Alum Rockpark San Jose City Parks

VOLUNTEERS FOR OUTDOOR CALIFORNIA ALUM ROCK PARK • 1 ! Project Fact Sheet Alum RockPark San Jose City Parks

! Background buildings. Many of the springs were TRAILWORK Dedicated in 1872, Alum Rock Park is enclosed in stonework grottos, and stone OVERVIEW California's oldest city park. Alum Rock bridges were built across the creek. An The Sycamore Switchback Park features rugged ridges with electric railroad brought people from San Trail is a popular trail among spectacular views of the Santa Clara Jose into the park.! hikers in Alum Rock Park. The Valley. It is a By the 1960s, the park trail is over 100 years old and attracted so many is in need of repair. The goals natural, visitors from the rapidly of this trail restoration are to rugged establish proper drainage getaway just growing Santa Clara along the trail and landings, minutes from Valley that its facilities improve steps in the turns, downtown became overburdened cut back brush on the up and the natural scenery slope side of the trail, remove San Jose. At was damaged. In the old retaining walls that are no 720-acres longer needed, and dig post Alum Rock 1970s, the park holes and install fencing in Park, San removed most of the some locations to discourage Jose's first buildings, closed off short cutting. Work will be parts of the park, and moderate to strenuous due to and largest began emphasizing the post-hole digging, fence park. The construction, and wall park, named park's natural attractions removal. for a giant rather than its man- Volunteers will be assigned to boulder once made ones. Much of the crews of 8-12 people led by a thought to be attractive stonework trained V-O-Cal Crew Leader alum, is remains, however, as do (CL). Your CL will provide old support structures for the railroad.! instruction in trail work as nestled within the Alum Rock Canyon in well as in tool use and safety. the foothills of the Diablo Range.! ! The CL will also teach you ! Many of the springs have cooled, dried- how to bring the trail up to The canyon at Alum Rock has abundant up or clogged up due to geological the SF Rec & Park standards; mineral springs, which were touted as changes and lack of maintenance over please follow their guidance. beneficial to people's health. In the late the years.. El Niño winter storms caused All tools are provided, but 1800s and through the 1930s, the park a landslide that resulted in the closure of please read the “What to was famed throughout the country as a the original Alum Rock Avenue entrance Bring & Wear” list on Page 3! health resort. Through those years and as in the autumn of 2000;access is late as the 1970s, the park featured a currently available only from natatorium (a huge, heated indoor Penitencia Creek Road.! swimming pool), dozens of private Center Camp Page 2: Directions, Schedule heated mineral baths Our home base in Alum Rock over the weekend will be the Live Oak Campground.! Page 3: Hazards, What to Bring/ that visitors could Wear, Meals, Camping The Paperwork! Page 4: Parking Pass, rent, a restaurant, If this is your first V-O-Cal event of 2014, please bring the Registration Form and various other Page 5-6: Liability Waiver signature page of the attached V-O-Cal waiver.!

Volunteers for Outdoor California engages the community through large scale environmental stewardship projects on public lands. V-O-Cal Partners with public agencies and other non-profit organizations throughout northern California. V-O-Cal//2745 SPRING ST, UNIT B//REDWOOD CITY, CA 94063//[email protected] www.v-o-cal.org INVESTORVOLUNTEERS NEWSLETTER FOR OUTDOOR ISSUE N°3CALIFORNIA ALUM ROCK FALL PARK 2008 • 2

PROJECT! LOGISTICS- DRIVING, PARKING, AND SCHEDULE PROJECT SCHEDULE Directions Friday Access is currently available only from Penitencia Creek Road. 5 p.m.- Registration and Do not follow Internet-based maps to the park! They will likely ! camping opens at Alum Rock Park lead you to a closed gate. Saturday 15350 Penitencia Creek Road 7:30 a.m- Registration, light San Jose, CA 95127 breakfast, and lunch prep ! begin. Coming from the North: 8 a.m- Morning greeting, announcements, 1. Take I-680 South toward San Jose. stretching and safety talk. Project begins. 2. Take the Berryessa Road exit, and cloverleaf around to the left onto 12:30 p.m.- Break for lunch on trail. Berryessa Road heading east towards the hills. 3:30 p.m.- Head back to camp. 3. Soon thereafter, turn right onto North Capitol Avenue. (If you miss the 4 p.m.- Drinks, appetizers and socializing. turn, you can turn right on White- see map) Showers available. 4. Go about 0.2 miles and turn left onto Penitencia Road. 6:00 p.m.- Dinner and entertainment. 5. Follow signs to Alum Rock Park. Sunday 6. Travel about 2 miles along Penitencia Road to the Park Entrance. 8:00 a.m.- Registration, hot breakfast, and lunch 7. After entering the park, follow the main road to the end of the road, prep. about 1.5 miles. 8 a.m.- Morning greeting, ! announcements, stretching Coming from the South: and safety talk. Project 1. Take I-680 North toward Hayward. begins. 2. Take the McKee Road exit, and merge right onto McKee Road 11:30 a.m- Break for lunch on trail. heading east towards the hills. 1 p.m.- Head back to camp to pack gear and 3. Continue about 0.8 miles along McKee Road. truck. 4. Turn left on White Road, and continue about 0.8 miles. 5. Turn right onto Penitencia Road. 6. Follow signs to Alum Rock Park. 7. Travel about 2 miles along Penitencia Road to the Park Entrance. 8. After entering the park, follow the main Park road to the end of the park, about 1.5 Entrance miles.

