Advanced Hiking San Francisco

Hike: Miwok Trail

Hi all, Sharing a great hike route I came across: 🥾 Miwok Trail 📏 1.4 mi ⏱ ~36 min I'd love to organise a self-hosted meet to do this hike together on Sunday, July 12. No commercial host, just members of the group meeting up to enjoy the route. Bring water, weather-appropriate gear, and the route loaded on your komoot app: https://www.komoot.com/smarttour/e1287204786/miwok-trail Hope to see some of you there.

Bridle, French & West Ridge Trails @ Reinhardt RP (7.5 miles, Moderate) Dogs OK

Hike to Wildcat Peak,

Greetings all My next hike will be to Tilden and Wildcat Peak. Great panoramic view of the bay, Berkeley and the Reservoir. Bring your cameras Hike will be 3 to 3.5 miles in length. It is a loop. Elevation gain/loss will be about 700 feet. To get to Tilden take the 24 to Fish Ranch Road. North on Fish Ranch Rd to Grizzly Peak Bl, and turn right. Take Grizzly Peak to Canon Drive and Turn Right. Take Canon Drive to the Bottom and Turn Left. Go to the end which is a large parking lot and park there. Walk to the area of the environmental education center. I will be there with the sign. Trail starts there. Hope to see you there. Norman

💚Green Exercise Easy 5 Miles 🥾Hike SF Golden Gate Park🏞️

**Hello Golden Gate Park Lovers,** Let's meet up go for a Wellness Walk/Hike, come explore the wonders of San Francisco Golden Gate Park! For our physical health and mental well-being😇 Meeting new friends and get a good workout together. Discover Golden Gate Park The rumors are true. Golden Gate Park is as fantastic as they say. Explore this iconic park’s 1,017 acres, from bucolic lakes and meadows to vibrant activity destinations. Golden Gate Park has something for everyone. **Meet time: 1:30pm** and **Hike/Walk time: 2pm** Great Highway & John F Kennedy Drive, San Francisco, CA 94121 across from the Beach Chalet Brewery at beach side parking lot GPS: https://goo.gl/maps/QUFRePaoDCEFWBYL8 Route: Golden Gate Park Loop Parking: Free Level: Easy to Moderate Length: 5 miles+ Elevation gain: 500ft Route type: Loop Dog: No **Bring Smiles for Miles!** Water, Snacks... Wear Hiking/Walking shoes, Layers, Sunscreens.. Encouraging carpooling if you know each other well for everyone's safety. Please contact each other in a private message not on the message board. Thank you! https://www.groupcarpool.com/t/svnkq0 Optional Social dinner after Hike: Thai food Place coming soon... 💚 Support Our Group! Thanks for joining our wellness club event, it does take time and money to make it happen. Thank you for being prepared and supportive 🌿 Our hikes, dinners, and events run thanks to member support. A small contribution is appreciated to help keep our wellness community active and fun! Thank you for helping us make every event special! **\*Requested contribution** suggested amount $5-$20 to keep the club going! **​Dr. Heidi will ask for the contribution during event check-in.** Accepted in person. Your support helps cover the many behind-the-scenes efforts that make these events possible, including route scouting, Meetup platform fees, permits, communication with park staff and members, and planning hikes, dinners, and road trips. This community exists because of the support and kindness of its members. **The organizer reserves the right to ask a participant to depart!