Tag: Mount Saint Helena

This was an okay hike.  It got pretty hot once I started just before 9am.  Most of it is unshaded up to the top.  It’s…

Started at 6:45 AM. Reached the summit in approximately two hours. First mile was a little bit of a scramble but was well-shaded; after you…

started at 8:20am. Took about 5 hours with a large break at the top. Beautiful shaded trail the first mile, little to no shade after…

It was 90+ degrees when I did the hike even when I started early. The trail was moderate in terms of difficulty and there are…

Great overcast day, occasional sun, and a little damp and foggy at the summit. Took 4 hours total (would be a different story on a…

The approach is prettier than the hike, but the views at the peak make up for the exposed fire road that makes up much of…

Pretty easy hike, not too many steep parts and mostly wide open service road as a trail. I hiked with three friends who do not…

Everyone was super friendly along the trail. Go early if you want to avoid the afternoon heat and best to wear proper hiking shoes.

Everything was great. Beautiful, misty morning hike.

Amazing hike with our family of 5!  Mom and Dad and 3 Boys ages 10, 11 and 13 are going to have a great time…

A long drive to the trail head, over 2 hours…. but at least the parking lot was open (COVID -19 didn’t affect the parking). Weather…

Beautiful weather for a little walk in the park. I was impressed at how many people were on the trail considering the “shelter in place”.…

Peak 2 in the bag! It was a perfect day to summit Mt. Saint Helena. The trail begins with about a mile of incline over…

On a normal weekday, getting from San Jose to Mt St Helena would involve some serious rush hour traffic, during the 120 mile journey. Everybody…

Nice hike mostly fire roads. not a lot of coverage

Left at 8:30AM and had the trail to myself. It had rain the day before so the trail was not dusty. The first and last…

It is a beautiful Hike. We got lucky to meet with no rain but snow fall. What an amazing experience. Gradual and wide Trail.

Wow! LOVED this hike.  Beautiful day with nice trails and few people.  My favorite of the 6 so far (finished 5)!  Be sure to come…

Perfect weather for a nice hike. The old logging road to the summit was wide and easy to navigate and the summit with its sweeping…

Nice easy up and back. Great weather today with better views. Fun hike!

My friend and I hiked Mt. St. Helena on a cloudless Sunday. The air was warm and the trail was dry. The first mile of…

Beautiful day for a hike – nice temperatures and clear skies. And a great excuse to spend a little time exploring Napa Valley and sip…

Great weather today. Don’t hike this in the summer, the trail is fairly exposed.

First mile of trail is wooded with a little bit of rock scrambling. The rest of the trail is wide open fire road with a…

Not our favorite hike but has potential for great views on a clear day and the drive through Napa wine country was beautifully rustic. Best…

Lots of people on the trail today. Hiked this mountain last year and saw almost no one. Took 2 of my kids. My 18yr old…

Beautiful weather and cool temps—perfect for a mostly exposed hike like this. High winds could be a problem on this hike but on this day…

Started at Stevenson Memorial Trail at 9 a.m. few switchbacks to start with.  Mostly fire road with great views of wine country.  Shared the trail…

Good condition, beautiful weather and good company.🙏🏼

Strong!

So fun! Headed to Russian River after and stayed for the weekend to celebrate our engagement!

We hiked this trail on a warm day in February.  The temperatures were in the 60’s with a little wind on the peak.  The first…

We hiked during a warm spell in February.  The temperatures were in the 60’s.  There was a little bit of wind on the peak.  The…

Great February weather! Nice hike. Easier to follow the trail than indicated on several sites. Good views from the top. Could see the geothermal plant…

Nice way to spend my birthday.  Only saw one person on the way up and only five people on the way down.  Great solo hike.

Super windy hike today but not ao cold that it snowed like last year.  Beautiful day and felt so good to be out in nature.

It was Windy! Mt. St. Helena is one of my favorite. Mt. Sizer next week 🙋‍♀️

Misty with dense fog. Still lots of remnants from the fire a couple years ago but also lots of growth coming back with much green…

The Stevenson Memorial Trail, still damp from abundant rainfall, was marked by brilliant shades of green–even tree trunks wore a furry green coat. Gnarly roots…

Challenging yet very doable trail. Working our way slowly to the big stuff and this was a definite stepping stone. Foggy day and not such…

I left home very early in the morning because I had read that the parking lot filled up fast. I got to Napa in time…

We luck into another perfect day. There were tiny patches of snow, in the shady areas. No wind. You could see where the Napa fires…

Hiked from Calistoga for a total of 20 miles and 5.6 kft of elevation gain. (Dropped car at the Hwy 29 trailhead since I didn’t…

Amazing hike!

