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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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