Tag: Rose Peak

It was a hot but beautiful day on the Ohlone Wilderness trail. Although the ranger claimed that the trail from Backpacker’s Camp is gated and…

Saved the longest one for last!  I wanted to start earlier, and arrived at the park at 6:45am only to find out the park didn’t…

Nice to get that one done. Long hot day!

Dry and HOT! Go in the fall or winter instead. Little cover. And take a ton of water. When you think you have enough, take…

I rode solo today. It was a nice day, not too warm. Which is good. Because there are no trees. At all (mostly). The trail…

Great day, definitely a better hike when it’s cooler.  Wind/breeze at the top of the mountain felt great!  Definitely recommend going in the morning (early),…

Breezy day made for a nice summer hike to Rose Peak. First two miles congested with Little Yosemite visitors and then it clears out. Enjoyed…

Beautiful day in the low 70s, beautiful sky.  Great trail except for some parts that were like a deer trail in the tall grass, and…

A gorgeous day, high 70’s with a light wind and sunny.  We were so excited to be able to complete our last, 6th summit, and…

Gorgeous, exposed trail. Rolling hills remind me of hiking in the Bavarian Alps.

Perfect day to hike to Rose Peak to complete the six pack of peaks challenge. Took us 4 hours to the peak and 3 hours…

Conditions were a bit chilly and breezy but suited the terrain well as the long exposed stretches would be difficult in the heat. Trail was…

First hiked from Del Valle and this time from Sunol. Most of the this hike was on fire roads. Not technical. Park opened at 7:00…

It’s beautiful and the hike is long but super easy

We hiked in 3.2 miles to the Sunol backpackers camp on Thursday afternoon.  Up at 5:30 and on the trial at 6:30. Watch the sun…

Hiking with Christine, Laurelyn, and Jenny Penny.  Spent the night before summiting at Eagle’s Eyrie backpacking camp at Sunol.  In from Sunol to Eagle’s Eyrie…

Back in December I did this hike to support my friend Jenny, who was registered for the 2019 Challenge, in foul weather. Because of Jenny’s…

Last time we did this was in the rain!  This time the it was cool, sunny, and beautiful.  We hiked in Thursday afternoon and camped…

This was a beautiful, long hike. We accidentally parked 1-1/2 miles away from the start so, added millage. Del Valle didn’t open until 7:00 AM.…

‘Tis the last peak of 6PoP Left unscaled alone; All her majestic allies Are now better known. First traversed was Diablo, Then Mount Um and…

Spartan Strong!

Wow, this was tough! Hiking on very steep ranch roads for the most part, mostly in the sun.  Although it felt great to actually stand…

Pretty Hike with lovely friend. Lots of baby cows on the trails. Warm day. Passed 12 other hikers along the way to the peak.

Warm, sunny day. Especially compared to hiking in the snow at Sizer last week! This was a tough one!!!

We started a little after 8:30 and the weather was brisk but no fog. This hike is a testament to  our mental strength and endurance.…

Hiked it with a good friend, haven’t been that cold in a long time 🙂

Peak #4 in the books. Decided to go from Sunol since I went from Del Valle last year. When I started, the peaks were shrouded…

Another fairly empty parking lot to start. The weather was cooler and definitely windier today – even the cows were moo’ing loudly about the wind.…

Nice day only made the same mistake going too far on a trail like last year. https://www.alltrails.com/explore/recording/rose-peak-from-sunol–345

Was feeling the holiday malaise and was going to skip this one but my better half convinced me to finish! It rained yesterday so the…

Challenge Complete!!! I attempted this hike on Christmas morning, but long story short… I couldn’t find the trail and the lack of cell service wouldn’t…

What a hike!!!!!!!!! The Big Burn is a killer.

It was a great day for the 6th and final hike, and I met several other six-packers tackling their last summit as well!  The trails…

Weather cooperated for good hiking day.  Mostly overcast with temps in the 50s, colder and windy at Rose Peak.  Had good hiking partner who pulled…

The shortest day of the year presented a fantastic, dry day to take on the longest peak of all. Green pastures (already!) and friendly cows…

This was my first solo hike over ten miles! I averaged a 16.30 min/mile pace and finished the hike in 5:06:00 moving and 5:48:00 total.…

We hiked to the Sunol Backpackers camp and stayed the night in Eagles Aeyrie.  The wind kicked up about midnight and blew hard all night…

Rose Peak, from Sunol. 19 miles and 4000 foot vertical. Chilly and blustery hike. 53 weeks after my previous time here, and alot colder! Four…

Started 9am, beautiful sunny sky with the occasional clouds floating by. Perfect hiking weather for such a challenging elevation gain; just a bit cold, but…

I knew this hike was hard having done  the Ohlone trail 2 years ago and it was just as hard as I remember. Not a lot…

Hiking Rose was something I wasn’t quite looking forward to.  Last year I hiked it on Christmas Eve and it was a miserable rainy day…

I hiked this with two of my friends. We saved the longest hike for the grand finale. In retrospect, we should have made it an…

I chose to do this last hike solo. It was by far the most challenging, but it was serene, and needed. I asked several friends,…

It was a beautiful hike, great views the entire way. While it took longer then sizer to complete (total time of 8hr, 5 min including…

Trail was good. Open without any cover. Ran into a baby rattler. The wind at the top was welcome relief. Long, long road of not…

Pretty dry out there. Went off trail just a tad here and there. Not many people out hiking today. Long long open exposed hike. Views…

Lots of ups and downs, great accomplishment – tough.

