Pacheco Valle Open Space/Loma Verde Open Space, Saturday, January 28. Victor, Arty, Kelly. 4.7 miles, 1400 foot elevation change. Chicken Shack Fire Road to Ponti Fire Road.
This hike was short but challenging. Chicken Shack Fire Road has some steep climbs for someone hiking on one measly bowl of oatmeal. Victor faired better because he had cereal and a sandwich before setting out. Arty, of course, had no apparent difficulty, and even found love on the trail in the form of a young female boxer mix who was initially shy but quickly warmed to him. Despite his 5 years, however, Arty still hasn't figured out which is the business end.
At the intersection of Chicken Shack and Ponti Fire Road, if you continue straight on Chicken Shack you'll shortly hit Big Rock Ridge Fire Road, which can be taken all the way down to Lucas Valley Road and comes out just east of ol' George Lucas' place. That's not what we did that day, but Victor and I were trying to work out a good way to shuttle it so we could do it one way some time.
As you can see, there was a lot of water around at this time. We encountered a huge mudslide on Ponti Fire Road, which was theoretically closed (maybe? they had caution tape across the trail, which maybe meant "Be cautious!" or maybe meant "Don't go in here!") At any rate, we went down it anyway and skirted around the mudslide easily enough. Here's another picture:
Which doesn't really do it justice, but you get the idea.
That's it!
-Kelly
This hike was short but challenging. Chicken Shack Fire Road has some steep climbs for someone hiking on one measly bowl of oatmeal. Victor faired better because he had cereal and a sandwich before setting out. Arty, of course, had no apparent difficulty, and even found love on the trail in the form of a young female boxer mix who was initially shy but quickly warmed to him. Despite his 5 years, however, Arty still hasn't figured out which is the business end.
At the intersection of Chicken Shack and Ponti Fire Road, if you continue straight on Chicken Shack you'll shortly hit Big Rock Ridge Fire Road, which can be taken all the way down to Lucas Valley Road and comes out just east of ol' George Lucas' place. That's not what we did that day, but Victor and I were trying to work out a good way to shuttle it so we could do it one way some time.
As you can see, there was a lot of water around at this time. We encountered a huge mudslide on Ponti Fire Road, which was theoretically closed (maybe? they had caution tape across the trail, which maybe meant "Be cautious!" or maybe meant "Don't go in here!") At any rate, we went down it anyway and skirted around the mudslide easily enough. Here's another picture:
Which doesn't really do it justice, but you get the idea.
That's it!
-Kelly
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