** If they refuse to contribute or follow event guidelines. This ensures our community remains a positive and respectful space for everyone. Thank you for helping keep our wellness community positive, respectful, and active. 🌿 Our meetup events have a very positive impact on people's lives, people meet, fall in love💘 meet new friends, HAPPY, better health, less stress, anxiety, depression, isolate being alone and got extra bonus for LOVE ​💞 ⚠️ Please Read Before Joining: These hikes and group dinners are hosted voluntarily and with love for the outdoors and community. Participation is completely voluntary, and everyone joins at their own risk and responsibility. 👉 We kindly ask you to review the event details carefully — including directions, trail descriptions, and dinner spots — before joining. Trails are part of nature and may not match everyone’s preferences. Dinner venues are selected based on group size, availability, and location. We do our best but can’t guarantee personal favorites. 🧡 Most importantly, come with an open heart, positive energy, and kindness. Let’s enjoy what we can control — good company, fresh air, and meaningful connections. **\*DO NOT ATTEND** if you're experiencing any cold or flu symptoms, have a compromised immune system. **\*Hike/Walk at YOUR OWN RISK.** Open trails aren't necessarily free of hazards--by entering the wilderness, you assume responsibility for your safety and must use good judgment. **\*Participation in this event is strictly voluntary**! The event host/organizer assumes no responsibility for any injury, damage, or loss you may incur. You join and hike entirely at your own risk. \*We are an intermediate hike group. Please be ready to keep up hiking with us from 5-8 miles without any health issues. **\*LIABILITY WAIVER:** By signing up for the wellness walking/hiking event, you hereby release its organizers, hosts, and participants from any and all liability, claims, demands or causes of action that you now have, or may have in the future, for illness, injuries, damages, and/or economic loss of any kind or nature, arising in whole or in part out of the activities, advice, or information contained herein. You agree to full responsibility for your own health issues. **\*DISCLAIMER:** By participating in this wellness hiking event, you understand that Meetup event Host/Organizer assumes ABSOLUTELY NO responsibility and you have to assume all at your own risk of injury, damage, and economic loss, without limitation, and release host/Organizer of all liability. If anyone wishes to join our hike team, please answer the RSVP question every time for everyone's safety in the group. If you are unable to send me a message confirming that you are in good health and you are able to hike 5-8 miles without health issues we CANNOT approve you come to the hiking event. \*Please don't just walk in. Thank you for your cooperation! I'm looking forward to meeting, hiking with you and making good memories together. Yours in good health! Dr. Heidi💝 ❤️American Heart Association BLS-CPR, Heartsaver CPR, First Aid Courses -Learn and Live!❤️ \*Three courses available upon request: [https://visibook.com/ahacprfirstaid](https://visibook.com/ahacprfirstaid) \*By taking this course, you're contributing to the safety and well-being of those around you. \*These skills are crucial for everyone to know, as they can help save the lives of loved ones, friends, or even strangers in the community.

