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Annual Report of the BAY AREA RIDGE TRAIL COUNCIL 2 012 Annual Report OF THE BAY AREA RIDGE TRAIL COUNCIL View of the Carquinez Strait from the Ridge Trail in Glen Cove Waterfront Park. Photo by Hugo Garcia. The Bay Area Ridge Trail Council closed 2012 with just over Delta Trail. The level ADA-accessible trail segment hugs the 340 miles of dedicated Ridge Trail. The year featured trail banks of the Carquinez Strait shoreline with unobstructed dedications and openings, and preparation for trail dedications views of the East Bay Hills. in the future through land preservation, trail construction, and Benicia Sidewalk: On November 13 Benicia Mayor Elizabeth trail planning. Our annual events attracted more participants Patterson and trail enthusiasts gathered to formally dedicate than ever. a quarter-mile stretch of trail in Benicia just west of the Benicia-Martinez Bridge. The segment is also on the Bay Trail Dedications Trail alignment and part of the Carquinez Strait Scenic Loop Glen Cove Waterfront Park: More than 100 people attended Trail. A new sidewalk along Park Road provides a pedestrian the June 16 dedication of a new 0.4-mile Ridge Trail segment. connection between the bridge and existing sidewalks on Located in Vallejo, the four-foot wide off-road shoreline trail Military East. in 15-acre Glen Cove Waterfront Park is managed by the Greater Vallejo Recreation District. The trail connects Benicia Trail Openings State Recreation Area and Glen Cove Marina, and features sections of the San Francisco Bay Trail and Great California Presidio Coastal Trail: This San Francisco trail opened on May 23 and connects two new scenic destinations—the Pacific Overlook and Golden Gate Overlook. The segment skirts the coastal bluffs on the west side of Lincoln Boulevard, realigning the Ridge Trail off paved streets and sidewalks. In August the new alignment Park Road dedication. Photo courtesy of City of Benicia. Continued on page 2 Pacific Overlook. Photo by Elizabeth Byers. 1 was extended to Rob Hill Campground along Washington Boulevard. The collaborative project of the Presidio Trust, National Park Service, and Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy received partial funding from a Bay Area Ridge Trail/Coastal Conservancy grant. Castle Rock State Park: More than 1.5 miles of the historic Skyline Trail opened to full multiuse access between Saratoga Gap Open Space Preserve and the southern boundary of Castle Rock State Park. Previously the forested trail had been closed to cyclists and equestrians. California State Parks partnered with the California Conservation Corps, Trail Center, and Ridge Trail volunteers to rebuild and upgrade the trail. Land Protected Rockville Trails: The Solano Land Trust purchased the scenic 1,500-acre Rockville Trails property in September for a regional park. For years, residential development had been Volunteers pitch in at Sanborn County Park on REI-Ridge Trail Service Day. Photo planned for this property—a landscape of oak woodland, by Garnetta Annable. vernal pools, open meadows, and rocky ridges. The land trust The Santa Clara County Department raised the $13.5 million purchase price from the California Sanborn County Park: of Parks and Recreation’s trail crew and volunteers worked on Coastal Conservancy, Wildlife Conservation Board, private building Sanborn County Park’s long-awaited John Nicholas foundations, and hundreds of individuals. Six miles of new Trail between Lake Ranch and Sunnyvale Mountain. The crew multiuse Ridge Trail will link Solano and Napa counties. roughed in about 2.5 miles of singletrack trail through the woods. The work is funded in part by a Bay Area Ridge Trail/ Coastal Conservancy grant. El Corte de Madera Open Space Preserve: The Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District rebuilt a staging area and ADA- accessible spur trail in El Corte de Madera Creek Open Space Preserve. A Bay Area Ridge Trail/Coastal Conservancy grant helped fund the construction as well as one-half mile of new singletrack trail connecting from the Ridge Trail on California Water Service land to the preserve across Highway 35. The Rockville Trails landscape. Photo by Harry Englebright. Trail Construction Pinole Watershed: Volunteers worked with the East Bay Municipal Utility District to realign three miles of Ridge Trail in the rugged rangeland of the Pinole Watershed. The Ridge Trail in El Corte de Madera Open Space Preserve. Photo by Bern Smith. The new singletrack trail realigns the route off an old North Slope Sonoma Mountain: The Bay Area Ridge Trail ranch road, and provides Council, Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open ridgetop views of San Pablo Space District, Sonoma Country Regional Parks, and the Bay, Mt. Tamalpais, Sonoma Conservation Corps North Bay collaborated to build 4.5 miles County, and Mt. Diablo. of trail with spectacular views of Bennett Valley, the Santa REI and the Ridge Trail Rosa plains, Sugarloaf Ridge State Park, Hood Mountain Council organized multiple Regional Park, and the Mayacamas Mountains. Bay Area volunteer workdays to Ridge Trail Council Trail Steward John Aranson managed trail complete the work. Volunteers build the Pinole Watershed trail. contractors and Conservation Corps North Bay crews. 