black mountain

Beautiful hike after a 2-day rain. Although nothing much to see at the summit.

Boy, what a day. We were monitoring the weather forecast for a couple days before the hike and it showed rain. Sure enough on hike

Beautiful fall hike, trail conditions great even after the storm the night below. Limited parking spaces (about 8 cars) at the Rhus Ridge trailhead –

A month before this hike, I had all but given up on the idea of completing the 2020 NorCal Six Pack of Peaks. As the

Black Mountain is not that hard a hike despite the 3400 feet of elevation we achieved on our hike.  I live in the area, so

We started this hike around 11:30am and were back at the cars by 2:30pm. Once you’re out of the woods, there are amazing views of