This fun exploratory hike was to check out more of Glen Canyon’s newest meandering, curvaceous wood stairways, starting with the one that descends from the edge of Christopher Park in Diamond Heights. Appreciate the way the stairs now start from the very edge instead of a little way down as before: first three pix.
New steps invite one to the north and south of the viewbench. South used to be a skinny trail. Glad the bench is still here. Pic 4.
Down 48 steps to the north, pic 5. However, this part still hadn’t been completed; a rocky-slippery trail below as descended last time. Back up to check out the new stairs (44) to the south: 6 thru 13.
Ahead noticed a separate stairway descending from Crags Court Community Garden in the Diamond Heights 'hood, replacing the older steps. Pix 14, 15. Up the stairs to stop in at the garden briefly. As always when I’ve visited, the gates were unlocked; someone was working inside.
This delightful new trail continues curvingly all the way down to the Canyon’s main trail. There are short stretches of narrow dirt trail in between the 184 winding wood steps: 16 thru 21.
The Canyon floor canopy trail on the east side usually taken was blocked off due to construction. Detoured to the trail on the west side of the rustic wood fence.
Very nice little trail here, pic 22. At its end, back around to the east trail at the foot of the north “climbing rock steps” where there was another temporary blockoff at that end, pic 23.
Continued north, pix 24, 25, 26, then up again to the slightly higher trail just below the long-legged houses. Back down again (now an easier grade) to do “my” northernmost trail where this new footbridge over Islais Creek beckoned to me, pix 27, 28. No more old tire and tree limbs for stepping over the creek.
There’s been a lot of hacking at blackberry bushes and other plants to widen this trail (pix 29, 30), but so far it hasn’t been extended past the end of the school playing field’s chainlink fence.
On the way back, took the 68 or so wood steps (pic 31) up where there was another trail closure for the still-black-stuff-lined stairs on the south side of the climbing rocks. Ongoing construction in various parts of the park; will keep checking back.
Continued up to do another newer stairway (79 steps), mentioned in a previous hike, that curves round to the uppermost trail just below Christopher Park, last two pix.
New steps invite one to the north and south of the viewbench. South used to be a skinny trail. Glad the bench is still here. Pic 4.
Down 48 steps to the north, pic 5. However, this part still hadn’t been completed; a rocky-slippery trail below as descended last time. Back up to check out the new stairs (44) to the south: 6 thru 13.
Ahead noticed a separate stairway descending from Crags Court Community Garden in the Diamond Heights 'hood, replacing the older steps. Pix 14, 15. Up the stairs to stop in at the garden briefly. As always when I’ve visited, the gates were unlocked; someone was working inside.
This delightful new trail continues curvingly all the way down to the Canyon’s main trail. There are short stretches of narrow dirt trail in between the 184 winding wood steps: 16 thru 21.
The Canyon floor canopy trail on the east side usually taken was blocked off due to construction. Detoured to the trail on the west side of the rustic wood fence.
Very nice little trail here, pic 22. At its end, back around to the east trail at the foot of the north “climbing rock steps” where there was another temporary blockoff at that end, pic 23.
Continued north, pix 24, 25, 26, then up again to the slightly higher trail just below the long-legged houses. Back down again (now an easier grade) to do “my” northernmost trail where this new footbridge over Islais Creek beckoned to me, pix 27, 28. No more old tire and tree limbs for stepping over the creek.
There’s been a lot of hacking at blackberry bushes and other plants to widen this trail (pix 29, 30), but so far it hasn’t been extended past the end of the school playing field’s chainlink fence.
On the way back, took the 68 or so wood steps (pic 31) up where there was another trail closure for the still-black-stuff-lined stairs on the south side of the climbing rocks. Ongoing construction in various parts of the park; will keep checking back.
Continued up to do another newer stairway (79 steps), mentioned in a previous hike, that curves round to the uppermost trail just below Christopher Park, last two pix.
1. Starting down from Christopher Park
2. Down from Christopher Park to the bench
3. Down from the edge of Christopher Park in Diamond Heights
4. Viewbench, stairs north and south
5. Down to the north
6. New steps to the south
7. South steps
8. South from the bench
9. High-up stairs to the south
10. Mount Davidson upper left corner
11. A stretch of dirt trail
12. More steps continue south
13. Looking back
14. Replacement steps start down from Crags Court Community Garden
15. Down from the garden, replacing the old steps
16. Curving down and around
17. Winding
18. Short stretches of dirt trail included
19. Under some trees
20. Another short stretch of trail
21. Down to the foot at the main trail
22. Trail to west of the rustic fence
23. Back to the east trail, turning left (north)
24. East trail, heading north
25. Step over
26. And under
27. Creek crossing
28. Continuing north
29. North trail
30. Offtrail to the right
31. Up from the canyon floor
32. Up to the trail just below Christopher Park
33. Uppermost Canyon trail just below Christopher Park
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