Tennessee Valley Hike (6 miles)

Join other east bay millennials for a hike in Tennessee valley. Here’s the route we’ll take on Alltrails: Tennessee Valley Golden Gate Loop: Tennessee Valley Golden Gate Loop on AllTrails https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/tennessee-valley-golden-gate-loop-trail?sh=kg6832 Please arrive a few minutes before 12:00PM. We will start the hike shortly after 12:00PM. We'll do our best to hike as a group, but I'd recommend downloading an offline map of the area on Google Maps on your phone just in case you happen to get separated.
Please bring:
• Positive attitude
• Water bottle
• Charged phone
• Snacks!!
• Hiking / athletic clothes and shoes
• Sunscreen
Please only attend this event if you feel like you are in shape to walk 6 miles with \~1400ft of elevation gain. If you have any health conditions that prevent you from exercising, this might not be the best event for you.
The East Bay Hiking Club welcomes people of all backgrounds, genders, sexualities, races, ethnicities, nationalities, religions, or other identity. We do our best to create an inclusive and open minded environment.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
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By attending the event, you agree that you understand the risks involved in outdoor activities and take full ownership for your safety and assume all risks inherent in attending the event. You also release the event organizer and all event participants from any responsibility for your safety.

Outer Sunset at Sunset

To the casual observer, the Outer Sunset looks like a sleepy, residential neighborhood. The locals know better. The area is filled with art, whimsy, and creative pastels. This walks starts a little later so we can catch the sunset, and also because the starting point is a bit far for many of us. We meet at where La Playa meets Judah Street (restrooms), the northern-most entrance to one of San Francisco's newest (and most controversial) parks, Sunset Dunes. We BEGIN WALKING AT 6:00 PM ON THE DOT. Please arrive a few minutes early to check in with Elizabeth and use the facilities. We walk in a loop, so the last stop is the at first stop. I expect this walk will about 2 hours or so, depending on how much we oooh and aaah. We have one restroom stop, a little more than 1/2 way in. Many homeowners and residents in The Outer Sunset pride themselves on their quirky personalities and they express this by showcasing their homes as art pieces. We'll see murals, statues, and unusual painted homefronts. We find storybook houses, and homes dedicated to space-age and beach themes. The last part of our walk takes us the entirety of Sunset Dunes. We walk along the oceanfront (not on the sand), enjoy the art and features designed there, and appreciate views of the city and the ocean as the sun sets. Try as I might, I couldn't find any hillsides in the Outer Sunset. We have one very slight upward slope near the beginning. No stairs at all. Otherwise, this is a completely flat walk. You're welcome. GETTING THERE: La Playa and Judah is the very end of Judah Street where it meets the ocean, You'll know if you've gone too far. Public transportation: The most direct public transportation is the N Judah street car. It's the last stop on the route. The N can be reached by and underground station between Embarcadero and Van Ness. After that it rides overground. Muni bus #18 (46th Avenue) has a stop at Kirkham and 46th or Lincoln and La Playa. The #29 (Sunset) and #7 (Haight/Noriega) are each about a 10 minute walk. BART users should exit at Embarcadero and transfer to the N Judah, or exit at Daly City and take the #28 (19th Avenue) to Judah and transfer to the N. Driving: Our starting point is about a 30 minute drive from Downtown San Francisco, and 15 minutes from Daly City or the Golden Gate Bridge. Free parking is easily found at the Ocean Beach portion of area, but it's pretty exposed and vulnerable. Neighborhood parking should be relatively easy away from the commercial corridor of Judah or Irving. DOGS- Friendly, well-socialized dogs are always welcome on my walks. They must remain on leash at all times. We won't be walking on the off-leash Ocean Beach. You may want to arrive early to give your dog a fun romp there before we start. WHAT TO BRING; Dress for the weather and wear comfortable shoes. Remember that the ocean side of town is less protected that the bay and can get quite windy. Water (and more for your pup). We won't be stopping for a snack break, so consider bringing something you can eat while walking. Your camera. There are a couple of spots you'll really want it. Your sense of adventure, camaraderie, and fun. ATTENDANCE- We tend to walk smaller groups to make that work ask for everyone's consideration in observing our attendance policy, Only sign up if you are certain you can attend. If you have to change plans, update your RSVP on Meetup. Same day cancels are generally treated the same as a no-show. Place holding, frequent cancels, or no-shows can be grounds for removal from this group. This walk is only available to current City Steps members. LIABILITY- Your "yes" RSVP indicates that you agree you are responsible for your own safety and actions, and to Meetups liability waiver that can be found at the bottom of every Meetup. com page. Rain or extremely heavy winds cancels this walk. If we have to cancel for weather, I will make that call by 12 noon the day of the walk and both Meetup and I will send you an email.