Foggy, a bit of rain, and cold conditions at the summit. Unfortunately, not much of a view, but a fun hike all the same with…

Great views!  We had crisp, cool weather and plenty of sunshine. There’s a few sections of trail that are challenging. Most of it is fireroad.…

Day 5 – Summit #5. There was amazing weather for a summit of the highest of the NorCal SixPack of Peaks. Cool and clear at…

Sunny day, high of 61, moderate winds. Great views from the top

Helena starts with some technical pieces — and then turns into a nice fire road up to the top. The clouds were hanging out in…

Nice day, love this area. https://www.alltrails.com/explore/recording/recording-jan-04-317-pm–4

Started about 10:45 with the weather around 52 degrees. Sunny and no clouds at all, with just a small hint of a breeze from the…

Cold to start. Warmed up fast. A little cloudy but still beautiful views.  EVERYBODY and their brother had the same idea though.  Haven’t wished this…

Pretty fast up and down – more people than I’ve ever seen on that trail before 🙂

My second time on this beautiful trail and loving the fact that I actually know some faces on this trail! It’s like first day of…

Beautiful hike on the first day or 2020. It was very cold and windy at the top but beautiful overall. We met a few prleak…

Weather was nice, breezy, sunny, cool until we got closer to the top. Then it got foggy and cold. Beautiful views when we weren’t in…

New Year’s resolution? Don’t save three peaks for late December! I managed to fit this in, with three days left in the year and slightly…

A clear but chilly day, perfect weather for this trail.  Not a difficult hike at all, but just under 10 miles.  Great cell reception at…

It was a clear and beautiful day.

Gorgeous views of the valley, which was socked in with fog. Trail was wet from recent rains but that didn’t affect our hike. Beautiful sunny…

It was kind of eerie hiking here. There was fog on the way up and no animals were around anywhere. Trees were burned and black…

Great trail for the first ~1+mile before getting onto the fireroads. Intermittent snow until the last mile to the summit, then fairly consistent snow/ice on…

What a beautiful hike after the first snow fall winter. I had 3 layers. It was cold but warm enough when I kept moving. It…

I previously logged this hike but it displayed as “Umunhum” and I was unable to edit it.

Saved the easiest for last. Wanted to do it in snow, but didn’t happen. Nice easy stroll up fireroad with pleasant view at end.

Unseasonably warm and beautiful hike with great friends. Shorts still the best for hiking this late in the year!

A beautiful day with 15 mates (Great Hikes Plus One – meetup.com), followed by yummy fare at Yeti (Indian/Nepalese) in Glen Ellen.  Compared to Rose Peak,…

This was our final of the 6 peaks. Unfortunately we have gone down to two from our original group of four due to injury, so…

A beautiful day with fellow hikers, followed by wine tasting and uber delicious fare at Yeti (Indian/Nepalese) in Glen Ellen.     10.8 miles with 2,195…

This was a wonderful way to cap off our 6-hike challenge. We drive out to Santa Rosa and stayed in an AirBNB the night before.…

Beautiful day and views all the way to the top.  Somehow wandered off the trail near the bottom and bushwacked down some steep slopes, but…

So glad I waited until the fall for this hike. Wide open trail for 4.2 miles with no shade. Absolutely stunning views, clear skies. We…

Great hike in the wine country! The drive there was just as relaxing and beautiful as the view from the summit. Stevenson Memorial Trail is…

Great hike with a friend today! Weather was fantastic, clear enough to see Mt. Tam, Mt. Diablo and even San Francisco in the distance! Parking…

I hiked this trail with a friend. It was very exposed. Lots of sunshine and vitamin D. The trail is a little boring as it…

The last of  the Peaks  to complete the challenge was Mt St Helena. We car camped at Bothe State Park on Thursday night  through Sunday…

A pretty easy, but gorgeous hike. The views were spectacular!!! A great way to round out the challenge.

After working all night Thursday night, I figured Friday morning would be a great day for a hike!!

I got back to working out more seriously a few months ago. I was wondering if I could test myself with this peak. How fast…

Relatively easy hike with nice views.

Somehow felt this as an easy hike. First 800ft or so are little strenuous but then it’s a large dirt road that goes all the…

This is our (@hound-of-mt-sizer and me) fifth hike and was my favorite peak yet! It reminded me of hiking in the high Sierras. <3 We…

I’ll start by saying I read some negative reviews of this hike (not on this site) and completely disagree with them. Mount St. Helena now…

Starts with 10 minutes of trail hiking in the trees; the rest of the hike is on a fire trail with amazing views the whole…

The day started out misty and hazy, and we were up very early based on some wrong-time-of-day traffic estimations, so we weren’t super happy about…

Quite an open trail. Need to be careful with the heat. You will get to see amazing valley views covered with fog which eventually fades…

Trail was good. Not too difficult. The weather was warm. Glad we started early. View from the summit were clear and lovely.

