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Up Oakhurst down Farnsworth

7/19/2015

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Actually this Mount Sutro Forest hike started at Warren and 7th Avenue from the crosstown #43’s Lawton stop. Warren’s a good uphill trek by itself in the Forest Knolls 'hood. 

Partway up curvy Warren you’ll see the foot of the set-back green Oakhurst stairs to your left: 354 steps, first two pix. 

Oakhurst ascends past Oak Park’s dead-end. Keep going to the top at Crestmont, a couple blocks’ worth of stairs: 3 thru 8. 


At Crestmont, turn left and curve round to where the unmarked West Ridge Trail starts steeply up from the street. There are a couple of old wood steps at the foot. You can see this trailhead on Google Maps (Maps). The West Ridge continues to the Historic Trail where there’s a trailmarker: 9, 10, 11.


This time instead of meandering round on the Historic to the summit, continued my steepish up-scramble on the West Ridge above the Historic that leads directly to the summit. Pic 12.


Love where on the upper West Ridge you climb up alongside an old log and between rocks (13, 14). No one has messed with it and I’m truly grateful it hasn’t been “improved.” Continuing up: 15, 16, 17.


Summit-time: The benches, pic 18.


All the mountain’s trails and stairways are very well marked on Google Maps. 


From the summit, down the North Ridge: 19 thru 24. 


Medical Center Way winds around: 25.


Crossing the road, step over the guardrail where the marker says Fairy Gates Trail. The beautiful Fairy Gates continues to the east; this time descended to where the Edgewood begins.


Edgewood Trail out to Edgewood Avenue (26, 27) at the south end of the redbricked street, then north a few blocks to the top of the Farnsworth stairs (149 steps, last pic) that descend to Willard, just above Parnassus. There’s a #43 stop at Parnassus and Willard too. 


… And also a stop at Parnassus and Stanyan if you don’t mind uphilling a few on Stanyan to the trailhead for the lower Historic, yet another delightful way into the forest. 

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1. Warren at Oakhurst
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2. Starting up the Oakhurst Lane steps from Warren
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3. Oak Park Dr. to left. Grandview Park in distance, center
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4. Oak Park's dead-end to right. Continue up.
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5. Sutro Forest at the top
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6. Looking back down
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7. Up to Crestmont, Forest Knolls
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8. Looking down from Crestmont: 354 steps
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9. Up the West Ridge to the Historic
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10. Historic Trail up ahead
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11. Trailmarker at the Historic Trail
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12. Now continuing on the upper West Ridge with tree roots for steps.
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13. Alongside a mossy log
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14. Up past these rocks
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15. A few stepovers
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16. And out to the summit on the West Ridge
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17. It's summit-time
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18. Summit benches
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19. Starting down the North Ridge Trail
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20. Touchable trees as I continue on the North Ridge
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21. North Ridge Trail
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22. Medical Center Way curves around below
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23. Treehugger Heaven
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24. Nearing the foot of the North Ridge
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25. Fairy Gates Trail below to right
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26. The switchbacky Edgewood Trail
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27. A new resident, the Edgewood Bear
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28. Farnsworth's Foot up to Edgewood Ave. from Willard
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