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Upperpaths

1/28/2016

The Arlington Path starts up just east of the Glen Park BART/J-Church Metro stop. 46 St. Mary’s steps descend from Roanoke (below Arlington). First two pix.

Arlington Path: 3 thru 11

Crossing over the chasm: 12, 13

Bernal Cut Path: 14 thru 33

The third bridge is pedestrian only (34 thru 39) and descends on the Glen Park side near where I first started up the Arlington Path.

1. East from the Glen Park BART

2. Sr. Mary's to San Jose, 46 steps

3. Starting up the Arlington Path

4. Arlington Path

5. Arlington Path

6. First crossover to the right

7. For cars and pedestrians

8. Not crossing over just yet

9. Arlington Path

10. Arlington garden

11. Arlington and the garden from Arlington Path

12. Crossing over

13. Crossing over

14. Down to San Jose's sidewalk

15. 62 steps for his one

16. Do you know the way to San Jose?

17. Unique old stairway and beautiful trees

18. Sideview

19. Bernal Cut Parh

20. Bernal Cut Parh

21. Bernal Cut Parh

22. Bernal Cut Parh

23, The garden is still here

24. Another community garden

25. Bernal Cut Parh

26. Bernal Cut Parh

27. Another bridge ahead

28. 69 steps

29. J-Church tracks center

30. Bernal Cut Path descends to San Jose

31. Back up again

32. Garden on the edge

33. Beautyspot

34. This last one is pedestrian only

35. First a short stairway

36. Zigging up

3.7 Would love to see more like this across busy streets

38. Nice view

39. And back to my starting point, center, Glen Park side

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Canyon Connectors

1/4/2016

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Off the bus at Gold Mine, winding to Berkeley Way in the Diamond Heights neighborhood, soon ft the Onique steps one block down from the top of this three-block-long stairway.

Descending the remaining two blocks (first two pix) to the east rim of Glen Canyon for the trail alongside the guardrail at Diamond Heights Blvd. (pic 3), and down the 37 older steps from Elk & Sussex: pic 4.

A short walk to the north on the main trail will take you to the first long stairway-trail climbed in the previous post: 5 thru 10

Up the 129 steps to the trail fork (pic 11) with Crags Court above, this time took the one I often take all the way from Crags Court, now downhill from the rocks: 12, 13, 14, 15

90 steps from here to the foot at the main paved trail. So 90 + 129 will give you a total of 219 for this particular route.

Continuing north to where the trail starts to climb out to Portola: 16 thru 23

South on the main eastside trail for the 68 steps on the north side of the climbing rocks: 24, 25, 26. 27

Uphilling (pic 28) to another stairway that got extended to 79 steps. It starts down from the top eastside trall that’s just below Christopher Park: 29 thru 36

Top trail and park infomap: 37, 38

Down to Diamond Heights Shopping Center from Christopher Park: last pic.

1. Onique stairs in Diaond Heights

2. Onique Lane, Topaz to Berkeley

3. Trail to left alongside guardrail

4. Down into the park

'5. Goin' up

6. This is a gorgeous route

7. Highly recommended

8. 129 or so steps for this section

9. Ex HILL arating

10. Delicious views

11. Trailmarker

12. Downhill now

13. Down to main paved trail

14. Down to the tree-canopy trails

15. Continuing to the right

16. Glad to see these are still here

17. A bit of lower westside trail first

18. Canyyofloor

19. West trail merges into east

20. A seat or stepover

21. Heading north

22. Diamond Heights homes above

23. Good to see these guys were not removed

24. Going up these now

25. 68 steps

26. Climbing up the east side again

27. Another stairway on the south side of the rocks

28. Up the trail on the left side

29. Up the east side

30. Older steps at the top got extended

31/ 7 9 steps

32. To trail just below Christopher Park

33. Winding round beautiful old trees

34. Looking back down

35. To the right the uppermost trail goes out to Diamond Heights

36. To Christopher Park lower tight corner

37. Just below Christopher Park

38. Infomap

39. Christopher Park down to shopping center

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Staircount Depends

1/2/2016

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If you take the J-Church Metro to or from the Glen Park neighborhood, you’ll have stairs to ascend/descend from/to the stop at San Jose Ave. Counted 38 on the way back, first two pix.

There are also some stairways down from the neighborhoods on both sides of San Jose Ave. that you can see from the Metro, with interesting old concrete bridges and unique walkways overlooking San Jose.

Two have names on Google Maps: one is Bernal Cut Path; another Arlington Path. Haven’t done these in years; must do soon.

The #44 O’Shaughnessy showed up before the #52 Excelsior, so took it the several blocks from Diamond & Bosworth in the Glen Park ‘hood to the south end of Glen Canyon at the Glen Park Rec. Center. 55 steps down to a field from Bosworth near the Elk St. MUNI stop: pic 3

There’s another entrance into the park at the dead-end of Bosworth where the street turns north past some older homes.

Green slopes now 4, 5

The first long one ascends from the southeast side of the park: 6 thru 11. This beauty climbs from the main paved trail: 109 up to some big rocks (12 thru 18) with 129 steps total. Gorgeous scenery and views.

Chose one of the connectors after these first 129, an old high-up narrow trail that now includes 53 steps: 19 thru 28

This took me to the foot of the main steps that climb to Christopher Park: 29 thru 43.

There are 77 steps up to the viewbench (had it to myself this time) on this section of stairs, with 92 total to the west edge of Christopher Park with its park infosigns.

So your staircount, with all the new trails and steps in the park these days, will depend on which curvy route you choose.

If you descend from Crags Court and stay on that one all the way, you’ll get 184 (last pic) down to the main trail near the tree-canopy entrance.