OUR TWELVE (12) PREPLANNED DAY-HIKES:

DH-1a. A 1-1/2 mile hike through Marcel’s Forest in the 10,000-acre Forest of Nisene Marks. This loop hike features the largest stand of old-growth redwoods in the park; the “Advocate Tree” (14-1/2’ in diameter; 253’ tall) and the amazing “Twisted Grove”. The hike involves minimal elevation change. Moderate; 1 to 1-1/4 hours.

DH-1b. A 3-1/2-mile hike, same as #DH-1a, but adds the Terrace and upper Aptos Rancho Trails. This hike involves minimal elevation gain. Moderate; 2 to 2-1/2 hours.

DH-1c. A 5-mile hike, same as #DH-1b, but adds the lower Aptos Rancho Trail along Aptos Creek. This hike involves minimal elevation change. Moderate; 3 to 3-1/2 hours.

DH-2a. A 5-1/2 mile hike on the Historical Loop, in the 10,000-acre Forest of Nisene Marks. This loop hike features a second-growth redwood forest, physical evidence of 40 years of logging history that began in 1883. The hike traverses an elevation range of 800’ and returns through beautiful Bridge Creek canyon. Moderate; 3-1/2 to 4 hours.

DH-2b. A 6-1/2 mile hike, same as #DH-2a, but with a rugged, in-and-out side-trip to 40’ Maple Falls on Bridge Creek. Strenuous; 4-1/2 to 5 hours.

DH-3a. A 12-mile hike on the Big Loop, in the 10,000-acre Forest of Nisene Marks. This loop hike features a second-growth redwood forest and a spectacular panoramic view of the Monterey Bay area from 1,600’ high Sand Point over-look. You will also see physical evidence of the “1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake”, deep in Aptos Creek canyon. The hike traverses an elevation range of 1,400’. Strenuous; 6-1/2 to 7 hours.

DH-3b. A 14-mile hike, same as #DH-3a, but with an in-and-out side-trip to 25’ “Five-Finger Falls” on Aptos Creek. Strenuous; 7-1/2 to 8 hours.

DH-4. A 9-mile hike on the Big-Ben Loop, in the 2,400-acre Fall Creek Unit of Henry Cowell Redwoods. This loop hike features the “Big Ben Tree” at 1,900’, the 135-year old granite-block lime kilns, lime-stone quarry, powder magazine and barrel making machinery, of the “19th century IXL Lime Company”. The hike traverses an elevation range of 1,600’ and returns along beautiful Fall Creek. Strenuous; 5-1/2 to 6 hours.

DH-5. A 9-1/2 mile hike in the 1,800-acre Henry Cowell Redwoods. This loop hike follows many different trails over an elevation range of 600’. The hike’s features a panoramic forest view from an observation tower, an old-growth redwood grove loop with its 17’ diameter tree that stands more than 300’ tall, a Nature Center and a railroad village at “Roaring Camp.” Easy-to-strenuous; 5-1/2 to 6 hours.

DH-6. A 10-mile hike in the 2,200-acre Butano Redwoods. This semi-loop hike travels up to an abandoned aircraft landing-field at 1,600’ in a high-and-dry, ridge-top, mixed-chaparral forest. The hike covers an elevation range of 1,200’. Strenuous; 5-1/2 to 6 hours.

DH-7. A 12-mile hike in the 19,000-acre Big Basin Redwoods. This loop hike will take you past the massive, over 18’ diameter, “Santa Clara Tree”, and the four majestic water falls; “Golden”, “Cascade”, “Silver” and 70’ high “Berry Creek Falls”. The hike traverses an up-and-down elevation range of 600’. Strenuous; 6-1/2 to 7 hours.

DH-8. A 13-mile hike in the 2,800-acre Portola Redwoods. This hike will first take you on a visit to the “Old Tree”; a 12’ diameter, 297’ tall redwood. The hike then procedes over the ridge at 1,400’ and down steeply into the canyon to the large, spectacular, old-growth “Peters Creek Grove”, with trees up to 17’ in diameter and some up to 300’ tall. The return trip involves a steep climb out of the canyon. The hike traverses an up-and-down elevation range of 800’. Strenuous; 7 to 7-1/2 hours.

FOR A LISTING, DETAILS AND PRICES OF OUR NINE (9) PREPLANNED TWO, THREE AND SIX-DAY BACK-PACK HIKES, AND PRICES OF OUR DAY-HIKES, REFER TO OUR WEB-SITE.