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Two Presidio Overlooks

1/21/2019

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Starting this one at Mountain Lake Park:  1 thru 12

Under the highway:  13

Stairs to the Marine Cemetery Vista Overlook (about 103  counting the  boardwalk):  14 thru 27
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The boardwalk:  28 thru 38

Offtrail:  39, 40, 41

The Overlook (Home is the sailor, home from the sea):  42 thru 47 

Below are residences (Open House in 2010), including the former Public Health Hospital:   48, 49

Downhill on Battery Caulfield Road to another overlook, the Lobos Valley:  50 thru 60

Winding round to the 15th Ave. “Gate.” Just before exiting the park is a new mural on some kind of utility box:   61 thru 73


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Historic

1/20/2019

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Beginning a vigorous Mount Sutro circle-hike at Willard, just up from Parnassus, 149 Farnsworth Lane steps to Edgewood Ave.:  1 thru 7

Straight ahead (west) from the top of the stairs is a trail behind homes on Edgewood, leading up to the permits-only UCSF parking lot: 8 thru 11 

Uphilling south along the road to Johnstone:  12, 13, 14

Passing the trailhead for the East Ridge Trail, now steeply up Johnstone for the Quarry Road Trail:  15 thru 19 

Quarry Road Trail to the trailhead for the Historic. You’ll also see  a trail to the summit here:  20 thru 30

All along the Historic were many yellow planting flags. Difficult to take pix without them showing up. A lot of clearing and thinning since last visit:  31 thru 65

Five mountain bikers today; four last time.

Pic 66 is from a 2007 group hike to introduce the public to the upper Historic. It’s not currently used as part of the trail now:  67

Back down to the road:  68, 69

Down to the parking lot for the top of the 136 steps “hidden” behind UCSF medical buildings: 70 thru 73

From Medical Center Way out to Parnassus and the #43 bus: 74 



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Replacement

1/20/2019

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During a recent Presidio hike noticed the 45 old winding wood steps down from Inspiration Point Overlook to the Ecology Trail were about to be replaced with those standard square steps like one sees a lot of these days (a good example is in Glen Canyon). 

Stacks of the newer box-style were at the foot and top of the old stairway. So next time I do this trail\ there will no doubt be new steps here to replace the unique older ones. So what’s wrong with the old steps?

Starting off this hike at Lover’s Lane, winding down to El Polin Spring:  1 thru 20

Up the 69 steps across from the picnic tables to start  the Ecology Trail:  21 thru 30

Ecology Trail to the Overlook:  31 thru 49

Inspiration Point Overlook:  50, 51, 52


Out of the park at Arguello:  53


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Winter Canyon

1/13/2019

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Entering Glen Canyon at its Bosworth trailhead heading north on the west side:  1 thru 4

Courtesy of Glenridge Cooperative Nursery  kids:  5

Continuing north:  6, 7, 8

Islais Creek:  9, 10, 11

Over to the east side:  12, 13, 14

Up to the rocks on this south stairway:  15 thru 23

Climbing east:  24 thru 31

Stairs up to the trail just below Christopher Park: 32 thru 37

Upper trail to Christopher Park:  38, 39, 40


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Eastside and Wood Line

1/11/2019

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Past the top of the Baker and Lyon stairs in Pacific Heights to the Presidio’s Broadway entrance:  1, 2

Down thru the first forest section to the fence and the Simonds Loop neighborhood:  3 thru 12

62 steps to Lower Simonds Loop: 13 thru 19 

Wood Line by Andy Goldsworthy south to north:  20 thru 47

West a little way and back up to Lover's Lane:  48 thru 56
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Stanyan Route

1/6/2019

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A Mount Sutro Forest lower Historic Trail hike with its east trailhead on upper Stanyan, starting up between homes:  1 thru 7

Continuing, winding round:  8 thru 37

Turn right for the Edgewood Trail out to Edgewood Avenue, done last time:  38

But this time up to the road:  39 thru 45

East trailhead for the North Ridge Trail:  46, 47

​Along the road:  48, 49

From the Aldea ComMunity Center:  50, 51, 52

East again, downhilling along the road with views down to whereI just came from:  53 thru 68

Down alongside a building on my way to the permits-only parking lot:  69

Parking lot view:  70

Down the 136 steps to the foot of Medical Center Way, the curvy road:  71 thru 82



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