 phone. Under most circumstances I would not use my phone to take pictures, nor I would use my camera to call you. Hence the bush is not blue and our legs are not yellow, for most of the time.
We started from LGHS (elevation 350 feet) and ran across the St. Joseph hill to Alma road. In nother five minutes we were at the trailhead of Limekiln trail (2.7miles). The trail climbs on the south side of the Limekiln canyon. It is very pretty, mostly covered with trees, and we could hear the water in the creek bellow. Sissie and Alana turned back half the way in, as they planned to.
Patrick, Dayle, Carol and I finally reached the top of the ridge and the cross with Priest Rock Trail (1600f). On the map it shows 1.4 miles from Alma Rd to this point, however the GPS showed almost 2 miles, and so did our time. We continued with the Limekiln trail (this section is also a part of the Bay Area Ridge Trail) for another 3+ miles, up to the top of Mt. El Sombroso (2999f). So far 2:10 hours on the trail, 8+miles uphill. This is also the closest point on our trail to Mt. Umunhum.
What you see here never happened. Never believe any pictures other people show you. Yes, the mountain is there, and we were there, but there was no one else to take our group picture. I carry my phone without a tripod. And it's not photoshop either!! Nop. I use a different photo editor, called LView Pro.
See a gmap of the run at : http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=73009
Disclaimer - the photos were taken with an E850 phone. Under most circumstances I would not use my phone to take pictures, nor I would use my camera to call you. Hence the bush is not blue and our legs are not yellow, for most of the time.
We started from LGHS (elevation 350 feet) and ran across the St. Joseph hill to Alma road. In nother five minutes we were at the trailhead of Limekiln trail (2.7miles). The trail climbs on the south side of the Limekiln canyon. It is very pretty, mostly covered with trees, and we could hear the water in the creek bellow. Sissie and Alana turned back half the way in, as they planned to.
Patrick, Dayle, Carol and I finally reached the top of the ridge and the cross with Priest Rock Trail (1600f). On the map it shows 1.4 miles from Alma Rd to this point, however the GPS showed almost 2 miles, and so did our time. We continued with the Limekiln trail (this section is also a part of the Bay Area Ridge Trail) for another 3+ miles, up to the top of Mt. El Sombroso (2999f). So far 2:10 hours on the trail, 8+miles uphill. This is also the closest point on our trail to Mt. Umunhum.
What you see here never happened. Never believe any pictures other people show you. Yes, the mountain is there, and we were there, but there was no one else to take our group picture. I carry my phone without a tripod. And it's not photoshop either!! Nop. I use a different photo editor, called LView Pro.We have room for one
more person on the left.
If you will send me your
picture (and $$) I will
add you in.
Going down Woods trail we saw some bikers going up - this trail seems even steeper than the one we took up. Going down was not easy, but we did not whine. It took us about an hour to get to Hicks road, where we entered the Almaden QuickSilver park. So far about 15 miles, 3.5 hours.
Most of the last 6.5 miles were downhill, and very pretty. But we did notice every short uphill as well, like the one past the Copper Mine.
We finished just bellow 5 hours !!! The car we left the night before at the McAbby entrance was still there. Oh, how many smiling faces to see a parking car, taking their shoes off and jumping in. The drive back to LGHS was effortless, isn't it ?
posted by Arnon @ 6:08 PM
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