Rose Peak

20 plus miles… and 5883 elevation gain per my tracker! So excited to have completed this. =D

Set out early on Mother’s Day to bag Rose Peak, but also to get much needed tough miles on my legs to prepare me for

Ohlone is *my* park. I used to work there as an Americorps intern doing vegetation mapping and wild flower surveys 20 years ago. I walked

Beautiful weather, perfect time of year to do this one. Saw runners going up to the summit, that’s humbling…on the way down we took a

Amazing weather! Great team! Gorgeous wildflowers! But lordy loo, this hike is long and hard. Also, there is an unmarked Y in the trail on

This trail was so beautiful… roaming cows, chipmunks, flowing brooks, places for drinking water, even a privy on the trail.  With all that said –