More Canyon Trailwork

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

1. Diamond Heights Blvd.

2. Trailing along the east rim up to Berkeley Way

3. Three-block-long Onique stairway rises from Berkeley Way

4. Crags Court Community Garden, left

5. Canyon trailhead at vehicle dead-end of Crags Court

6. This is Glen Canyon's longest stairway

7. 184 steps

8. Winding around

9. One of the park's newer stairways

10. Steps lead down to the main paved trail

11. Looking back (south)

12. Just before the foot, an short offshoot trail

13. Down to the wood boardwalk over Islais Creek

14. To the tree-canopy trail

15. Connecting with the long stairway that descends from Crags Court

16. Canyon floor, east side

17. A slightly higher trail

18. Upper trail will take you out to Turquoise Way in Diamond Heights

I9. Used to cross Islais Creek here via an old tire

20. Northernmost trail used to be much narrower with treelimbs to climb over/duck under

21. Trail clearing, right

22. The trail out to Portola Dr. starts up

23. Easier now to climb

24. This trail is not yet shown on Google Maps

25. Easier to ascend than descend

26. Short but steepish

27. Top of the trail is at the fence, upper left

28. Longlegged Diamond Heights homes above

29. A view south

30. North side of the climbing rocks

31. Up from the canyon floor

32. 79 steps

33. More trails up ahead

34. Top of the stairs

35. There's a stairway on each side of the rocks

36. A rustic fence at the top of the south stairway

37. South steps below

38. Continuing on trail at left, eenter

39. More traiiwork, right

40. Extended steps up to highest trail on east side

41. Curving around and climbing up

42. Trail just below Christopher Park

43. Old sign

44. Diamond Heights homes thru the trees to the north

45. 28th St. in Noe Valley

46. Same house as above, south side of street

47. Castro steps up from 28th

48. Love this one!

49. Row of beauties

50. Between Castro and Noe on 28th