BMHS Skyline Ridge Open Space - Grizzly Flat - Montebello Loop

\\This is a Sierra Club back country hike. To join this hike, you MUST sign a digital waiver and digital medical form on Sierra Club website. \\

Please complete your medical form online when you sign up and carry a copy with you

Level: 2C, 9 - 9.5 miles approx. 1900 ft elevation
Meet: Skyline Ridge Preserve Main Parking Lot, 22000 Skyline Blvd.
Description: We'll hike from Skyline Ridge parking, past Horseshoe Lake to the Tree Farm trail and Chestnut trail to Long Ridge. Then we cross Skyline Blvd at the Grizzly Flat trailhead in Upper Stevens Creek County Park and take the Grizzly Flat trail down to the creek where we'll likely see a cluster of over-wintering ladybugs. There is a shallow creek crossing (on rocks, no bridge) and then we connect with the Canyon trail, which we take through Montebello Open Space Preserve to the Stevens Creek nature trail and the Skid Road trail back to our starting point. Route has both shady and exposed areas.

Vault toilets available in the Skyline parking lot. No water available, please be sure to bring plenty for the whole hike.

Please see the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space web site for more complete information on the preserves where we will be hiking and on the many other preserves they operate: https://www.openspace.org/

Cell service available in some areas of this hike, but not at all locations.

Cold drinks/light snacks after the hike (optional).

Possible hazards include ticks, yellowjackets, wasps and other insects, fallen trees, overgrown trails, poison oak, and rattlesnakes. Please be aware and look out for them as we are hiking. Route subject to change due to trail conditions, weather, or other considerations.

We practice "leave no trace" and carry out everything we carry in.

Bring: hiking boots/shoes, 1.5 - 2 L water, layered clothing, snacks, lunch, sun protection, hiking poles if you use them

Signup Instructions:

1. Signup for this hike via \Sierra Club site \ONLY. Loma Prieta & Bay Chapter Hiking Meetup is for people to coordinate carpool amongst themselves only. Carpool transportation is at the sole risk of the participants.
2. Please provide emergency contact name and phone number as well as your email and phone contact information when you signup.
3. Complete, print and bring with you the medical form for this outing.

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Sierra Club guide for our hike outings: Neither vaccinations nor masks are required. But if you are experiencing any COVID symptoms, are sick, or have recently tested positive for COVID do not hike with us on this day. Every participant is responsible for reporting these conditions to the leader if symptoms develop after the hike. We will then notify the other participants.

Level: Moderate (2C 9 - 9.5 miles 1900 ft.)
Cancellation Policy: excessive heat, poor air quality, steady rain
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