The trail was challenging, but not too bad. Started the hike early in the morning with a great group of women. The weather was great……

This hike provides some pretty stunning views on the front end, and a satisfying trudge toward a peak on the backend. Got started at around…

Decided to tackle Mount Saint Helena today with a good friend. The mountain is about an hour from our hometown of Sonoma where he still…

We kinda jinxed ourselves thinking that this would be an easy hike, only being 10 miles. We started on the trail across from the parking…

The only marker was after mile 1 once at the fire road. After that there were no more signs or posts. We didn’t know we…

Parking lot is on the east side of the road right after you enter the RLS park. It’s a small dirt lot. You will have…

Glad we started on this hike at 07:30 – it is on an exposed fire road most of the way up. Beautiful views and interesting…

We packed up bright and early at 5am and headed out on a 2 hour drive up to Mt. Saint Helena. We call ourselves the…

Mount Saint Helene was first of the 6 peaks we as a group is 5 are working on, since 2 of my friends also decided…

What awesome views of the Napa Valley, since the trail goes all around the mountain you can see all sides of Napa. Clear day but…

Hightailed it out of SF after work on Wednesday night before the holiday and landed in Calistoga around 8:30pm.  Stayed at a cool little Inn…

Started 7:30 AM to avoid the afternoon heat. Trip tool six hours including breaks and a half hour lunch. Beautiful views of the valley floor.

Started early a.m. Weather was beautiful. The fire road is pretty boring.  When we reached the peak, the views were awesome. Going down, the sun…

This has been by far the most breathtaking peak of all. The panoramic views are to die to for! We could see the Sleeping Lady…

There is no signage along the hike. St the 4-mile intersection fire road intersection follow the right trail toward the antenna with a white ball…

This hike is mainly for the views….starts out great, the turns into one big switch back. I saw an amazing vulture- looking bird…

Mother Nature is in full bloom despite the devastation left behind from the PG & E Tubbs Fire.  Took on Mount Saint Helena today whilst…

This run/hike had gotten postponed twice due to weather — and today’s weather was no better. Hoping for a higher cloud ceiling — we could…

Wildflowers celebrating among the charred residue of the forest decimated by the Tubbs Fire.  We climbed quickly above the marine layer to reach the sun…

The trail conditions were good, a bit dusty.  Weather was perfect; sun with blue skies and some wind.  It was basically an uphill climb from…

Good Trail conditions. Warm and sunny

Great hike with spectacular views.

Beautiful sunny day with a coastal breeze so that even 80 degrees wasn’t too hot. Though the trail itself was nothing to write home about,…

From the trail head you venture through a wooded forest and around a bunch of switchbacks that lead you to the Mt St Helena Trail.…

A lovely cool day for a hike. Waring if you get car sick, the road to the trail head is windy! We were also able…

Morning hike up Mt St. Helena.  While it was 90+ in the Napa Valley, it was in the high 60’s with a 10-20 mph wind…

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We arrived at the parking by 8:15 am and there was ample parking. The start of the trail was through a lush area, complete with…

We started early to beat the heat. The trial starts off with lush green trees and plants along a narrow creek. This portion has a…

Compared to our first two hikes, Diablo & Sizer, this was an easy, meditative walk. Thanks to those who warned us to note where we…

Probably the easiest of the 6 peaks to climb in this year’s 6 pack (it is this one or Mt. Umunhum trail). Before we knew…

Moderate rain on the way down. No views due to weather. Still, glad we did it! Lots of burned out areas from fire – Tubb…

Cool, partly cloudy skies made for good hiking conditions. Always good to get an early start. We avoided some afternoon showers. Took us about 4…

Saturday March 30, 2019 was an absolutely beautiful day to hike Mount Saint Helena.  The first mile, as reported by others, was through the tree…

It was a perfect day to hike this mountain. Cool and sunny. The peak was 45 F and very windy. The views were spectqcular –…

Perfect day for a hike. Loved the RLS trail. Fire road is meh and wouldn’t want to do it in summer. BUT the view back…

Started on trail at 730am. Was the only car in parking lot. Was light rain (drizzle) during hike. Trail a little technical the first mile.…

Great clear day for to summit. Snow in some parts. 70 degrees in others.

It was a very enjoyable hike today. Chilly when in the open. There were patches of snow on the road. Not hard to walk over.…

Hit snow about 2 miles into the hike. We weren’t expecting it (forgot to check the trail report) but had a great hike! Always a…

This was a moderately challenging hike to kick off the Six Pack challenge. The entire day was foggy and windy with no sight of sun.…

Great hike. We ran into a ton of snow at the top. Definitely weren’t expecting to see that much.  Cold . Was a reminder to…

Snow halfway up and all the way to summit. Very windy on the top.