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9/25/2015

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Several random stairways for this hike - no planning except felt like starting with the 120 Bridgeway to Josephine/North steps: 1 thru 8

Southview Park, between North & Richardson, Third & Fourth: pic 9


195 steps for the first stretch of Cable Roadway. Central up to Crescent: 10 thru 17


93 for the rest of Cable Roadway up to the last, uppermost, block of it. The highest block is vehicle accessible. Starting up at Sausalito Blvd.: 18 thru 24


So Cable Roadway’s got about 288 total. 


119 staircount for Cooper Lane, Spencer down to San Carlos: 25 thru 31


99 for Noble Lane, San Carlos down to Atwood: 32 thru 39


Top of West Court, North St. down to West Court vehicle accessible part (103 steps): 40


81 steps for the west part of double-stairway Second Street, North St. down to Second St. vehicle accessible part: 41 thru 45


The boardwalk, between Main and Richardson: last four.

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1. Bridgeway up to osephine/North
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2. At foot of the steps is a minpark
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3. Minipark next to the stairs
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4. About 120 steps
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5. Up from Bridgeway
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6. Partway up, a bench
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7. Continuing up
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8. Top at Josephine/North
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9. A good place to stop and have lunch
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10. Cable Roadway's foot, center
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11. Go up the stairs to the left of the bench
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12. This section has around 195 steps
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13. Different kinds of steps
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14. Central up to Crescent for this first part
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15. Ascending between homes
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16. The wood part
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17. Top of the first part of Cable Roadway at Crescent
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18. Cable Roadway continues up from Sausalito Blvd. Turn left.
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19. There's a bench here and short walkway
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20. Wood walk between steps
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21. Concrete-with-railings stairs next
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22. 93 steps for the upper part of Cable Roadway
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23. Nearing the top
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24. At the top of the stairs is a steep block of car accessible street for the last block
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25. Top of Cooper Lane
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26. Looking back up
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27. Around 119 for Cooper
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28. Spencer to San Carlos
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29. Looking back up
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30. Foot at San Carlos
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31. Cooper has a street sign at San Carlos
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32. Top of Noble Lane
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33. Noble Lane starts down
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34. San Carlos down to Atwood
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35. I like the color of the house on the left
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36. About 99 steps
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37. Looking back up
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38. Love these narrow stairways between homes
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39. Noble Lane's foot at Atwood
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40. Top of West Court, a favorite
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41. Second Street's west stairway
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42. Looking across the center garden at the east stairway
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43. Second Street stairs center garden
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44. About 81 steps for Second Street's west stairway
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45. At the foot of the stairs is a steep vehicle street
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46. Onto the boardwalk at its south end
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47. Water's edge
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48. Lapping at the foot of the homes
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49. Moving north, back to where I started
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More Canyon Trailwork

9/23/2015

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A too-long (16 minutes this time) wait for the #52 to come winding up Diamond in the Glen Park neighborhood, so again just climbed to Crags Court in the Diamond Heights 'hood to descend into Glen Canyon from Crags Court Community Garden. Enjoy curving around on what’s now the park’s longest stairway, extending to the canyon floor at 184 steps: 1 thru 11

Just before the foot, a short offshoot to the boardwalk and main tree-canopy eastside trail: 12, 13, 14, 15


Near the boardwalk: pic 16


Up, then down again: 17, 18


There’s been more trail widening and smoothing on the formerly nearly impenetrable trail that now extends to Portola. Used to have an easier time foraging for blackberries here before all the clearing started, but there’s now an offshoot trail where I was able to score some ripe ones that were previously unreachable. 


No steps yet at the steepish zigzaggy part at the end of the playing field’s chainlink fence, but this section has been smoothed and widened since my last visit so it’s easier to ascend: 19 thru 27


Back out again to an upper trail: 28, 29 

The north stairway (79 steps) to the climbing rocks: 30 thru 34  


At the top of these steps, looking down at the south stairway: 35, 36, 37, 38 


This trail has seen some work too: 39


For the highest eastside canyon trail, just below Christopher Park, this time took the curvingly extended stairs. There used to be just a few old wood steps up here: 40, 41, 42, 43, 44

Upon reaching the bus shelter at the south end of the Safeway parking lot in Diamond Heights to check the wait for the #52 Excelsior back down into Glen Park, again a 16-minute wait. So crossed Diamond Heights Blvd. to the convenient walkway that takes pedstrians to the top of 28th in Noe Valley; down to Noe for the more frequently running #24 Divisadero. 