Rolling hills upon rolling hills! Mount Rose seems to be eluding us. But with shear determination and grit we conquered this Beast together with some…

Not going to kid you, this is a tough vertical hike! We did it over two days and stayed at Maggie’s Half Acre Camp summiting…

This is a really fun hike. With a trek this long, we zoned out for miles at a time and it felt meditative at times.…

This was a long hike and definitely not a rosey hike.  Encountered numerous cows and a lot of cow wastes on the ground, so literally…

This was the toughest of the 6 – and since the last, I had experienced all the others.  Maybe about same vertical as Mount Sizer…

Final peak for our team “Dusty Hiking Boots”! This was a tough hike with steep verticals. We enjoyed stopping for lunch at Schleipper Rock and…

Probably the toughest hike of all the peaks, mainly due to the distance involved – approx. 20 miles! A group of 10 started at 8…

Slogged thru this with 9 mates (Great Hikes Plus One – meetup.com), followed by well-deserved beers and bites at La Casita in nearby Fremont, CA.…

A quite chilly morning turned into a warm Autumn day and beautiful evening. Landscape is now bleak. Discovered praying mantis’ and a tarantula enjoying the…

This was the final peak of the challenge and my friend and I decided to do it on the day before daylight saving time ended…

The group of 11 took just under 10 hours to complete the 20 miles and 4500 feet elevation gain + loss round trip.  This route…

The long and winding trail that finally lead to Rose Peak, which is a little knob in the middle of Ohlone Wilderness. It doesn’t have…

We started off early at the trailhead and planned to go uphill for 5-6 hours and return. We set out with a goal to head…

We should not have been out there. When we arrived the power was out and the guy at the kiosk said there was no charge…

A very long and strenuous hike. Nothing as pleasant as the name sounds!! Steep ascents and descents. We were blessed with cool temps as I…

This was probably not the wisest choice in terms of when to hike this particular trail. It was during fire season, on an especially high-risk…

This is the longest hike of the 6 peaks in Nor CA. I would suggest to do it in Spring when the hills would be…

Gorgeous hike with a surprising amount of foliage, and a solid amount of distance from the rest of the world.

Hiked up and up and up and then up some more to Maggie’s Half Acre. Was NOT expecting TEMPS TO DROP into the 30’s at…

We arrived at Lake Del Valle at 6:30am to begin our hike. We got attacked by mosquitoes and flies the moment we got out of…

This was a long day out … started at 8am finished at 4:45pm. Although a long hike I found it less taxing then Sizer ..…

This was a pretty tough hike even from the Sunol side! I started at 8:00 and finished at 5:00. I picked a somewhat good day…

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 –…

I’ve been doing interval training for a couple months and did the Double Dipsea trail 2 weeks ago so wanted to go for the long…

Great day for the hike.  Picked up a map at the visitor center center and started out at around 8.30am.  Speaking to  a park ranger…

As my title suggests, I didnt think about 6 pack challenge before I decided to hike Rose Peak. While I was doing research for this…

This was my forth in the Six Pack of Peaks challenge. It was long and there were few other hikers on the trail so I…

It was so cold! This hike is very hard. We attempted this last year, but did not get to the peak because we ran out…

Rose Peak is an ass kicker hike! It’s not well marked and so disappointing when we finally got to the summit and there was no…

A Rose by any other name… This is such a wonderful hike. Just behind the Sunol Visitor Center,  across the bridge, is where we started…

Cold hike most of the way. Poorly marked trails added a few miles to out adventure. Saw our first trantula on the trail, exhausting day,…

Cold most of the way. Very cloudy. The trail was not well marked . The sun came out by the time we reached the summit…

There was some pretty impressive mud that got the best of my feet!  I’d like to try this from Del Valle sometime. The views were…

Yesterday’s hike up to Rose Peak was beautiful! So many wildflowers blooming! My friend guided us, as she had done the 50K marathon many times.…

Hike was challenging due to length and considerable “up”, though nothing like Sizer’s short cut.  Sunol, this time of year, is beautiful; with green hills…

It was a beautiful day in the bay area – awesome and challenging hike with a great group! ok.. SoCAL is next!

This final hike of the challenge was truly a test of perseverance, endurance, and sheer joy at the finish line!

Managed to hike this during a 3-day break in the rain and everything was beautiful. The initial hike up to Rose Peak from Lake Del…

Fire Road and single trail, this hike completed the last of the six peak challenge. Had a great time with friends with the 5 of…

Fire Road and single trail, this hike completed the last of the six peak challenge. Had a great time with friends with the 5 of…

Super hike out to Rose Peak – the weather was perfect ( cool, light breeze ) and the trail conditions were very good. Loads of…

Absolutely beautiful and peaceful hike through the green hills of Sunol.

After doing Mt Umunhum, I decided to dive right in with Rose Peak. So glad it was a cool and mostly cloudy day, since almost…

The Ohlone Wilderness Trail out of Lake Del Valle is NO joke. It took us 8 hrs to get to Doe Canyon horse camp, just…

Soggy, muddy, wet, rainy…. Perfect!!!! Today’s hike was awesome in a completely different way. Because of the rain the crowds were non-existent and I was…

Mardi Gras on Rose Peak? More photos on: AllTrails

When I did this hike last year, I found no snow at all, this year was much different! There was snow on the ground and…

Hike 5/52 SNOW!! On Rose Peak! Wanted to do a snow hike today and morning weather played very nicely until the afternoon storm picked up…