January 1 - Hike at Sierra Vista Open Space Preserve Photo Gallery by Bryan Murahashi at pbase.com

January 1 - Hike at Sierra Vista Open Space Preserve

Thanks to Sandy for arranging and leading this hike.
With Sandy, Bill, Monique, Kathy and Bryan.

Parked at the new parking lot on Sierra Road.

4.66 mi
3.0 hours
max elevation 2035 ft
Min Elevation 1386 ft
Elev Gain = 1592 ft
Elev Loss = 1591 ft
Ave Slope = 10.8%

View of the Hazy Santa Clara Valley and Frozen Pond	View of the Diablo Range	Still Frozen Pond
Down the Sierra VistaTrail	Going down the Sierra Vista Trail	View from the Sierra VistaTrail
View from the Sierra VistaTrail	View down to Alum Rock County Park	Along the Narrowing Sierra Vista Trail
Oaks along the Sierra Vista Trail	Still going down	View Back
On the Upper Calaveras Fault Trail	Magpies	Hazy Santa Clara Valley
Down the Upper Calaveras Fault Trail	View from the the Upper Calaveras Fault Trail	Back up the Sierra Vista Trail
Heading back up	Mckee Road	Ending the loop, back on the Sierra Vista Trail
New Oak Buds	Back up the Sierra Vista trail	Penitencia Creek in Alum Rock County Park
Lick Observatories on Mount Hamilton	View along the Diablo Range	Google Map of the hike

Buz Kiefer		03-Jan-2015 21:51
Another nice hiking gallery, Bryan. Always enjoyable. Vote.

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