Are you geologists or something? This is what was asked of us as we climbed the first hill at Wildcat Canyon last weekend. This funny inquiry was from a sweet older lady with a friendly pup that greeted us on the trail. The bosslady was a little perplexed by the question then looked at the hubs and realized why the older lady may have thought that…he had his ranger looking outfit on that day! 🙂
It was the hubs’ turn to find a hike for last weekend. It is getting more and more difficult to find hikes in the area we haven’t on. Since the weather was cool for August we opted to go to the East Bay for a hike. Wildcat Canyon fit the bill, long enough to get some good exercise in and enough elevation gain to earn us a cheeseburger!
Wildcat Canyon Hike
- 10% shade
- it gets better, I promise!
- I giggled at this for a while!
- 1st glimpse of Diablo
- that’s your trail over there!
- easy gate compared to ours!
- all you see as you head up
- love the grasses!
- Mt Diablo and San Pablo Reservoir
- looking toward San Pablo Bay
- Mt Tamalpais in the distance
- the trail just drops down!
- we made it!
- foggy city to the west
- golden hills to the east
- not in Hawaii
- ups and downs
- Happy cows!
- caterpillar trees!
- the hubs taking a break
Hike details:
Parking free, gross portable potty, no water, 90% sun, 6 miles, 1,200 ft gain/loss, dogs off-leash on marked trails, dogs on leash everywhere else, hike description used from Bay Area Hiker.
Map My Walk Stats (no laughing! We enjoy the hikes, we don’t speed hike)
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6 mile hike in the East Bay