2 Park above Fremont. Development of the staging area will allow the district to open the trail in 2014. When opened, the property will feature four miles of Ridge Trail. East Slope Sonoma Mountain Easement: Council staff worked closely with the Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District and landowners on steps to open the 1.2-mile East Slope Ridge Trail. This work included establishing a trail easement, preparing trail surveys, and The GoNorth route will offer a spur trail to Mt. St. Helena. Photo by Arlene Tsang. designing the trail. Sonoma Mountain’s East Slope offers views to Mt. The trail will St. Helena. Photo by R. Dale/Sonoma Ecology Center. Trail Planning connect to a 3.5- GoNorth: In December the Bay Area Ridge Trail Council mile section of Ridge Trail in Jack London State Historic board adopted a new “GoNorth” route for the northern Park, and ultimately to 4.5 miles on the North Slope Sonoma alignment of the Ridge Trail. The new route adds 16 miles to Mountain Ridge Trail under construction. the Ridge Trail’s total miles, with 12 miles likely to be dedicated Garin Park: In May, the East Bay Regional Park District in the next few years. The planned trail is routed through approved a land use plan amendment for Garin Regional Park, Rector Reservoir Wildlife Area, Lake Hennessey, Moore Creek which will add more than 3,664 acres to the park. Council Park, Las Posadas State Forest, Wildlake Ranch, Duff Ranch, staff worked with the district on plans for the trails and staging Robert Luis Stevenson State Park, and Bothe-Napa Valley State areas. Completing more than 10 miles of Ridge Trail is a high Park. The route also features several connector trails, including priority of the plan. the Napa Valley Vine Trail, as well as spur trails, including the Palisades Trail up to Mount St. Helena (the tallest peak in the Bay Area). Sierra Vista Open Space Preserve: The Santa Clara County Open Space Authority planned a new staging area View of Mt. Umunhum (to right). Photo by Raj Hajela. in Sierra Vista Open Volunteers in Sierra Vista Open Space Preserve on REI- Space Preserve, in Mt. Umunhum: Council staff coordinated with the Ridge Trail Service Day. Photo by Joel Gartland. addition to a new Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District on access 1.5-mile segment of multiuse Ridge Trail that will close an planning (staging areas, trails, and visitor amenities) and equestrian gap. The staging area will include a parking area funding for Mt. Umunhum. The district approved the plans in with expansive views on the summit of Sierra Road. September. The 3.5-mile trail to the summit will be a Ridge Vargas Plateau: Council staff reviewed and recommended Trail spur, and one of improvements to trail and staging area plans at the East Bay the highest and most Regional Park District’s 1,100-acre Vargas Plateau Regional scenic points on the Ridge Trail. La Honda Creek Open Space Preserve: In August the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District approved the Site of the future La Honda Creek staging area. preserve’s master plan, Photo by Bern Smith. which identifies the Ridge Trail as a high priority. The district will build a staging area for the Ridge Trail at the scenic red barn on Highway 84. Vargas Plateau staging site. Photo by Bern Smith. 3 Ridge to Bridge hikers. Photo by Raj Hajela. Ridge Trail Events volunteers helped support the through- Ridge to Bridge: More than 300 hikers, riders, and volunteers hike and equestrian turned out for the long-distance hike and ride Ridge to Bridge ride, enabling in 2012.To celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Golden Gate participants to enjoy Bridge, participants ended their journey traversing Mount Ridge to Bridge hikers take a break. Photo by Janet the trail, gourmet McBride. Tamalpais and the Marin Headlands by crossing the bridge meals, camping, into San Francisco and witnessing the demolition of Doyle and evening entertainment. Over the last decade, this event Drive. The event raised thousands of dollars for the Bay Area has raised more than Ridge Trail. $150,000 for the Ridge South Bay Ridge Ramble: More than 100 people participated Trail and other trail in the first- projects. ever South Tour de Fat: On Bay Ridge September 22, New Ramble. Belgium’s Tour De Hikers Fat celebrated its and riders tenth year in the Bay traveled Area. Held in Golden on sections Gate Park, the Tour was of the not only fun, but also Ridge Trail successful, raising more between Los than $16,000 dollars to Gatos and support the Ridge Trail.
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