Mount Diablo

3 of us hiked Mt Diablo on a gorgeous Tuesday after Labor Day. We encountered 2 beautiful horses on the initial part of our trails

Excellent start to the Bay Area Challenge. My friend Crystal and I began our hike at Curry Point in the Mount Diablo State Park at

Thought it would be a nice day, but it turned out to be cold, windy, foggy, and wet. Was nice to get warm at the

Started after 8 AM and wrapped up after 3 PM. Weather was pleasantly mild. Took the clockwise route and glad I did — made the

Captain's Log. Hike 3 A nice ranger gave us a paper map at the start of the hike. This turned out to be very useful,

Started at 6:30ish to avoid the heat. Went clockwise. Didn’t expect to find a few steep downhills before reaching the summit. wondered whether backcreek trail