INCH Hike: Maguire Peaks Loop

830. Maguire Peaks Loop (05/12/12)

Hikers (28): Alan, Angelika, Arun, Bharati, Brendan D, Bruce, Carissa, David, George, Gloria, Harvey, Iris, John, Karl, Kathryn, Nik, Peter, Peter E, Philippe, Ross, Sabine, Sarah, Sophie, Stacy, Steve, Suzie, Thomas, Tiffany
Distance: 13 miles
Rating: 3 difficulty, 8 beauty
Park info: Sunol Regional Wilderness in Sunol

Peter owes a writeup! -- Pictures by Alan, Karl, and Stacy

Honorable mention to Mike for going up Flag Hill before the heat got the better of him. Wise man!

Heading up Flag Hill on a hot morning

Say cheese! And happy birthday to David.

Those wacky INCHers!

Karl hangs out with The Man's buddies

Birthday Boy slogs up Maguire Peak

Sabine had already been there for hours -- it's lonely at the top

Lunch at the top (as soon as George can sit his ass down!)

Heading back down to beer!

David doesn't look a day over 70

Some short-cutters (ahem!) got a chance to check out the JB Ranch

Smelling the finish line ...

When you get to the bridge, it's all over

Why we hike

Most people did the "Sarah Trail", coming off the backside of Flag Hill to Welsh Road. Very nice (even though my knee took a beating)! Karl didn't want a repeat of last week's crapfest, so he wisely stuck to the official trail, with Stacy and Nik. It's all good!

Milestones:
Arun's 1^st leaf
Bharati's 10^th leaf
Kathryn's 20^th leaf
Nik's 40^th leaf
Philippe's 1^st leaf
Sabine's 170^th leaf