Tank to Sutro Part 2

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. 

1. Fairy Gates trailhead at Johnstone

2. Fairy Gates Trail

3. The Fairy Gates rocks!

4. Midcity marvel

5. Magic Mountain trail

6. Curving around

7. Looking down from the Fairy Gates

8. About to connect with the Edgewood Trail

9. Edgewood with Historic Trail behind

10. Edgewood Trail

11. One of Edgewood's switchbacks

12. A new addition

13. Another good switchback

14. Continuing on the Edgewood

15. Lush forest beauty

16. Historic Trail from Edgewood Trail

17. Edgewood Trail out to Edgewood Ave.

18. Trailhead at Edgewood Ave.

19. Trail infosign to left

20. Trail map and info

21. Out to redbricked Edgewood Ave.

22. View of lower Historic Trail from Edgewood Ave. at the trailhead

23. Edgewood Ave.

24. Top of Farnsworth Lane

25. Peak in distance is Buena Vista Park

26. 149 steps down to Willard

27. Mid-Farnsworth Lane

28. Edgewood Ave. to Willard

29. Near the foot

30. Farnsworth's Foot

31. Farnsworth at Willard