Mike Clay is the Chairman for hiking. A group from SIR 77, SIR 172 and SIR 136 do a day hike of moderate difficulty, generally between 8 and 12 miles for the full distance but shorter options are nearly always possible. Hikes take place every Friday and are usually somewhere along the 108 corridor. Call Mike – 588-1345.
Friday January 31st – Snowshoe Hike near Dodge Ridge
Hiking down the Ridge Trail
Friday January 24th – Gee Whiz Point, New Melones
Hiking near Gee Whiz Point, New Melones
Friday January 17th – Snowshoe hike at Lyons Dam
Hiking down from Lyons Dam Scale
Friday January 10th – Hike at Red Hills to Six Bit Creek and Poor Man’s Gulch.
Descending to Six Bit Creek
Friday December 27th – New Melones
New Melones
December 6th – Snowshoe hike
Snowshoeing down Rock and Roll near Gooseberry Creek
Friday November 22nd – Pinecrest to Bumblebee
Pinecrest Lake
Friday November 8th – Chewing Gum Lake
Chewing Gum Lake
Friday November 1st – Cherry Creek Canyon
Cherry Creek Canyon
Friday October 4th – Pinecrest Peak
Lunch on Pinecrest Peak
Friday September 27th – Dodge Ridge to South Fork River
Friday September 20th – The Iceberg, Clark Fork
The Iceberg
Friday August 2nd – Powell Lake and the South Fork of the Stanislaus River
Powell Lake
Friday July 19th – Clark Fork and Boulder Lake
Steve – Small burned area along Boulder Creek
Friday July 12th – Bell Meadow and Mud Lake
Mud Lake
Friday July 5th – Bear Lake and Lily Creek
Bear Lake Dam
Friday June 28th – Donnell Dam and Niagara Creek Falls
Friday June 7th – An epic hike to the top of Yosemite Falls and to Yosemite Point
Upper Yosemite Falls
Friday May 31st saw us dodging rain showers on Crandall Peak
Hiking in the rain
Friday May 24th back to the snow again for a snowshoe hike at Dodge Ridge
Dodge Ridge – Dick Chimento photo
Friday May 17th the hike was along the shore of Lake Don Pedro at the Blue Oaks Campground
Lake Don Pedro
Friday May 10th a trip to Kennedy Meadows led to a hike in the snow on Night Cap Peak
View from Night Cap Peak Trail – Steve Happel photo
Friday May 3nd the hike was to Fahey Meadow.
Fahey Meadow and snowy peaks
Friday April 26th the hike was to North Mountain near Hetch Hetchy
Climbing the ridge to North Mountain Lookout
Tower
Friday April 12th the hike was to Table Mountain.
Friday March 29th the hike was to Knights Ferry
Friday March 22nd the hike was to Grant Ridge
Grant Ridge
Friday March 5th the hike was to the Tuttletown area of New Melones
Tuttletown – March 15th
Friday January 11th there was a snowshoe hike to Punch Bowl which is near the Gargoyles
Friday November 9th the hike will be to Waterhouse Lake.
Friday November 2nd Mono Pass, Yosemite
Friday October 5th Leavitt Lake
Friday September 28th Herring Creek
The hike on Friday September 21st was up St Mary’s Pass to Stanislaus Peak.
The hike on Friday August 3rd was to Castle Rock from Eagle Meadows
The hike on Friday July 27th was to Lower Eagle Meadow Ridge.
The hike Friday June 15 was to Camp Lake and Groundhog Meadow near Crabtree Trailhead.
The hike on June 8th was to Lake Eleanor.
The hike on June 1st was to Rancheria Falls, Hetch Hetchy. Photo by Dick Chimenti.
Last weeks hike was to the North Fork of the Stanislaus River starting in the North Grove of Calaveras Big Trees (in the rain!).
The hike on May 18th was from Sand Bar Flat Campground to Beardsley Dam
The hike on Friday May 11th was to Cherry Creek Canyon above Cherry Lake
The hike on Friday May 4th was to Fahey Meadow
The hike on Friday April 27th was along the Tuolumne River at Lumsden Road, near Groveland.
The hike on Friday April 20th was at Deer Creek near Lyons Dam.
The hike on Friday April 13th was at Peoria Basin and Table Mountain.
The hike on Friday March 23rd was at Red Hills.
Two week’s ago the hike was a snowshoe hike from Crabtree Snow Trailhead.
On Friday 16th the hike was a loop hike at Leland Meadows.
February 9th the hike was at Bald Mountain near Little Sweden.
February 2nd the hike was to Deer Creek and Grant Ridge with many great views!
Above – Grant Ridge
Below – Duckwall Mountain, December 11, 2017