28th Street: 45 thru 50

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1. Diamond Heights Blvd.
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2. Trailing along the east rim up to Berkeley Way
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3. Three-block-long Onique stairway rises from Berkeley Way
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4. Crags Court Community Garden, left
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5. Canyon trailhead at vehicle dead-end of Crags Court
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6. This is Glen Canyon's longest stairway
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7. 184 steps
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8. Winding around
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9. One of the park's newer stairways
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10. Steps lead down to the main paved trail
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11. Looking back (south)
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12. Just before the foot, an short offshoot trail
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13. Down to the wood boardwalk over Islais Creek
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14. To the tree-canopy trail
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15. Connecting with the long stairway that descends from Crags Court
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16. Canyon floor, east side
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17. A slightly higher trail
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18. Upper trail will take you out to Turquoise Way in Diamond Heights
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I9. Used to cross Islais Creek here via an old tire
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20. Northernmost trail used to be much narrower with treelimbs to climb over/duck under
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21. Trail clearing, right
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22. The trail out to Portola Dr. starts up
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23. Easier now to climb
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24. This trail is not yet shown on Google Maps
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25. Easier to ascend than descend
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26. Short but steepish
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27. Top of the trail is at the fence, upper left
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28. Longlegged Diamond Heights homes above
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29. A view south
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30. North side of the climbing rocks
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31. Up from the canyon floor
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32. 79 steps
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33. More trails up ahead
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34. Top of the stairs
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35. There's a stairway on each side of the rocks
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36. A rustic fence at the top of the south stairway
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37. South steps below
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38. Continuing on trail at left, eenter
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39. More traiiwork, right
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40. Extended steps up to highest trail on east side
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41. Curving around and climbing up
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42. Trail just below Christopher Park
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43. Old sign
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44. Diamond Heights homes thru the trees to the north
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45. 28th St. in Noe Valley
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46. Same house as above, south side of street
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47. Castro steps up from 28th
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48. Love this one!
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49. Row of beauties
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50. Between Castro and Noe on 28th
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Round the Long Way

9/20/2015

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Midcity Mount Sutro Forest is easy to get to for riders of public transportation if you’re okay with trekking up from the bus stops. The #43 stops at various streets one can climb up from: Stanyan, Willard, Parnassus, Seventh Ave. & Lawton — depends on what trailhead you wanna start with. What stairs you feel like ascending. 

One well-designed stairway can be accessed behind medical buildings on Parnassus (get off at the Hillway/Parnassus stop). Years ago there was another stairway back here. The steps will take you to a parking lot for UCSF employees (permits only). Hikers can continue uphill a short distance to upper Medical Center Way where you will soon see trails leading up and down from the road. 

This stairway is not as well known as the others in the area. It’s shown as a trailhead on Google Maps, however. The Medical Center Way stairs, about 136 steps: 1 thru 12. 


Uphilling steepishly to the road, crossing it for the trailhead for the (upper) Historic Trail. This time the whole trail, winding round the north, then west side of the mountain to the summit: 13 thru 24. 


Right next to the upper trailhead for Christopher, a trail blockage for "treework." Also caution signs for upper Medical Center Way at the guardrail, like last time. No need for me to detour though. 


The summit benches: pic 25.


Down the East Ridge Trail: 26 thru 30. 


Another gorgeous way to enter the forest is from the south dead-end of Edgewood Ave. onto the Edgewood Trail. 


Edgewood Trail: 31 thru 43.


The Farnsworth Lane steps (149) will take you to the north dead-end for vehicles of redbrick Edgewood Avenue. Farnsworth, up from Willard: 44 thru 48. 


Another way into the forest is from the top of Farnsworth (at the swing, miraculously still there) a few yards west to a trail behind Edgewood homes -- to come out at the parking lot very near the top of the above described Medical Center Way stairway. 

