Here are a few pictures from today's Coe ride; just a solo bike ride of a moderate length on the single-track out of Hunting Hollow on a warm Fall day. Specifically I really wanted to do some challenging, rocky, technical stream-bed riding on Kelly Cabin Canyon and Cross Canyon trails. There is so little of that type of trail in the South Bay Area.
What It Was Like Out There™:
Very clear sky. Temperatures to went from 39º in Hunting Hollow to the eighties in the afternoon. The only place to filter water on today’s route would be Kelly Lake but I’m not a fan of the taste of lake water so I carried extra water. How much pain would the water weight in the Camelbak cause to my healing collar bone?…it was okay, yay!
The ground was dry, dry,dry. It’s been years since the “waterbars”/drains have had attention. They’re pretty much silted-up these days. An example on Anza Trail:
I thought this fallen tree looked to be doing push-ups:
Lusciousness challenged Domino Pond:
Fall colors:
Kelly Cabin Canyon/Cross Canyon What It Was Like Out There™
Kelly Cabin Canyon/Cross Canyon streambed is a tough, challenging 3 miles in each direction. There are some easy sections but plenty of rocks, roots, sharp switchback, steep climbs. The trail had been pulverized by a dozen horses last week so the tread was, well, pulverized, and very visible—things can get obscure through here.
I really enjoyed myself. It helped that I was having a more or less “On” day, as opposed those days when I’m a pin-ball bouncing around the rocks. (I wish I knew what it was that makes that difference!) I went from Kelly Lake » Kelly Cabin Canyon Trail » Cross Canyon Trail and when I got to where Cross Canyon exits the streambed to climb up to Coit Road, I turned around and went Cross Canyon Trail » Kelly Cabin Canyon Trail back to Kelly Lake. Why not? I’ll never be any closer.
So a total of 6 fun miles. :-)
More singletrack on my way back, Grapevine Trail:
What does my local Arastradero Preserve have in common with Henry Coe State Park? They’re both part of the
Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail.
In Coe we play tetherball with a bolder strung from barbed-wire:
This guy isn’t going to be ripped-off with dealer-only high-priced repair parts:
I think this is TahoeBC’s Chevy Equinox.
Start at Hunting Hollow » Gilroy Hot Springs Road » Coyote Creek gate » Coit Road » Anza Trail » Jackson Trail » Elderberry Spring Trail » Rock Tower Trail » Domino Pond Trail » Wasno Road » Kelly Lake Trail » Kelly Lake » Coit Road » Kelly Cabin Canyon Trail » Cross Canyon Trail » Kelly Cabin Canyon Trail » Coit Road » Sierra View » Wasno Road » Domino Pond Trail » Cattle Duster Trail » Coit Springs Trail » Grapevine Trail » Anza Trail » Coit Road » Coyote Creek gate » Gilroy Hot Springs Road » Hunting Hollow parking. 25.26/4:32/7:19/3,914'
Gilroy:
Cordoza Ridge:
