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Tank to Sutro Part 2

7/20/2014

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Continuing with Part 2 of a recent hike to Mount Sutro Forest from Pemberton stairway/Tank Hill Park.

At the top of Sutro Forest’s uppermost Inner Greenbelt trail at Johnstone, just a few yards away the magical Fairy Gates Trail beckons, first pic.

Fairy Gates Trail: 2 through 8. 


Down from the Fairy Gates to merge with the nicely switchbacked Edgewood Trail. Only downer here was all the logs seen laying around from excessive treefelling in the area. I did get a kick out of the new carved icon. 


Edgewood Trail: 9 thru 22.

The Edgewood Trail comes out at the redbricked street named Edgewood, a few blocks long (pic 23), to end up at its north dead-end for vehicles, Farnsworth Lane (149 steps): 24 thru 31
. Farnsworth descends to Willard, a few yards uphill from Parnassus where the crosstown #43 stops. 

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1. Fairy Gates trailhead at Johnstone
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2. Fairy Gates Trail
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3. The Fairy Gates rocks!
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4. Midcity marvel
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5. Magic Mountain trail
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6. Curving around
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7. Looking down from the Fairy Gates
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8. About to connect with the Edgewood Trail
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9. Edgewood with Historic Trail behind
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10. Edgewood Trail
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11. One of Edgewood's switchbacks
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12. A new addition
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13. Another good switchback
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14. Continuing on the Edgewood
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15. Lush forest beauty
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16. Historic Trail from Edgewood Trail
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17. Edgewood Trail out to Edgewood Ave.
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18. Trailhead at Edgewood Ave.
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19. Trail infosign to left
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20. Trail map and info
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21. Out to redbricked Edgewood Ave.
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22. View of lower Historic Trail from Edgewood Ave. at the trailhead
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23. Edgewood Ave.
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24. Top of Farnsworth Lane
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25. Peak in distance is Buena Vista Park
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26. 149 steps down to Willard
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27. Mid-Farnsworth Lane
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28. Edgewood Ave. to Willard
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29. Near the foot
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30. Farnsworth's Foot
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31. Farnsworth at Willard
1 Comment
JoJo
7/24/2014 10:26:09 pm

Was able to view all of your beautiful pictures. Very nice. Only thing wrong is that my friend D and I aren't there! Thank you for sharing. Meow!

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