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1. Foot of the Medical Center Way stairs
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2. Starting up behind the medical buildings
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3. Wood railings warmed by the sun
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4. About 136 steps
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5. Beautiful, underappreciated stairway
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6. Well-designed
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7. Short offshoot wood stairway leads to a trail behind Edgewood Ave. homes
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8. Upper wood walkway between steps
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9. Evenly spaced steps
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10. That treehouse feeling
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11. Nearing the top
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12. Top of the stairs at the parking lot
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13. Trailhead (center marker) for Historic Trail up from Medical Center Way
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14. Looking down at the road, north
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15. Offtrail rock, a good lunch spot
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16. Historic Trail curves around
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17. Lush and magical
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18. Historic Trail solitude
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19. Golden Gate Park center
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20. West Ridge Trail below
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21. West Ridge Trail goes up and down, This time staying on the Historic.
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22. Winding around
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23. Love being alone up here
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24. Close to the turnoff for the summit
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25. Summit benches
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26. East Ridge Trail
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27. East Ridge Trail
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28. Medical Center Way below
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29. Trailhead for the East Ridge
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30. East Ridge trailhead up from Johnstone Dr.
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31. Fairy Gates Trail down from the guardrail
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32. Down to the Edgewood Trail
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33. The Edgewood is switchbacky
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34. Looking back (south)
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35. Another good switchback
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36. I like this guy
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37. Below Medical Center Way
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38. Edgewood Trail
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39. Out to the south dead-end of Edgewood Ave.
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40. Lower Historic Trail below
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41. Out at Edgewood Ave.
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42. Edgewood Ave. trailhead
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43. Into the f0rest from redbricked Edgewood Ave.
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44. Swing at top of Farnsworth Lane & Edgewood
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45. 149 steps
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46. Near the top
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47. Farnsworth between Edgewood and Willard
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48. Foot of Farnsworth Lane at Willard, just above Parnassus
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Life is a Beach Part 3

9/15/2015

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Another favorite duney stairway near Ocean Beach (and Lands End) on the south side of Sutro Heights Park, the Balboa natural area steps: 120, log - similar to the other beach “sand ladders.”

First, though, for the viewspot in the main part of Sutro Heights Park: 21 steps up,  pix 1, 2. 


Viewplace: 3, 4.

35 down the south side with the garden wall:  5, 6, 7, 8.


On the southeast side of the main park is a trail to the “wilder” area, including the steps that descend to Balboa Street (between 48th Avenue and Great Highway, up from Ocean Beach): 9, 10.

Balboa stairs: 11 thru 24. 

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1. Steps to the viewspot, north side
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2. 21 steps up this side
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3. View of Ocean Beach
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4. Sutro Heights Park viewplace
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5. Steps down the south side
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6. Gardenspot on the south side
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7. South wall
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8. South garden wall
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9. Southeast side
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10. Ocean Beach below
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11. Top of the steps
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12. Colorful stairtop
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13. About 120 steps
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14. Wood wall turns into a fence
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15. Another type of fencing
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16. Steep and uneven
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17. Very good workout - down then up again
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18. Short stretch with no steps midway down
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19. Steps again
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20. Steps continue
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21. Nearing the foot
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23. Balboa at the bottom
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24. Foot at Balboa - back up again or left to the beach
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Life is a Beach Part 2

9/14/2015

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Continuing “Life is a Beach,” Part 2. 

Now for the Sand Ladder down to Baker Beach. It swoops down from Lincoln, starting just a few yards west of the Batteries to Bluffs’ west trailhead (the first part of the BTB that curves down to Battery Crosby). First two pix. 

Across from both these Lincoln Blvd. trailheads is the Connector Trail that climbs up from Lincoln to Immigrant Point Overlook (208 steps), pic 3. 


Like last time, got about 250 for a Sand Ladder staircount. Didn’t bother poking about with my feet for possible buried steps this time. The outlines of the steps were clearly indented. Often could see only the indentations or tips of the infamous logs.  Sand Ladder: 4 thru 19.


Baker Beach and the rocks where I like to sit to let the waves nibble at my feet when not actually wading: 20 thru 26.

The mini-sand ladder a tad further west has around 44 steps: 27, 28, 29.


