Rose Peak

I decided to join the FB group Bay Area Hikers last minute. There were 16 amazing people and hikers who made the hike in the

Long hike with chilly wind at the top.  But beautiful countryside, peaceful solitude, and colorful wildflowers.

It was another epic day of Bay Area wilderness hiking. I joined up with a friend Mike who is not (yet?) in the Social Hiker

Been wanting to do this hike for a couple years now and finally had the perfect conditions – about 13 hours of daylight (if needed)

This was an interesting course to pick for my first ever backpacking trip. Fortunately we had another experienced backpacker with us. We started at Del

This was my first backpacking trip, and boy was it a doozy! I'm glad we had a third, experienced person with us, or Allyson and