Mount Diablo

Diablo is best hiked on a cool day and we fortunately picked a perfect weather day. It is a long hike with lots of elevation

After leaving home in the dark, we got a pretty early start to be sure we'd have plenty of time.  Having done this hike before

Even though the signs say 8pm, the gate opened at 7am at the Mitchell Canyon Parking Lot. Make sure you have $6 to put in

It was a perfect sunny day for a hike.  We started at the visitor center parking lot at Mitchell Canyon.  We took the trail to

Today was a great day to hike Mt Diablo. We followed the advice from the blog and brought hiking poles – very useful as a

Trail was in fine condition, but definitely not well marked. All the trails are consistently longer than listed ? no tarantulas!!