Tag Archives: Borel Hill

Russian Ridge loop wildflower hike

Last spring I did a wonderful wildflower hike in Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve and I’d decided to return again this year. Since I wasn’t available to join a specific docent-led wildflower hike, I tried to take the same route … Continue reading

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Skyline Ridge and Russian Ridge Open Space Preserves Revisited

This hike turned out to be a multi-day return trip to the Bay Area Ridge Trail segment that runs from the main entrance of Skyline Ridge Open Space Preserve through the length of Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve to Rapley … Continue reading

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Skyline Ridge and Russian Ridge Open Space Preserves

Now that my poison oak episode is complete, I decided to return to the Bay Area Ridge Trail and complete a couple of short sections adjacent to sections I had previously hiked in the Skyline Ridge and Russian Ridge Open Space … Continue reading

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Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve

When planning this hike I was looking forward to returning to the area of my most recent hike on the Bay Area Ridge Trail.  I decided to hike the northernmost portion of the BART segment, from the Caltrans vista point on … Continue reading

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