Please note that Center Camp is in a truly NO CELL SERVICE zone, so do not expect to be able to call out or have people reach you during the weekend.

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MEALS! HAZARDS, Continued V-O-Cal provides all meals for • SHARP TOOLS: Please listen to your crew leader’s tool safety talk and observe proper tool use volunteers from breakfast Saturday throughout the day. through lunch Sunday. Vegetarian options are available for all meals. • HYDRATION/SUN EXPOSURE: It may be hot and long stretches of the trail are in the open sun. Please • Please bring your own reusable drink plenty of water throughout the work day. plates, coffee mug, cups and Wear a sun hat and sunscreen. It may also be a utensils. To minimize waste from little wet and chilly, especially in camp where cold our projects, we ask that you air settles overnight! Please bring warm layers and bring your own dishes. Hot water and soap are provided. rain gear. Iif you feel tired or weak, let your crew • A continental breakfast is served Saturday morning. leader know and take a break. • Lunch is prepared before hitting the trails. You break for WHAT TO BRING AND WEAR lunch on the trail around 12:30. For your safety and protection from hazards, please • Please arrive at camp by 7:40am to register, eat breakfast be prepared with the following items: and prepare your lunch. • Water, sun hat, and sunscreen. You will not be • Appetizers and beverages will be available at 4pm after the allowed on the trail without a water container. work day on Saturday. Dinner will follow at 6:00. • Work Gloves (if you do not have work gloves • Hot breakfast is served Sunday. V-O-Cal can provide a pair to use). CAMPING • Sturdy shoes or boots with tread. Ankle support is Camping will be in the Oak Grove picnic area. Parking will be at important on much of the trail. Working in sandals or open-toed shoes will not be permitted. the farthest parking area.Follow the road all the way to the end. • Day pack to carry water and lunch. If camping, please be sure to bring all gear listed below. • Sunglasses. If you are not camping, you are invited to join us for dinner • Insect repellent, allergy medicine, etc. after the work day Saturday. Please be sure to bring your • Plates, utensils, coffee mug and a cup. own plate, utensil and beverage holder. • A change of clothes for each work day and for Sun showers and shower tents will be set up at Center Camp. lounging at camp to minimize the spread of poison Bring a towel! oak. ! • Warm clothing for morning and evening HAZARDS • IF CAMPING: bring a tent, sleeping bag, folding chair, flashlight, and other camping gear. A coffee POISON OAK: There is a lot of Poison Oak in Alum Rock Park • mug is also necessary. Remember to bring a change and the risk of exposure is significant. Have your crew of clothes for lounging in camp! leader point some out to you if you don’t know what it looks like. Clean with Tecnu after the workday and be cautious when handling your dirty clothes. Recommended: bring a plastic bag for dirty clothes! • TICKS: Ticks are always a hazard so it is important to check during and after the project.

A special thanks to V-O-Cal’s partners & sponsors: Volunteer Project Team: Agency Partners: ! Project Lead ...... Joe Lovelace City of San Jose Kitchen: ...... Cathy Moyer & Tami Lau Outreach: ...... Kurt Anthony Tool Manager ...... Oscar In-Kind Project Sponsors: ! Technical ...... Rudi Boekamp, Woody Collins Adventure Medical Kits Metro Mobile Communications ! Sidley Austin REI ! ClifBar Tecnu ! V-O-Cal Staff Cathy Moyer- Executive Director

V-O-Cal//2745 SPRING ST, UNIT B//REDWOOD CITY, CA 94063//[email protected] www.v-o-cal.org VOLUNTEERS FOR OUTDOOR CALIFORNIA ALUM ROCK PARK • 4 ! Home Phone REGISTRATION AND CHECK-IN ! ! Cell Phone Please register online at www.v-o-cal.org. Check in at the registration table when you first arrive. ! ! Work Phone If you did not register online, please fill out this ! sheet and bring it with you. I’m attending: ! Saturday First Name* ! Sunday !Last Name* ! Email Year of birth: ! (This helps us with crew assignments and project !Address !design) !City !If attending with a group, which group? !State/Zip Code How did you hear about this opportunity?

! PLEASE DETACH AND! DISPLAY ON DASH ! Volunteers for Outdoor California! Alum Rock! Park ! ! ! ! ! ! Volunteer Pass ! Friday 5/30 Saturday 5/31 Sunday 6/1 **Please detach and display on dash.**

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