Lake Chabot Regional Park Hike- Dec. 9 (Saturday)

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Hello fellow veggies...

 

This hike is being co-listed with Stanford Outing Club. Directions to

the carpool point at Stanford (listed in description below) can be

found at: www.stanford.eduouting/drive.html

 

I am willing to help facilitate carpools from other locations if

someone volunteers to coordinate or organize other carpool sites.

Having a site in San Francisco and one in the South Bay might be of

interest.

 

- Julio M.

 

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Lake Chabot/ Anthony Chabot Regional Park- Dec. 9 (Saturday)

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Destination: Lake Chabot/ Anthony Chabot Regional Park

December 9, 2006

Total length of hike: 9 miles (approx.)

Total elevation gain: 1000 feet (approx.)

Further information on Lake Chabot at URL:

www.ebparks.org/parks/lakechab.htm

Driving distance/time: 28 miles / 50 min. approx. each way

Cost: Mileage ($14 per car round trip )+ Marina Parking fee ($5 per car)

Organizer: Julio M. (contact info below)

 

RAIN CANCELS.... In case of doubt, an e-mail will be sent the day before

if the hike is going to be cancelled due

to weather forecast.

 

NO NEED TO RSVP

 

Meet: 9:00 am at the Parking & Transportation Services (PT & S) Parking Lot,

Stanford

10:15 am at Lake Chabot Marina in front of the marina store/ cafe

Estimated finish time: 3 PM (back at trailhead), 4 PM (back at Stanford)

 

bring: lunch, sunscreen, plenty of water, coat, all the usual stuff.

 

Lake Chabot / Anthony Chabot Regional Park is a surprisingly secluded

natural world even as it is a mere ridge away from East Bay Cities.

This world includes an extensive forest with rustling leaves and the

sounds of great horned owls and red-tailed hawks. Lake Chabot itself

is pristine and serves as the emergency water supply for the East Bay.

 

We will start at the Lake Chabot marina and circumnavigate the lake in

a clockwise direction with a lovely hike up into the hills. Starting

on West Shore Trail our hike will provide an up-close and leisurely

hike along the western edge of the lake. We will then pass the dam and

continue on Bass Cove trail. Next, the Columbine Trail with its

twists and turns will take us up into the hilly train immediately to

the north of Lake Chabot. Our route will then take us back down to the

northern edge of the lake along Honker Bay trail. Finally, we will

join the East Shore trail to return to our starting point.

 

DIRECTIONS from Stanford to Lake Chabot/ Anthony Chabot Regional Park:

- Take Page Mill Road/ Oregon Expressway to HIGHWAY 101 NORTH

- Exit at WILLOW ROAD heading East to DUMBARTON BRIDGE

- Take I-880 Northbound toward Oaklad

- Take the Hesperian Blvd exit - go 0.3 mi

- Bear right at Hesperian Blvd - go 1.1 mi

- Turn right at Fairmont Dr - go 2.4 mi

- Continue on Lake Chabot Rd

- Look for exit for Lake Chabot Marina on the left

- MEET IN FRONT OF THE MARINA STORE/ CAFE

 

Trip " leader " :

Julio M.

jamzemail (at) gmail (dot) com

On the day of the hike only: 650(dash)906(dash)2594