Mount Diablo

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

Super beautiful hike, lots of views of golden California hills. This was my first hike using hiking poles and they made a huge difference coming