A beachin’ trail thru a forested dune area, down to the westernmost parking lot for the main Baker Beach entrance: 30, 31, 32.


Upcoming, Part 3: Sutro Heights Park’s Balboa stairway near Ocean Beach.

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1. Trail on the north side of Lincoln Blvd.
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2. Very top of the Sand Ladder before it plunges down
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3. On the south side of Lincoln, the Connector Trail climbs to Immigrant Point Overlook
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4. Near top of the Sand Ladder
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5. Near the top
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6. Near the top, looking back
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7. Starting down the steep part
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8. Around 250 steps
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9. Baker Beach down there
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10. Looking back up
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11. An excellent workout
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12. Partway down
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13. Steep and uneven
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14. Down here more of the logs can be seen
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15. Near the foot
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16. View from the beach
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17. Mid-Baker Beach
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18. Side view
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19. Sand Ladder, center
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20. Partial bridge fog
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21. East Baker Beach
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22. Nice!
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23. Above Baker Beach
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24. East rocks
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25. Baker Beach East
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26. Rocks on the east side
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27. A mini-Sand Ladder west of the long one
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28. Its foot
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29. This one does NOT go up to Lincoln
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30. Duney area on the west side above Baker Beach
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31. Above Baker Beach West
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32. Trail down to the west parking lot
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Life is a Beach

9/13/2015

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… and then you hike, or maybe wade. This is part 1 of some above-the-beach San Francisco stairways.   

First, the Presidio’s super-photogenic Batteries to Bluffs Trail with around 473 steps: east to west on the main trail, pix 1 thru 20. 

Partway along, however, a detour this time for a walk down to and along Marshall’s Beach. Have always counted this offshoot trail separately from the main BTB, so add 49 steps for the Marshall’s: 21 thru 32.

Marshall’s Beach: 33, 34.



Part 2 upcoming: the Sand Ladder down to Baker Beach.

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1. East trailhead down from Lincoln near Langdon/Dove Loop
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2. Looking down, east trailhead
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3. About to descend on the main trail
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4. Trail info and No Pets sign now one sign
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5. Eastside éye candy
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6. View Point is about 130 steps down
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7. Marshall's Beach below
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8. The lone bench is frequently occupied
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9. A bridgeview to the east
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10. Continuing down
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11. Different trail elevations
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12. Looking back up
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13. Midtrail. Lands End in distance.
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14. Marshall's Beach Trail center
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15. Looking down at the footbridge and Marshall's Beach Trail
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16. Climbing up the west side now
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17, Down-swoop
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18. Westside curves
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19. Up to Battery Crosby
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20. Near the top
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21. Marshall's Beach Trailhead
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22. About 49 steps and a trail down to the beach
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23. Steps ahead
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24. View down
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25. Top of the steps
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26. Between Baker Beach and the bridge
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27. Steps down
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28. Secluded and peaceful little beach
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29. Marshall's Beach stairs
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30. Steps to the beach
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31. Sandy steps
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32. A beachwalk
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33. Marshall's Beach
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34. Marshall's Beach
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Summit Time Treat

9/6/2015

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Pix from a vigorous San Bruno Mountain hike, mostly on the west Summit Loop Trail.

First pic, entering the park via the Old Guadalupe Trail, the Crocker Ave. trailhead in Daly City. 

Bog Trail: pic 2. 


West Summit Loop Trail to the summit. Love looking down to where I just came from: 3 thru 16. 


From the summit, now down the north Summit Loop Trail: 17 thru 25. 


Down some, turned off onto the Dairy Ravine Trail this time: pic 26.


From the Dairy Ravine Trail onto the Eucalyptus Trail, back down to where I started at the west Summit Loop’s trailhead: last three. 

