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Rustic Roads Part 5

12/21/2014

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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.

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1. Bigler, definitely a "dirt road"
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2. Down to Belgrave
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3. Bigler's foot at Belgrave
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4. Corbett/Clayton garden, center, from foot of Pemberton stairway
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5. Pemberton at Villa Terrace
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6. Villa Terrace
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7. Belgrave. Tank Hill, center, at its east dead-end
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8. From Stanyan's upper dead-end, 35 east sidewalk steps
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9. West sidewalk steps on upper Stanyan
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10. Mount Sutro Forest as their backyards
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11. Stanyan trailhead up to Interior Greenbelt's lower Historic Trail
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12. Between Stanyan homes, into the forest
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13. "Significant Natural Resource Area" sign as you continue into the forest
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14. Edgewood Ave. homes from lower Historic Trail
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15. Damp forest trails between rains
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16. A rough trail to the uppermost Interior Greenbelt trail at the west end of Belgrave
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17. Continuing on the lower Historic
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18. Climbing...
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19. Out to the end of the lower Historic
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20. Fairy Gates trailhead at Medical Center Way with North Ridge Trail above
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21. Fairy Gates trailhead
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22. Fairy Gates trailhead and the pedestrian walkway
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23. Medical Center Way curves around
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24. Curving round the mountain to Aldea Community Center
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25. Now on the Edgewood Trail
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26. Edgewood Trail switchback
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27. Green velvet off the Edgewood Trail
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28. Edgewood Trail out to Edgewood Ave.
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29. End at Edgewood Ave. Lower Historic Trail in distance.
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30. Redbricked Edgewood Ave.
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31. Top of Farnsworth. Continue to right for another trail into the forest.
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32. Top of Farnsworth Lane
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33. Farnsworth stairway, Edgewood to Willard
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34. Nasturtiums alongside the stairs
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35. 149 steps
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36. "To Edgewood Ave." sign at foot of Farnsworth
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37. Foot of Farnsworth Lane at Willard
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