Urban Hikers' Scavenger Hunt

It's time for the second annual Urban Hiker's Scavenger Hunt. **Please read below carefully.** Meeting place: Francisco Park at the picnic tables if available or the concrete benches near the restroom if the tables are not available. Meet 4 pm, Start Scavenger Hunt 4:30 pm Neighborhoods: Russian Hill, Fisherman's Wharf, Marina, and possibly Telegraph Hill or Cow Hollow. Teams of 4 people, and 12 Clues/Locations A paper list of Clues/Locations to be distributed to each team at 4:30 Regular walkers with our group are encouraged and prioritized to participate and will have an advantage in figuring out some of the clues. **We would like the game participants to be walkers who regularly have done walks with us. If not enough people in that category sign up, we will open it to others. So sign up by putting your name on the wait list and we will move the regular walkers to the join list. Anyone from the wait list can come and hang out with us or be a stand by if someone a team late cancels. The scavenger hunt team players will be on the actual attendee list.** Must be back at start point at 6:15 for judging and prizes. Each team must go to the site directed by the clue in each section and take a selfie of all 4 team members visible, and the location clearly visible. All selfies must show team member faces unless otherwise noted on the clue. The judges will determine if you have found the correct, intended location and selfie acceptability. Prizes, some admittedly silly, for the first team to return with acceptable selfies for all 12 clues, or whoever gets the most, if no team gets all 12. No cheating with vehicle transport (no Uber, taxi, MUNI etc). Also, we'll have prizes for the best team story, told MUNI diary style. We will have a picnic style after gathering at the start point while we judge and give out prizes. If it's good weather we will just have the picnic. If bad weather, we will have a quick picnic and have an indoor gathering to follow. Participants can bring picnic items to leave with the judges while they are on the hunt or give money to judges to buy items for the picnic. Judges will go to TJ's while the hunt is going on to buy provisions. Please note: Phone help is not available for latecomers. If you are late it is very hard to catch up with us. We walk at a medium pace. Escorts or sweeps are not provided, so slower walkers should be completely prepared to finish the hike on their own if they become separated from the group, and they may want to consider bringing a friend to walk with them. I reserve the right to make small changes to the route as needed. Liability Disclaimer: The organizers of this meet-up are unpaid volunteers and not expert hiking guides. All participants agree to assume 100% responsibility for their own safety, conduct, and well-being and recognize that possible hazards exist while participating in outdoor (or any other) activities, and agree to participate solely at their own risk. If you RSVP “Yes” and/or attend any of our events, it shall be conclusively presumed that you understand and agree to this policy.

Urban Hike: Brooks Park, Ingleside Sundial ending in West Portal

Let's do an urban hike in the Ingleside area ending in the West Portal general area. Highlights of the walk may include: Brooks Park Ingleside Sundial [Ingleside Racetrack](https://www.outsidelands.org/ingleside-racetrack.php) Some hidden alleys. I am still working on the exact route but there will be hills and stairs, paths and gardens. We will meet at 2 but leave at 2:10 (grace period). We will have an after gathering. If it is nice we might do it outdoors, otherwise we will look for a commercial establishment in the area. Bring a cup just in case. Hope to see you there! Please note: Phone help is not available for latecomers. If you are late it is very hard to catch up with us. We walk at a medium pace. Escorts or sweeps are not provided, so slower walkers should be completely prepared to finish the hike on their own if they become separated from the group, and they may want to consider bringing a friend to walk with them. I reserve the right to make small changes to the route as needed. Liability Disclaimer: The organizers of this meet-up are unpaid volunteers and not expert hiking guides. All participants agree to assume 100% responsibility for their own safety, conduct, and well-being and recognize that possible hazards exist while participating in outdoor (or any other) activities, and agree to participate solely at their own risk. If you RSVP “Yes” and/or attend any of our events, it shall be conclusively presumed that you understand and agree to this policy.

Exploring Patagonia: An Introductory Guide to Traveling in Torres del Paine

Join us for an informative and inspiring presentation all about Chile's Torres del Paine, one of the most breathtaking national parks in Patagonia! Whether you're planning your first trip or just curious about what it takes to explore this stunning region, this session will cover everything you need to know about traveling to this iconic part of the world. I'll be drawing from my own Torres del Paine adventure from 2023 to discuss practical details like logistics, safety, and main things to keep in mind when going on this once-in-a-lifetime adventure. The presentation itself will be 30-40 minutes, after which we'll have a casual Q&A session for anything anyone wants to cover and chat for a while. Join and share some of your own travel stories! (Would love to hear from people who've done Camino de Santiago, the Pacific Crest Trail, Hornbjarg in Iceland, etc.) Anyone is welcome, but please note that - given the limited space - this event is geared mainly for people who are actively interested in these kinds of travels and would benefit the most from the information shared. Also, please note the location will be my apartment, and that I live close to the Crepevine location listed in Meetup. I'll share my address to those attending about a week before the event. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions. 628-236-9369

