Tag: Mount Umunhum

Wonderful day for this hike.  Wildflowers everywhere.  Sunny with cool air and breeze.  A few great companions.

Lower part of the trail was fire roads, but steady upward.  At the connecter, gets even steeper and it’s a good workout, but with periodic…

First time up to mt. Umunhum! Trail was much more gradual than expected. Perfect weather conditions and crystal clear skies. Saw one deer 🙂 not…

Trail clear. Wild flowers of all sorts and poison oak thriving. Cool in the shade. Warm in the sun. Breezy and cold at the top…

Beautiful wildflowers!

Really nice walk on a sunny afternoon, the trails weren’t crowded at all and there were so many flowers! Partly shaded.

Easy ascent on a Sunday seeing a couple dozen people and a few mtn bikers. The trail is clear and well groomed.

The plan was Mount Sizer Loop, however while driving to Morgan Hill, I wasn’t feeling mentally and physically ready for the challenge so decided last…

Wonderful hike on a beautiful day. Best views, lots of shade and well-paved trial. Lovely hike with kid..

Started the hike with clearing skies,  that quickly decided to defy weather reports.   Temps in the low 60s and a fine mist made for perfect…

It was a rainy day and I had a good time. The trail was mostly shaded and views of bay area from the top was…

#2/6

I decided to get off work early to summit Mt. Umunhum. In the past I have gone and the trails have been crowded with mountain…

Great weather today!! Amazing hike on the way driving home from Santa Barbara. We saw a total of 3 ancient VW bugs in the woods…

This is the a very beautiful and scenic trail.  Many wildflowers and plenty of shade. AllTrails said 16 miles and it was more than 20…

Hot. Really hot. And buggy. But it’s shaded up top and there are nice places to sit and enjoy the view. We did this one…

I have done the 8 miles hike to here before. I just challenged myself to do the 24 miles trail today. It was a very…

Mt Umunhum fully reopened on this day, including the section at the very top noted as closed on the SoCal hiker website.  They had a…

Wonderful, well maintained trail. 360 degree views at the top due to clear skies. Shady for majority of the hike. Not crowded for a Saturday…

Great Hike! We parked at the Sierra Azul open space parking on Hicks road and Mt Umunhum road. It starts as a flat fire road…

A storm was coming later in the day so the summit was fogged in, cold and windy, but the conditions on the trail were beautiful. …

Fairly easy trail starting from the Bald Mountain parking lot. Lots of fog rolling in and out. The trail is nicely shaded and there was…

A great group hike with 12 of us from Sacramento. Since the parking was not available @ the Sierra Azul Open Space Preserve, parked at…

A great group hike with 12 of us from Sacramento. Since the parking was not available @ the Sierra Azul Open Space Preserve, parked at…

Very good hike, there is tree cover for majority of the hike. Last stretch of the hike has stairs/paved road and a shaded shelter at…

Tips Bring water and extra snacks The trail has some areas with a lot of gravel, hiking poles help a lot. Bring a wild flower…

Trail Conditions were good. Well maintained except for few minor obstacles. Easy Hike, weather was really wonderful. Please start early as the parking is limited.…

Short and sweet hike. Started around 10:30 AM and we were back around 2 PM. Parking will be an issue if you are in a…

Cold, clear, and beautiful.  Trail was clear, dry and packed.  Loved that most of the trail was wide enough to have 2 people walking next…

Technically there was a couple of bugs 😏. And they fixed the box.

Excellent hike, highly recommend to start early to catch the sunrise.

It was overcast to start with, we were at the gate 5 minutes before 7. Gate were closed and at 7 gate opened. Since we…

It was a solo hike. Started Almaden Quicksilver County park: Woods Trailhead – Mount Umunhum  17.5 Miles loop. Trail was good, weather was windy, bit…

The weather was beautiful. There were lots of lizards out basking in the sun.  It was nice to see the building at the summit was…

This hike was very nice. It is so close to my home, in the bay area, and I have never been on it. We went…

Great trail. Small parking lot so get there early or mid-day for hiker switch-out.

It was such a wonderful day for this beautiful 14 miles hike to Mt. Umunhum.   The views from the top of the summit were stunning.…

It was such a wonderful day for this beautiful 14 miles hike to Mt. Umunhum.   The views from the top of the summit were stunning.…

Busy Day on the trail.  Lower lot was full early, so we parked at the top and reversed our course.  Cool, breezy but sunny day. …

Lovely day hiking with group of 15 people. Saw some wild flowers. Weather was perfect. Got to parking lot around 8am and back to the…

It was great hike and beautiful view!

