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YOUR GROUP SIZE/COST

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1-2 Hikers

1-2 Hikers

1-2 Hikers

$100 EACH

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3-4 Hikers

1-2 Hikers

1-2 Hikers

$85 EACH

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5-9 Hikers

1-2 Hikers

5-9 Hikers

$70 EACH

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10+ Hikers

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(415) 209-8711

ALL PACKAGES INCLUDE:

Backpack & Hiking Poles

Backpack & Hiking Poles

Backpack & Hiking Poles

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In a Covid-19 world, all backpacks are washed after each use and poles are sanitized to CDC standards. Ultra-lightweight for your lunch, liquids and layered clothing.

Lunch & Plentiful H2O

Backpack & Hiking Poles

Backpack & Hiking Poles

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Your choice of turkey, chicken or vegi-wrap, along with fruit, nuts or vegetables and and low-cal chips. You may opt to carry one or two 32-ounce bottles of (un)chilled water. 

Thrills in the Hills

Backpack & Hiking Poles

Thrills in the Hills

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Longtime journalist and author Brian Patrick Higgins has been regaling Bay Area hikers with warped tales from crooked trails for more than two decades. Get ready to laugh.

CHOOSE FROM 5 MARIN HIKES!

HIKE 1: MEET MOUNT TAM!

HIKE 1 ROUNDUP: MEET MOUNT TAM

Effort: Easy

Sights: Spectacular

Effort: Easy

The 1,300 feet of vertical rise over the 3.6 miles of trail is often so imperceptible that it's tough to tell you're ascending at all. But you are. Consider, as well, that 400 of those 1,300 feet come in the final quarter-mile climb to the peak -- a climb that many hikers eschew in favor of the photographic wonders of the 360-degree trail around the sub-peak.

Stats

Sights: Spectacular

Effort: Easy

Distance: 7.4 miles (round-trip)


Time: About 4 hours, including a stop at a 116-year-old inn (and perhaps some wild tales from the innkeeper) and a backpack lunch at the summit.


Type: Out-and-back trail, with the latter half of the hike retracing the 3.7-mile trail from mid-mountain to summit.



Sights: Spectacular

Sights: Spectacular

Sights: Spectacular

The redwood belt on Mount Tamalpais ends at 1,400 feet above sea level, which is precisely where this hike starts. But that's not a bad thing. Redwoods block out the landscape, and this hike is all about the spectacular scenery spilling downward from both sides of the summit trail: San Francisco Bay to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Photography-wise, this is one of the most awe-inspiring urban hikes in North America.

HIKE 2: TAM'S MAJESTIC REDWOODS

HIKE 2 ROUNDUP: TAM's REDWOODS

Effort: Sweat-Inducing

Effort: Sweat-Inducing

Effort: Sweat-Inducing

Rising 1,500 feet over 3 miles of trails from sea level to the mid-elevation point of Mount Tam, the grade is remarkably consistent, ascending 500 feet over each mile. It's a workout, but one without any dramatic climbs. The work is complete before lunch, after which we'll enjoy two level miles followed by a 2-mile descent back to sea level.

Stats

Effort: Sweat-Inducing

Effort: Sweat-Inducing

Distance: 7.1 miles (round-trip)


Time: About 4.5 hours, including a stop for a backpack lunch and another to admire Stinson Beach from a vantage point 600 feet above.


Type: Loop, ascending from sea level through a dense redwood forest to the mid-elevation point of Mount Tam, then crossing a ridge and descending through a series of meadows and redwoods.



Sights: Awe-Inspiring

Effort: Sweat-Inducing

Sights: Awe-Inspiring

This the opposite of Hike 1 in virtually every respect: All but a mile or so takes place under dense foliage;  second-growth coastal redwoods But that's not a bad thing. Redwoods block out the landscape, and this hike is all about the spectacular scenery spilling downward from both sides of the summit trail: San Francisco Bay to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Photography-wise, this is one of the most awe-inspiring urban hikes in North America.

HIKE 3: MUIR BEACH

HIKE 3 ROUNDUP

Effort: Sweat-Inducing

Effort: Sweat-Inducing

Effort: Sweat-Inducing

This is a rare example of a roller-coaster loop along the Pacific Ocean in the Bay Area. Trails on the windward and leeward sides of coastal ranges tend to get up and down in a hurry, but the trails along the dramatic shoreline in southern Marin County rise and dip without regard for convention. For us hikers, it means that the none of the challenging rises on the west side of the hike last for long. If you're in decent shape, you got this.

Stats

Effort: Sweat-Inducing

Effort: Sweat-Inducing

Distance: 5.8 miles (round-trip)


Time: About 3.5 hours, including a backpack lunch atop a bluff with a majestic panorama of the Pacific, from San Francisco to Point Reyes.


Type: Loop, ascending from sea level to 1,900 feet in a series of three impressive rises. The final mile is flat, a magical stroll through a sea-level spirituality center.



Sights: Epic

Effort: Sweat-Inducing

Sights: Epic

This the opposite of Hike 1 in virtually every respect: all but a mile or so takes place under dense foliage;  second-growth coastal redwoods But that's not a bad thing. Redwoods block out the landscape, and this hike is all about the spectacular scenery spilling downward from both sides of the summit trail: San Francisco Bay to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Photography-wise, this is one of the most awe-inspiring urban hikes in North America.

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