1308. Baby Peak (06/18/23)

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Distance: 28 miles
Rating: 5 difficulty, 9 beauty
Park info: Ohlone Regional Wilderness near Livermore

Steve owes a writeup! -- Pictures by Steve

Decided not to send out a notice since it was going to be a long hike with a ton of elevation and lots of contingency plans if things turned out badly. But it had some cool pictures, so I'll log it. 28 miles with 8k ft of elevation gain--you should have been there!

Rocky Ridge from new (to me) use trail

Mt. Diablo from Schlieper Rock

The butterfly Mariposa lilies were plentiful -- one of the few wildflowers I can identify

Discovery Peak -- highest point in Alameda County

Heading down a trail/road I've been wanting to do for over a decade

Fuzz from nearby trees made the side of the road look snowy

Did the tree fall before or after the fire?

Melted aluminum

Taking a break on Mt. Lewis, the 8th highest point in Santa Clara County

Black Mountain, the 4th highest point in Santa Clara County

Baby Peak ahead. . .

Baby Peak summit is very much like Goat Rock if no one ever visited Goat Rock

The highest point on Beartrap Ridge is the next goal

Need more information. Exploding mines or fall-in-a-hole mines?

Old Camp

Old Camp

Baby Peak from the other side

One of the two contenders for highest point on Beartrap Ridge, the 12th highest point in Santa Clara County

A friend on the hike who seemed to tolerate the heat better than I did

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