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Stanyan Trailhead to Summit

10/12/2013

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Started off this very pleasant Mount Sutro hike first uphilling from Parnassus on Stanyan to 17th & Stanyan for the trailhead for the lower Historic Trail (first three pics). 

From the lower Historic (pix 4, 5, 6, 7) up to Medical Center Way (pic 8), crossing over to the East Ridge Trail and up to the summit (pic 9: a summit flower). 


This time from the summit down the North Ridge Trail (pix 10, 11). 


I've used this convenient short stairway (pics 12, 13) many times from Medical Center Way to the parking lot so as to descend the wood-railed stairway to its foot, then out to Parnassus. But you can easily just walk downhill to the lot too.


There are around 136 steps from the parking lot down to Medical Center Way behind the hospital buildings. You'll probably see medical personnel ascending and descending this stairway, but it's okay for hikers to use also. I've been doing so for years. Pix 14 through 21.

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1. Trailhead for the lower Historic Trail at Stanyan & 17th
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2. Trailhead for the lower Historic Trail up from Stanyan
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3. Lower Historic Trail
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4. Interior Greenbelt's lower Historic Trail
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5. Continuing on the lower Historic Trail
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6. Lower Historic Trail
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7. Lower Historic Trail
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8. Heading towards East Ridge trailhead on Medical Center Way's pedestrian walkway
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9. A summit flower
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10. Starting down from the summit on the North Ridge Trail
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11. North Ridge Trail nearly down to Medical Center Way
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12. Shortcut stairway down to parking lot
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13. Turn right, downhill, to the parking lot and top of the long stairway
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14. Top of stairs down from parking lot
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15. Looking up at top of stairway
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16. Stairway down from the parking lot
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17. Behind the hospital buildings
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18. Top of offshoot short stairway to trail behind Edgewood Ave.
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19. Continuing down
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20. Near the foot of the stairway
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21. Looking up from the foot
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