First time hiking in the snow! It was beautiful!!

Great hike!  Beautiful views!  We encountered wildflowers and snow too.  First time here.

Hiked on February 19, 2022. Logged in 7.63 miles, 3 hours & 39 minutes. This was part of our 3Peaks-in-3Days-Road Trip…being from San Diego 🙂…

Did this one solo and real quick! Wore my weight vest with 21lbs and then my running vest with water and snacks over it. It…

Beautifully maintained parking area with restrooms and well marked trails with a wonderful shaded pergola/picnic area to stop for a bite of lunch.  Once you…

Great warm up hike with well groomed trails and beautiful views.

This was the first of the six hikes. The drive up to the trailhead (Bald Mountain) was really beautiful and I found that I wanted…

19Feb22 2nd Peak. Short and easy hike.

This is probably the easiest of the 6 peaks for 2022 challenge. It’s well shade and steady incline.

Great way to ease into the six pack challenge! Incline wasn’t too bad and there were plenty of switch backs. The view at the top…

Fun!

We started at 7:30am. The parking lot is very empty when we arrived, there were only 4-5 cars. When we returned at 10:30am, the lot…

Started the hike around 8:30 am and there was plenty of parking spots. Trail is easy to follow and a straightforward out and back. The…

After reading other’s warnings, we arrived at the trailhead at 8am (no small feat, coming from San Francisco) and there was plenty of open parking…

Well I’ll start off by saying that we missed the marker pointing to the actual trail and started our hike DOWN two miles before turning…

This is my first time doing the Northern California Six Packs of Peaks Challenge, and Mt. Umunhum was the first 1/6 peaks I completed thus…

Well marked, straightforward hike. Finished in 2h10m.

This was my 1st peak to hike. I started my hike at the Bald Mountain parking lot. The weather was nice and sunny. Halfway up…

We started at Sierra Azul parking lot (by accident :)) and ended up hike close to 17 miles roundtrip as it took almost 5 miles…

I decided to host a hike for the Girls Who Hike NorCal Group and 12 hikers joined so it’s was a little struggle for all…

Great day for our 1/6 hike. Temps in low-mid 50s. Met a lot of other people doing the same challenge, bcz we had the peaks…

Lot of shades and super easy hike.

With a geocaching CITO (cache in, trash out) clean up event scheduled for 9 am at the summit, a relatively new multi-stage geocache with stages…

The trail conditions were great, although the very last part was closed due to bad conditions, not sure why, so we hiked around and reached…

Very beautful pretty chill hike, perfect temp and lovely rest houses at the top!   ]the trail to the summit is closed but you can…

This was the second peak in our challenge. Beautiful sunny day – 70F. Went early so not too much traffic. Beautiful views from the top…

What a beautiful trail.  It is about 3′ wide and mostly smooth, packed dirt, free of large rocks and stumps.  We started mid morning from…

We did this hike in 2021 and were happy to be repeating it in 2022.  The trail is well-maintained and relatively easy, so it was…

Mettup group Explore the Bay (ETB) organized by David Hsieh.

Started the hike early and got to see the sun come up across the beautiful Sierra azul preserve . Some families , but no bikers…

Beautiful hike just like last year’s. The sun got warmer as I approached the summit, but it was great going back down. This was my…

We arrived at the trailhead just after sunrise. There was a light excited electricity in the air, this would be the first peak. Truthfully, 2…

*Please excuse the language. A 17.77 mile oops of a hike calls for it.? Well we had a dumbass brain fart moment today. My husband…

The weather was cool. We got there early so there was plenty of parking and almost no traffic on the way up. Lovely morning hike.

Our first time to Mt Umunhum. Trail is lovely, mostly shaded at this time of year. Beautiful madrones, bush poppies and some white-flowered ceanothus. We…

Trail is easiest of the Six Peak Challenge. Lots of shade to stay cooled off. Bypass at the top because of unsafe conditions. Great views…

The Bald Mountain Trailhead parking lot was full.  So I parked at the summit and hiked down to the trailhead and then back up.  Beautiful…

Great day for the hike

1/6 done. Good way to start, trail was nice and easy. The peak had some cool historical stuff to look at, but unfortunately a large…

Great day for a hike.  Perfect weather.  Nice company.