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1. Crocker Trailhead
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2. Down to Bog Trail
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3. Summit Loop West
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4. Summit Loop West
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5. Looking back down to where I came from
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6. Summit Loop West
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7. Summit Loop West
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8. Summit Loop West
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9. Summit Loop West
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10. Summit Loop West
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11. Summit Loop West
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12. Summit Loop West
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13. Why did the hiker cross the road? To get to the summit.
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14. Up to the summit
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15. Summit Loop West
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16. Almost there
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17. Summit. About to start down the north side.
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18. One of the summit towers
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19. Summit Loop north trailhead
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20. Summit Loop north
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21. Karl's coming in below
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22. Nice, Karl!
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23. Ridge Trail to the right
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24. Love this switchback !!
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25. Brisbane below
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26. Dairy Ravine out to Eucalyptus Trail
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27. Onto the Eucalyptus Trail
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28. Eucalyptus Trail
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29. Summit Loop right from Eucalyptus Trail
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Montalvo Steps

9/5/2015

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From the Forest Hill metro station, up the 15 steps (first pic) behind the building for the Forest Hill neighborhood. The tall hill itself is called Forest Hill, but the neighborhood by the same name is on the lower part. The Inner Sunset’s Golden Gate Heights ‘hood is on the upper part. 

So heading towards the west edge of the Forest Hill neighborhood, passing the foot of the Pacheco stairway on the way (pic 2). 

The three-block-long Montalvo stairway starts up at Castenada: 62 steps for the first block to Santa Rita/San Marcos: 3, 4.

San Marcos is the lower part, with its name on the stairway wall. Counting the divider steps in as well, 85 just before starting the second block: 5, 6, 7.

206 steps to the top of  the second block at Ninth Avenue: 8, 9.

Around the median/fence of the divided street to the east to continue up the stairs. Total for the continuing stairway: 306 at the top of the third block: 10, 11, 12, 13.

The whole stairway is accurately shown on Google Maps. 

Now at 10th Ave & Mendosa near Gateview. The west end of Mendosa is a dead-end, so down steep 10th Ave. to Quintara. Now in Golden Gate Heights, west on Quintara (14, 15), passing Cragmont, 12th Avenue, and Funston, nearly to the top of the Quintara stairway. 

A right turn on 14th Ave. for Golden Gate Heights Park, up Radio Terrace (pic 16) that merges into Rockridge. Trails are not indicated on Google Maps for this park. 

At the west edge of the park, a steepish thick-sand trail beckoned me to climb it. Some years ago had taken a pic of a rustic wood stairway in this area. It may be buried under the sandy traIl I trekked up. Or was it removed by the park people? At the top of the sandy part are some rocks to scramble up to enter the park from this west end: 18, 19, 20. 

Around the park’s east side, onto Cragmont (pic 21), circling back to Quintara and 10th, this time to Quintara’s east dead-end for vehicles and a very short “gate” (22) that takes the walker from the Golden Gate Heights neighborhood into the Forest Hill 'hood, onto Mendosa. This passageway is shown on Google Maps. You immediately know you’re back in Forest Hill. 

Winding leisurely back down to Laguna Honda, including some gorgeous views of Mount Sutro (last pic), where directly across from the Forest Hill station is a stop for the #43, the last streets at the foot of the hill Magellan and Plaza. 


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1. Behind the Forest Hill metro station
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2. Pacheco steps, foot
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3. Montalvo up from Castenada
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4. Between Castenada & Ninth Ave.
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5. Lower street is San Marcos
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6. San Marcos to Santa Rita continuing up Montalvo
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7. Divider steps
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8. Starting up the second block
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9. Santa Rita to Ninth Ave.
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10. Ninth Ave. upper and lower
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11. Up to 10th Ave. & Mendosa
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12. Top of the third block of the Montalvo stairs
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13. View down from 10th and Mendosa: 306 steps
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14. Quintara & Cragmont mural can still be seen
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15. Quintara St.
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16. Radio Terr. onto Rockridge, across from the park
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18. Is the old wood stairway buried under this thick-sand trail?
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19. Scrambling up the rocks at the west edge of Golden Gate Heights Park
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20. Into the park
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21. House on Cragmont
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22. East end of Quintara, back to the Forest Hill 'hood
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23. Mount Sutro from Magellan
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Coleridge to the Park

9/4/2015

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From Virginia turning onto Coleridge in the Bernal Heights neighborhood, north side of the hill, about a block over to where the Esmeralda steps start up on the south side of the street. First, though, on the north side of Coleridge is an attractive micropark with a view, a short slide, and benches: 1, 2.

