This hike starts at the Hill Canyon Trail and continues to the Lichen Trail via the Western Plateau and Outlaw Trails. At the peak of the ridge that separates the Western Plateau from the Santa Rosa Valley, you'll have amazing views of a beautiful system of deeply eroded canyons, plateaus, and ridgelines in the northwest […]
https://www.alltrails.com/explore/recording/fri-17-nov-2017-18-49--3?p=-1&sh=aoxfvb Hello Fellow Hikers! (gonna be following kims route this was a hit the first time so join us and lets checkout her awesome hike) This is a route that Kim created on her own back when she hiked this area every week. Attached is her AllTrails recording from the last time she did this […]
https://www.alltrails.com/explore/recording/fri-17-nov-2017-18-49--3?p=-1&sh=aoxfvb Hello Fellow Hikers! Cindysue asked me if I wanted to lead a hike since she can't hike this day. Please take note of the earlier start time. This is a route that I created on my own back when I hiked this area every week. I have attached my AllTrails recording from the last […]
https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/canyon-overlook-trail-to-wildwood-canyon-trail-loop Hello Fellow Hikers,With this hike we will be starting from Santa Rosa Valley and making our way through Wildwood Regional Park. We will pass the Paradise waterfall as well as the tepee were we will take the Stagecoach Trail to the Canyon Overlook Trail. This trail will have a little of everything including both […]
https://www.alltrails.com/explore/trail/us/california/western-plateau-trail-and-hawk-canyon-trail-loop Hello Fellow Hikers,So it finally feels like it is cooling down, so now we can head out and start exploring more open trails. I changed the start time back to 9:00am but if the weather changes on us before our hiking date I'll change back to 8:00am...Okay so many of you may have hiked […]
moderate 5.4 miles with 800 feet of climbing. Out and Back. Park at the Hill cyn trailhead
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