The Oakland Rose Garden & Lakeshore Neighborhood's Pathways/Stairs Walk

FREE WALK. Now open for RSVPs. Free. We will meet at 11:00 AM in front of a cafe called Tierra Mia Coffee, on the corner of Broadway & 20th Street, so people on BART should go to the 19th Street BART Station and then they should exit at the 20th Street exit and our starting point is right across the street. Unfortunately I have to cancel our June 6th version of this walk because of a close relative getting sick. One may bring a sack lunch or buy one at Tierra Mia Coffee. We won't have time for the group to buy lunches after we have started walking. It would be good if our attendees buy drinks or something at our starting point (Tierra Mia Coffee) &/or give tips so they will like us. Attendance limit is 70. Below is a link about Tierra Mia Coffee: http://www.tierramiacoffee.com/ At 11:10 AM we begin a 20-minute walk to the local Whole Foods Market for a restroom break. We plan to eat lunch about 12:45 at Oakland's Morcom Rose Garden. I encourage all to take BART or other public transportation to be safer. I expect to come in a bus. Everyone should bring water, paper towels and a map. I love it when attendees bring cameras and upload their photos of the walk on our webpage. Dogs and other pets are not welcome. After Whole Foods Market we will walk to the Morcom Rose Garden to eat our sack lunches because it is the only location big enough for our group to eat lunch. It is twice the side of the Berkeley Rose Garden. We haven't done this walk since many years ago in the Covid days, and I changed it from a hard walk to a a nice relatively easy walk. We will see great things such as the Morcom Rose Garden in bloom, the and the beach area of Lake Merritt. We expect to reach our ending point back at our starting point, the 19th Street BART Station at 4:30 PM. Some legal disclaimers: By joining us for any event you hereby RELEASE and DISCHARGE it's organizers, hosts and participants from any and all liability, claims, demands or causes of action that you now have, or may have in the future, for injuries, damages, death and/or economic loss of any kind or nature, arising in whole or in part out of the activities, advice or information contained herein. You further agree that if you or someone under your supervision uses the information on this website you assume all risks of injury, damage, and economic loss, without limitation, and release providers from all liability therefore. It is advisable to consult a doctor before you begin any strenuous physical activity. The organizer is not trained for emergency medical procedures and no doctors, nurses or ambulances are provided on the walks.

Noe Valley stairways

Walking Mt. Tam: Trails of Creativity

Interpretive hike with docent Caryn Lowe “Methinks that the moment my legs begin to move, my thoughts begin to flow!” -Thoreau. Science is proving what people have known for ages – going out into nature is one of the best ways to connect with your creative mind. Mt. Tam has been a special place of inspiration for many generations of artists and writers from early settlers from the Hudson Valley to the Bohemian and Beat movements. During this hike you will learn a little bit about this rich history, what happens here today and hopefully make your own creative connection to Mt. Tam. There will be a 30 minute stop at West Point Inn to jot down your thoughts, practice watercolors, or simply take in the view. HIKE ROUTE Start at Bootjack Parking Lot; Old Mine Trail to Mountain Theater; Rock Spring Trail to West Point Inn; Old Stage Road to Bootjack Parking Lot Distance (mi): 4.5. Elevation Gain (ft): 500. Moderate. There is a $8 parking fee at Bootjack. Options for paying: (1) Exact change at Bootjack, (2) Use QR code (requires cellular reception) to pay with credit card, (3) Ranger station at Pantoll has both change and wifi.