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Canyon New Year Trek

1/6/2015

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Having heard there’s to be a “Creek to Peaks” trail completed early this year that’ll take one from the depths of Glen Canyon up to big sis Twin Peaks, I keep looking for evidence of this. Hoping for a pedestrian skyway over Portola as opposed to a mere crosswalk. And of course keeping fingers crossed for no more treefelling and that the existing treelimbs across the trails will be left as they are. 

Didn’t see all that much difference from my last hike. Except there were now even more of those orange plastic barrier-fences and a lot of loose straw all over, including on both sides of the entire length of one of the newer stairways. These steps curve up to the older trail that runs just below Christopher Park. Pic 1. 

At “my” northernmost trailhead, the black-graffitied fencing is now gone and a few new steps have been added at this trailhead, pix 2, 3. 


Due to the opening up of this tangly north trail, noticed more people exploring this part of the Canyon than in the past. Probably some were seeing this area for the first time. The school’s playing field gate was open today. Didn’t look like they’ve gotten to this area all that much, though I did see more felled trees and clearings of brush this time. So is this the route they want to clear out to Portola? 


Would like to see some online artist's renderings of the changes planned for the park. 

Some of the main trail is now more tamped down, lined with small rocks, pic 4. 

Starting out down a stairway from Bosworth to the southernmost playing field (37 steps), pic 5; continuing on the west side to see what’s new: 6, 7.

The Glenridge Cooperative Nursery wasn’t open this day, so up the widely spaced old wood steps behind the building. Just 29 but steep, pic 8. Any plans for a way down the west slope? 

Staying on the west side until it merged into the main east trail at the steps on the north side of the climbing rocks (68 steps, pix 9, 10, 11). That black fencing along the south stairway’s still there. The present greenness of the park is gorgeous but flawed by all the construction stuff; stairways and trails on this east (Diamond Heights) side are still not completed (pic 12). 

Found some THEN pix (2005-06) of the trail down to the bench and the main east steps down from Christopher Park in Diamond Heights: 13 thru 17. 

It’s now easier to get to the two main northernmost trails: pic 18. 

Below Diamond Heights stilthouses (19, 20) there was a felled tree across the trail: last two pix. 
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1. Why the fencing all along this newer stairway?
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2. Addition of a few new steps for the north trailhead
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3. New steps and boardwalk for the north trailhead crossing the creek
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4. Main east trail
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5. Steps down from Bosworth to south playing field
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6. Starting out at the south end
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7. A new addition on the west side
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8. Westside steps behind and above Glenridge Cooperative Nursery
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9. Steps on the north side of the climbing rocks
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10. Up the east slope for some upper trails
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11. Steps down to the main trail from the rocks
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12. Flexi-fences all along the eastside trails
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13. THEN, 2005: The trail down to the bench from Christopher Park
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14. THEN, 2006: The trail down to the bench from Christopher Park in Diamond Heights
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15. THEN, 2006: Eastside steps down from Diamond Heights
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16. THEN, 2006: Eastside steps down from Diamond Heights
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17. THEN, 2006: Eastside steps down from Diamond Heights
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18. Now easier access to the lower trails
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19. A trail down, left
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20. Stairs ahead to right will take you up into the Diamond Heights 'hood
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21. Under an uprooted tree
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22. Uprooted tree across the trail
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