Penned & Led by Hoyt Nelson
The weather will be cooler– especially on Skyline Blvd. The hike will start at 11:00AM in the Castle Rock parking lot, a few miles south of the Hwy. 9 intersection. It’s $8 to park in the lot, but many park on the wide shoulder outside to avoid this (the lot is sometimes full anyway). Due to the distance, carpooling is strongly suggested, possibly starting from my place in Campbell. Bring the usual boots, hat, layered clothing, food and drink, camera, etc. The hike is about 5 miles with moderate elevation change. We will by walk by strange Swiss cheese-like rock formations called tufa, see technical rock climbers (with any luck) and you can also do an extra ¼ mile hike up to Castle Rock itself to see climbers. There are bathrooms at the parking lot but no water.
Afterward, I plan to take whomever wants to do so, up a ¼ mile trail from Hwy. 9 in Saratoga to view Hakone Gardens – one of the nicest Japanese gardens in the state. For more information or to sign up, please contact Hoyt Nelson at castlerock@niseiskiclub.org.
Limit is 20 signups but is FREE to all.