The stairs don’t just start at Elsie (Esmeralda Corridor on Google Maps). Coleridge starts the Esmeralda stairway with short stretches of street in between steps. Bernal’s streets are narrower than streets in the rest of the city; the stretches between steps are more like a half block than a block. 

Coleridge to Lundys Lane on Esmeralda is 61 steps: 3, 4, 5. 

Next, Esmeralda Ave. is a short stretch of hilly street up to Prospect, pic 6.

At Prospect the steps (77 this time) start again and climb to Winfield. This is the location of the much loved minipark with the slides alongside the stairs: 7 thru 13.

From Winfield and the minipark to Elsie is another short length of street to ascend. 

At Elsie starts the Esmeralda Corridor stairway up into Bernal Heights Park, with 121 steps for this section: 1
4, 15, 16.

The total stair count for Esmeralda, then, starting up from Coleridge, is 259. 

Up to the park and round the west side (17, 18) to admire Bernal’s labyrinth: 19, 20, 21, 22.

Near the labyrinth two short stairways descend to Powhattan. Chose a longtime favorite to descend to Powhattan from the park, the Andover. 

The Andover stairs turn about halfway down with steps that go up to someone’s house and other steps descending to the street. So around 59 for this stairway, continuing down (not counting the upper stairs to the residence): 23 thru 29.

The shorter Moultrie stairway next to the Andover is shown as a through trail on Google Maps.  

Moultrie has just a dirt traIl when you first start down, then the steps. Here’s the what the top looks like, pic 30.

Foot of Moultrie at Powhattan: 31 thru 34.

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1. Tiny park on Coleridge at Esmeralda
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2. View north from Coleridge Minipark
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3. Esmeralda stairs (center) start up from Coleridge
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4. Esmeralda at Lundys Lane
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5. Lundys Lane & Esmeralda
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6. Lundys up to Prospect on Esmeralda
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7. Prospect to Winfield minipark
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8. Esmeralda steps and slides
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9. Top of the double slides
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10. Top of the Esmeralda slides
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11. Whee!
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12. Stairs alongside the slides
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13. Esmeralda minipark at Winfield
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14. Esmeralda Corridor starts up to the park from Elsie
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15. Continuing up to Bernal Heights Park
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16. Top of the steps at the park
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17. A view west
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18. Bernal Heights Park
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19. Bernal's labyrinth
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20. South side of the park
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21. Near the Moultrie and Andover steps down
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22. Fortunately no one has vandalized this one
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23. Down from the park on the south side
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24. Andover steps down to Powhattan
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25. Partway down the steps are wood
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26. All wood now down to Powhattan
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27. Looking back up
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28. Love the wide wood railings
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29. Stairs turn right up to the park
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30. Top of Moultrie, a dirt trail
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31. Moultrie's foot at Powhattan
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32. Moultrie is one street over from Andover
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33. Love the second house up (white)
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34. Moultrie's foot at Powhattan
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Views from the Saddle

9/3/2015

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San Bruno Mountain’s Saddle Loop Trail. 

Sometimes looking down at homes on Daly City’s Alta Vista just below, other times across Visitacion Valley at little sister McLaren Park, then circling down to the Meadow: 1 thru 17.

Bog Trail: 18, 19, 20, 21. 


Old Guadalupe Trail and critter sighting: 22, 23, 24. 

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1. Starting up from Old Guadalupe Trail
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2. Moving east
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3. An offtrail viewspot
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4. McLaren Park across Visitacion Valley
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5. Popular cliff-edge view area off the main trail
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6. Continuing on the main trail
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7. Cow Palace below
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8. I see these flowers a lot
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9. Oakridge Drive, Daly City, center
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10. Heading towards the bench
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11. Homes on Alta Vista Way, Daly City
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12. McLaren Park upper left
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13. The viewbench
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14. Brisbane below, right
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15. Frequently windy here
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16. Trail turns
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17. Downhill, west
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18. Bog Trail
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19. A Bog bench
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20. Another Bog bench
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21. Bog Trail up to Old Guadalupe Trail
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22. Looking across to Summit Loop Trail west, a favorite
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23. Critter sighting on the Old Guadalupe Trail
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24. Crossing the Old Guadalupe Trail
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