At Berkeley Way and Diamond Heights Blvd. is the foot of Onique stairway, just across the street from a steep trail into Glen Canyon. Unsigned Onique is a good long one with three flights. First: Berkeley at Diamond Heights to, again, Berkeley (it curves around), 116 steps; second flight 122 steps, Berkeley to Gold Mine; third flight, Gold Mine up to Topaz, 118, for a total of 356 (pics 1, 2, 3, 4).
The Opalo stairway (again no sign, fifth pic), 83 steps, conveniently takes one from Gold Mine to just behind the Safeway and other buildings in the Diamond Heights Shopping Center.
After a short visit to the Safeway, did a different couple of Canyon trails out from the main 86 stairs that descend from Christopher Park (pics 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11). These were closer to Diamond Height homes, but still came out at the same rock posted about last time (pic 12) that now has a new stairway down one side (pics 13, 14, 15) and extended stairway down the other, both of which lead to the lower Canyon.
Chose the new stairway (68 steps), then north along the shady trail out to where it climbs back up. Instead of back down again to the oft-raved-about "hidden" north trail, continued along behind long-legged homes and their backyards to where the trail ends at a short stairway: 13 steps to start, out to the first street, Turquoise (no street sign at the top: 16th pic).
Immediately across the street are 52 more steps up to Amber (pic 17), again no street sign in view. Turned right on Amber a block or so to Coralino, up again to the shopping center area, 130 steps: top at Cameo (foot, 18th pic). A right onto Duncan, then Diamond Heights, back again to within a block or so of where I started down from Christopher Park.
The Opalo stairway (again no sign, fifth pic), 83 steps, conveniently takes one from Gold Mine to just behind the Safeway and other buildings in the Diamond Heights Shopping Center.
After a short visit to the Safeway, did a different couple of Canyon trails out from the main 86 stairs that descend from Christopher Park (pics 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11). These were closer to Diamond Height homes, but still came out at the same rock posted about last time (pic 12) that now has a new stairway down one side (pics 13, 14, 15) and extended stairway down the other, both of which lead to the lower Canyon.
Chose the new stairway (68 steps), then north along the shady trail out to where it climbs back up. Instead of back down again to the oft-raved-about "hidden" north trail, continued along behind long-legged homes and their backyards to where the trail ends at a short stairway: 13 steps to start, out to the first street, Turquoise (no street sign at the top: 16th pic).
Immediately across the street are 52 more steps up to Amber (pic 17), again no street sign in view. Turned right on Amber a block or so to Coralino, up again to the shopping center area, 130 steps: top at Cameo (foot, 18th pic). A right onto Duncan, then Diamond Heights, back again to within a block or so of where I started down from Christopher Park.
1. Onique stairway, Diamond Heights
2. Onique steps
3. Onique Lane
4. Onique Lane
5. Opalo steps, Gold Mine to Diamond Hts. Shopping Center
6. West edge of Christopher Park, Diamond Heights, down into Glen Canyon
7. Viewbench, east side of Glen Canyon
8. Long trail with steps starting down from Christopher Park
9. Long stairway down
10. Diamond Heights homes in distance
11. Continuing down through the wild radish
12. Rock with a stairway down each side
13. New Canyon stairway to right
14. Top of new stairway
15. New Canyon stairway
16. Out from the Canyon to Turquoise in Diamond Heights
17. Turquoise to Amber, Diamond Heights neighborhood
18. Coralino's foot, Amber to Cameo
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