Bigler “Avenue,” Twin Peaks/Cole Valley, has no street sign and a few steps at the foot. It starts down where Clarendon and Twin Peaks Blvd. merge, descending to Belgrave. Before reading the “dirt roads” article that inspired these recent hikes, had no idea this short-but-steep dirt trail was supposed to be a named street. First three pix.
Started up from the #37 Corbett/Twin Peaks bus stop at the foot of the Clayton/Corbett Garden steps, then up the Pemberton stairway, 211 steps, to Graystone. Careful if you cross from the garden steps directly across to the foot of Pemberton as the street is curvy, there’s no crosswalk here, and the cars zoom around: 4, 5, 6.
At the foot of Bigler, you can climb the steep west trail up to Tank Hill behind you (pic 7) or continue a couple blocks on Belgrave for its west dead-end and the uppermost trail into the Interior Greenbelt part of Mount Sutro Forest.
This time to upper Stanyan and downhill on the 35 brick east sidewalk steps (pic 8) that start down from Belgrave for the next-highest Interior Greenbelt trailhead into the forest. Pic 9: Stanyan west sidewalk steps; pic 10: a few upper Stanyan homes with the forest as their backyards.
Up the 16 trailhead steps (pic 11) and onto the lower Historic Trail: 12 thru 19.
Fairy Gates Trailhead at Medical Center Way: 20, 21, 22
Medical Center Way curves around (23, 24)
Edgewood Trail: 25 thru 29
Edgewood Ave. to Farnsworth Lane, its north dead-end (for vehicles): pic 30
Farnsworth Lane at the north dead-end of Edgewood Ave. Last seven pix, 149 steps down to Willard.
Started up from the #37 Corbett/Twin Peaks bus stop at the foot of the Clayton/Corbett Garden steps, then up the Pemberton stairway, 211 steps, to Graystone. Careful if you cross from the garden steps directly across to the foot of Pemberton as the street is curvy, there’s no crosswalk here, and the cars zoom around: 4, 5, 6.
At the foot of Bigler, you can climb the steep west trail up to Tank Hill behind you (pic 7) or continue a couple blocks on Belgrave for its west dead-end and the uppermost trail into the Interior Greenbelt part of Mount Sutro Forest.
This time to upper Stanyan and downhill on the 35 brick east sidewalk steps (pic 8) that start down from Belgrave for the next-highest Interior Greenbelt trailhead into the forest. Pic 9: Stanyan west sidewalk steps; pic 10: a few upper Stanyan homes with the forest as their backyards.
Up the 16 trailhead steps (pic 11) and onto the lower Historic Trail: 12 thru 19.
Fairy Gates Trailhead at Medical Center Way: 20, 21, 22
Medical Center Way curves around (23, 24)
Edgewood Trail: 25 thru 29
Edgewood Ave. to Farnsworth Lane, its north dead-end (for vehicles): pic 30
Farnsworth Lane at the north dead-end of Edgewood Ave. Last seven pix, 149 steps down to Willard.
1. Bigler, definitely a "dirt road"
2. Down to Belgrave
3. Bigler's foot at Belgrave
4. Corbett/Clayton garden, center, from foot of Pemberton stairway
5. Pemberton at Villa Terrace
6. Villa Terrace
7. Belgrave. Tank Hill, center, at its east dead-end
8. From Stanyan's upper dead-end, 35 east sidewalk steps
9. West sidewalk steps on upper Stanyan
10. Mount Sutro Forest as their backyards
11. Stanyan trailhead up to Interior Greenbelt's lower Historic Trail
12. Between Stanyan homes, into the forest
13. "Significant Natural Resource Area" sign as you continue into the forest
14. Edgewood Ave. homes from lower Historic Trail
15. Damp forest trails between rains
16. A rough trail to the uppermost Interior Greenbelt trail at the west end of Belgrave
17. Continuing on the lower Historic
18. Climbing...
19. Out to the end of the lower Historic
20. Fairy Gates trailhead at Medical Center Way with North Ridge Trail above
21. Fairy Gates trailhead
22. Fairy Gates trailhead and the pedestrian walkway
23. Medical Center Way curves around
24. Curving round the mountain to Aldea Community Center
25. Now on the Edgewood Trail
26. Edgewood Trail switchback
27. Green velvet off the Edgewood Trail
28. Edgewood Trail out to Edgewood Ave.
29. End at Edgewood Ave. Lower Historic Trail in distance.
30. Redbricked Edgewood Ave.
31. Top of Farnsworth. Continue to right for another trail into the forest.
32. Top of Farnsworth Lane
33. Farnsworth stairway, Edgewood to Willard
34. Nasturtiums alongside the stairs
35. 149 steps
36. "To Edgewood Ave." sign at foot of Farnsworth
37. Foot of Farnsworth Lane at Willard
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