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Jan 16 - HIke to Murietta Falls

Bill, John, Sherri, Tim, Karen and myself did this challenging Winter time hike to Murrieta Falls.
Starting at the parking lot at Del Valle Regional Park, we hiked 12 miles and 4500 ft elevation to the waterfalls.
Unfortunately, the water level was quite low and so the waterfall was very quiet.
But it was a nice and dry hike in the high country of the East San Francisco Bay Hills.

12 miles
Time : 6:00 hrs
Min Elevation : 760 ft
Max Elevation : 3395 ft
The parking lot and trail head at Del Valle Regional Park
The parking lot and trail head at Del Valle Regional Park		 Starting our climb on the Vallecito Trail
Starting our climb on the Vallecito Trail		 Looking back from the trail
Looking back from the trail
Hiking down to the Ohlone Wilderness Trail
Hiking down to the Ohlone Wilderness Trail		 Starting our climb on the Ohlone Wilderness Trail
Starting our climb on the Ohlone Wilderness Trail		 Ohlone Wilderness Trail
Ohlone Wilderness Trail
View of the foggy Central Valley
View of the foggy Central Valley		 Flowering Currant
Flowering Currant		 View from the top of the hill
View from the top of the hill
Fog below Mt. Diablo
Fog below Mt. Diablo		 Ohlone Wilderness Trail
Ohlone Wilderness Trail		 Nice view
Nice view
Starting our descent to the creek
Starting our descent to the creek		 Cows on the trail
Cows on the trail		 The cows were keeping us off this trail
The cows were keeping us off this trail
Down at the Creek
Down at the Creek		 View as we climb out of the creek
View as we climb out of the creek		 Mt. Diablo
Mt. Diablo
View behind us
View behind us		 Still climbing
Still climbing		 Its a long climb up
Its a long climb up
The Schlieper Rock
The Schlieper Rock		 Mt, Diablo
Mt, Diablo		 Still climbing
Still climbing
And more gradual Climbing
And more gradual Climbing		 Getting closer to the top of the ridge
Getting closer to the top of the ridge		 At the top of the ridge
At the top of the ridge
Along the ridge
Along the ridge		 Downward toward Murietta Falls
Downward toward Murietta Falls		 Closer to Murietta Falls
Closer to Murietta Falls
Hiking down to the top of Murietta Falls
Hiking down to the top of Murietta Falls		 Dribbling Creek to the falls
Dribbling Creek to the falls		 At the top of Murietta Falls
At the top of Murietta Falls
Not much water:-(
Not much water:-(		 At the top of Murietta Falls
At the top of Murietta Falls		 The Creek to the falls
The Creek to the falls
Lunch
Lunch		 Dripping Murietta Falls
Dripping Murietta Falls		 View back from the falls
View back from the falls
Climbing upwards
Climbing upwards		 And the long hike back down
And the long hike back down		 Snowy Sierras
Snowy Sierras
View back to the trailhead
View back to the trailhead		 View back to the trailhead
View back to the trailhead		 Long descent
Long descent
Green rocks back at the creek
Green rocks back at the creek		 One last climb out of the creek
One last climb out of the creek		 Fresh Greens
Fresh Greens
And back down to the trailhead
And back down to the trailhead		 Trail Profile
Trail Profile
Walter Otto Koenig19-Jan-2010 19:59
This looks like a wonderful hike. Very nice documentation. Maybe I'll make it there on my next trip to the Bay Area.
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