Beautiful hike with spectacular views throughout the entire hike. It was not a strenuous hike however there was a lot of loose gravel that can…

Spur of the moment hike with Katherine.  Nice cool shady afternoon hike.  Enjoyed the warm sunshine and a charcuterie plate at the top before hiking…

Started at 4:15 am and made it to the top to watch the sunrise 🌅

Very well maintained trail and shady, need to share with mountain bikers and trail runners.

Great trail, nicely carved and free of debris. Several small walking bridges along the route. Great views. The last small part of the trail was…

Did the long way up ! 16 mile round trip. Great day to hike. A little hazy at the top so view wasn’t super clear…

We are a bubble of 6 ppl, hiked 17miles (even though Strava says 19m), from Woods Trail up to Mt Umunhum and back. Here is…

Started at 4;15am to reach summit by sunrise

It is a pleasant weather to do this hike. The first 4.5mi of this hike starting on Woods Trail from Sierra Azul Parking lot is…

Great trail with good signage. The trail is closed at the very top so you need to take the alternate route up the parking lot…

Relatively easy hike with lots of shade. Recommended to start early (parking lot opens at 7am) if hiking in big groups since parking is limited.…

It was beautiful clear day, not windy or chilly.

Perfect day for a hike – beautiful, clear weather

Longest hike I’ve completed in over 10 years.  Great to be back at it!  Trail was well maintained, only a couple spots got a little…

The cool canopy of trees, switchback trail, and moderate elevation grade made this the perfect hike to kick off the Six Peak challenge. Our group…

It was a good hike. Nice weather , shaded , zigzag with moderate incline. The only heart pumping part was the stairs at the end…

Trail was clear with some cyclists, other hikers. Saw and heard some loud black birds, some little fuzzy caterpillars. The overlook was a little foggy,…

I wanted to start at the Bald Mountain parking lot, but it was full when I got there! So we parked at the summit parking…

Great hike.  It was very easy to follow.  I wish I had brought my kids, it was actually not too hard at all!

Great weather, great and shady road.

Perfect January day for our first hike of the 2022 challenge. We got a later start than usual and met at the lot at 10:30am…

Gorgeous day & so excited to kick this year’s challenge off! Here we go!

Early start seeing the sunrise was inspiring and our views only got better and better.  Loved the sound of running water and seeing the cute…

Parked at Bald Mountain lot, arrived a little before 7:30 AM. Enjoyed the sunrise on our way up to the site. Just 3 other vehicles…

Parked at Bald Mountain lot, arrived a little before 7:30 AM. Enjoyed the sunrise on our way up to the site. Just 3 other vehicles…

We reached by 7 am and were almost the first ones there. We saw a beautiful sunrise in the parking lot! The trail was so…

Super nifty.  Kids did great too.

The trail is slowly graded and not super long so suitable for everyone in our family. We hiked with a 6 and 8 year old…

Such a gorgeous day to hike Mt. Umunhum with friends! Started with a gorgeous pre sunset sky! Series of switchbacks that gradually inclines slightly. Not…

Started at about 10:30.  Was a beautiful day – clear views.  Parking lot is tiny but didn’t have too wait long.  Saw an adorable little…

Great! Sunny but cool! Beautiful views!

15.4 miles roundtrip from the trailhead at Hicks Rd. via the Woods Trail.

Nice views, weather no to many hikers.

A beautiful day to start my Six-Pack of Peaks Challenge!

Great hike, perfect weather.

Gorgeous sunny day! Well maintained, well marked trail.  BONUS: fairly clean bathrooms at the trailhead as well as at the summit!

We started at around 12 in the afternoon with friends group. Started from Bald mountain parking lot. It was cloudy and the trail had lot…

It was a lovely day with an easy trail

Perfect day to finished my first peak with my hiking friends who joined me to this challenge! We started before 9am (parking lot at Bald…

Perfect day to finished my first peak with my hiking friends who joined me to this challenge! We started before 9am (parking lot at Bald…

Loved this first hike of the 6 Peaks Challenge. It was a beautiful clear day and the views from the top were amazing. The trail…

Parking full at 830 am, got to leave earlier.

Chilly morning for what turned out to be a fairly easy hike. Approximately 7.79 miles completed in 3:23:08.

There is limited parking at the trailhead. Start early to get parking (or to get respite from the heat in the peak summer). Another option…

Parking very limited at Bald Mountain Parking lot. Parked at the very top & hiked down then up. Windy at the top warmed up quick.…

Great hike with perfect weather to enjoy the local outdoors.

It was quite an adventure for my group. Waking up at 6.30am to take (2) buses from Emeryville to SF, take the first weekend Caltrain…

Very few parking at Bald Mountain parking lot.