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| mrchad9 | Nice tour  Date Climbed: Apr 17, 2005 | |
| Very long, winding drive, but enjoyed the tour of the Lick Observatory. Definitely worth going especially while the hills are green. | ||
| Posted May 9, 2010 4:17 am | ||
| Dundeel | This one is Licked Date Climbed: Mar 24, 2010 | |
| The tour of the main observatory was interesting as was looking through the windows at the 120 inch telescope. I left my truck at the 120 inch parking area and walked to Copernicus. CA Cohp #10, CA P3k 4/46. | |
| Posted Mar 31, 2010 6:34 pm | ||
| Dennis Poulin | Long drive, short hike Date Climbed: Feb 7, 2004 | |
| The county sheriff didn't like where I parked... | |
| Posted Dec 13, 2009 2:05 pm | ||
| Diggler | Another one bites the dust Date Climbed: Oct 19, 2009 | |
| Walking around an ugly manmade structure with singing electrical lines, radio wave symbols, & warnings of high voltage made me really question my attraction to the state highpoints... The great views of the Diablo range, Mt. Tam, Mt. Diablo, the South Bay, as well as a side trip to the Lick Observatory, though, restored my faith, & reminded me why. Building aside, it is a beautiful area, the drive pleasant (if it hadn't been for the 2 slow cars that refused to pull over, I would have stayed ahead of the better part of a 3-person GSX-R/YZF riders group- THAT would have been cool. Oh well...), & wonderful company made for a great day's outing. | |
| Posted Oct 19, 2009 3:44 pm | ||
| iditarod81 | Post-Hamilton. Date Climbed: May 2, 2009 | |
| After a look at the observatory. | |
| Posted Jun 29, 2009 1:41 pm | ||
| Dean | 2nd one of the day Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2008 | |
| Did Vaca earlier, then this one. The drive is the worst part (according to my wife). We then headed southward towards Ventura to visit my wife's aunt & uncle. LONG day. | |
| Posted Mar 29, 2009 8:29 pm | ||
| Jonodo | From the road Date Climbed: Mar 28, 2009 | |
| Nice day and hike with the boys. It was fun to be stealthy with them. For a 3 and 5 yr old, this was the perfect adventure. All the parking along the side of the road was blocked off. We parked in the lot for the 120 inch telescope and walked along the road. Fun time. | |
| Posted Mar 29, 2009 5:17 pm | ||
| kavak | From the road Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2006 | |
| My wife wanted to show me San Francisco, but I insisted that we at least spend one day outside the city. We had no idea that it is illegal to do this hike? We just parked off the road and walked up it. The Lick Observatory was very interesting as well as the tour. | |
| Posted Nov 17, 2008 9:48 am | ||
| ericwillhite | East Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2008 | |
| So the signs scared me and the gate was open with someone up there. Decided to continue on the road down the east side of the mountain. Parked in a turnout. Climbed up the opposite ridge of the road up to the summit. Some bushwacking but not bad...although my kids didn't like getting wacked in the face by the brush as I thrashed through and crawled under. No one on top, hiked the road down, gate was now closed. http://www.willhiteweb.com/california_climbing/mount_hamilton/copernicus_peak_251.htm | |
| Posted Jul 23, 2008 12:28 am | ||
| Tracy | My 6th CA cohp Date Climbed: May 17, 2008 | |
| My 3rd cohp for the day. Summitted at 6:45 PM. | |
| Posted May 21, 2008 1:06 am | ||
| SFMountaineer | CCHP #13 Date Climbed: Mar 23, 2008 | |
| Drove up today and did the quick technically illegal hike to Copernicus Peak. Uneventful, views were better from Lick observatory. | |
| Posted Mar 23, 2008 8:42 pm | ||
| Brian Kalet | From the road Date Climbed: Feb 23, 2008 | |
| During a storm at night. | |
| Posted Feb 25, 2008 10:20 pm | ||
| weeds19 | The road is the crux Date Climbed: Jun 2, 2006 | |
| The long narrow drive up was the hardest part. I wished for my road bike! | ||
| Posted Sep 8, 2007 5:47 pm | ||
| keema | A quickie Date Climbed: Feb 29, 2004 | |
| I was out driving around the hills and stopped at the observatories. Parked and jogged down the road and up to the fire lookout. | |
| Posted Jan 7, 2007 4:55 am | ||
| mlarkin2002 | From the road Date Climbed: Jan 27, 2006 | |
| Quick dayhike to the summit from the nearby road. No views ; obscured by haze and mist. | ||
| Posted Oct 19, 2006 11:03 pm | ||
| surgent | Easy hike | |
| Part of a few days in the Bay Area visiting my sister. | |
| Posted Sep 13, 2006 3:21 pm | ||
| Chris Doig | fun with wife and son Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2006 | |
| We ran up this one after visiting the observatory. Take the telescope tour, it is quite interesting. Found 2 geocaches too. We kept going to Livermore, 70 miles of twisty road fun. Nobody even puked in my car :-) | |
| Posted Sep 4, 2006 6:50 am | ||
| derbilly | 1st intentional CoHP trip Date Climbed: Mar 21, 2003 | |
| The observatory at the top of Mt Hamilton is interesting. | |
| Posted Aug 17, 2006 2:39 pm | ||
| lingana | Easy One Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2006 | |
| Expected it to be at least a bit of a climb, but realized that the drive up to the laboratory was much longer than the 20 minute hike (can't even be called a hike). View from top was beautiful. | |
| Posted Jul 11, 2006 7:38 pm | ||
| cjrandall | Nice winter visit Date Climbed: Feb 2, 2002 | |
| Drove up with my two daughters, a long drive up Mount Hamilton Road from San Jose. My wife was out of town, and brought the girls up with me since I was taking care of them for the weekend. Easy 20 minute hike from the roadside just past Mount Hamilton Observatory. Stopped off on the way home for a chance to play in the snow alongside the road. | |
| Posted Jun 29, 2006 2:39 pm | ||
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