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| sierramtngoat | A good local workout  Date Climbed: Oct 27, 2001 | |
| I've climbed this peak dozens of times in the day or night; I think it has some good bang for the buck if you want a relatively short/steep hike (~2000'/~50 min.). There is a nice traversing trail that goes across the face of the upper mountain that my friend and I dubbed "The American Route" considering that we seemed to be the only Americans on the hill and the only ones going direct. I think the park service is writing tickets for people that cut the switchbacks now, but they haven't closed "The American Route" yet.... that would be un-American! | |
| Posted Jun 16, 2006 8:35 am | ||
| lakenyon | various times | |
| 03/04/2006: Ohlone Wilderness Trail from Del Valle to Stanford Ave 2003-2006: Quite a few times from Stanford Ave. | |
| Posted May 14, 2006 9:19 pm | ||
| SummitJunkie | Mission Peak Date Climbed: Mar 27, 2006 | |
| Quick workout to the top. Nice views, lots of people. | |
| Posted Mar 26, 2006 9:59 pm | ||
| SawtoothSean | Route Climbed: West side Date Climbed: December 25, 1994 | |
| Great little mountain- many ascents when I lived nearby. | |
| Posted Jan 14, 2006 1:41 am | ||
| Joglo | Route Climbed: Stanford Avenue Date Climbed: January 1, 2006 | |
| It was insanely windy climbing up today (can you say, "jetstream"?). Almost considered turning around but I had decided earlier in the week that I wanted to do it on New Years Day. Half ran and half walked up and finally made it up in ~50 mins. The wind felt like it was actually helping push me up on some sections. On other sections it was all I could do to keep from blowing over. The summit pyramid was ok because it was sheltered from the southwest wind but at the top I literally could not stick more than my head up above the rocks or risk getting blown to Livermore. I think it took me about the same time to go down because of the strong headwinds! Saw just a few other brave souls on their way up. Luckily, the rain held up. | ||
| Posted Jan 1, 2006 9:12 pm | ||
| Bob Burd | Route Climbed: Stanford Ave / Ohlone College / Sunol / Ed Levin Date Climbed: Many | |
| If you live in the Bay Area and go hiking, you've probably climbed this. Hugely popular. | |
| Posted Nov 22, 2005 1:09 am | ||
| NewDayRising | Route Climbed: trail Date Climbed: many times | |
| good for conditioning. | |
| Posted Oct 21, 2005 3:27 am | ||
| mparker | Date Climbed: September 9, 2004 | |
| Good workout and not a long drive if you live in the Bay Area. | |
| Posted Sep 29, 2005 12:43 am | ||
| Smithman123 | Date Climbed: August 8, 2005 | |
| This is a fun little workout peak with a great view of the Bay area from the top. Walking briskly it takes around 1 hour to get to the summit. I climbed it early in the spring, and it was much more pleasant. In the summer it gets really hot on the trail to the top. | |
| Posted Aug 29, 2005 9:10 pm | ||
| Shawn | Date Climbed: Many many times | |
| Great workout hill in our backyard here in Silicon Valley. Used for a variety of sports, I use it for hiking and running. Great views and always a nice hike. | |
| Posted May 3, 2005 9:41 pm | ||
| McCannster | Route Climbed: Date Climbed: Many | |
| I've gone up this mountain four times now and I have enjoyed every single trip. On one of my summit bids of Mission Peak, my friend and I filmed a movie up there. My most recent time I went, my friend and I took a side trip to the Mount Allison and Monument Peak summits, to the south. which was cool. | |
| Posted Apr 28, 2005 3:05 pm | ||
| mlthorn | Route Climbed: Trailhead at end Stanford Ave off Mission Date Climbed: February 14 & 28, 2005 | |
| A beautiful day, blue sky with puffy clouds, the big rain last night cut some 1 foot deep cracks in the road, but the track was mostly dry. I'm trying to get in shape for doing Wainwright's North England Coast to Coast in July. This should do it. The second time up I borrowed some Traverse poles, which gave my upper arms a workout and kept me from slipping on the gravel coming down..highly recommended. | ||
| Posted Mar 1, 2005 12:11 am | ||
| brianhughes | Route Climbed: Stanford Avenue Date Climbed: January 1st, 2005 | |
| I've hiked up Mission Peak many times over the years, as the trailheads are only a few minutes from home. This can be a strenuous training hike. From Stanford Ave it climbs 2,127 vertical feet in about 3 miles. Lots of people on the trail today, despite the sometimes threatening New Years Day weather. From the summit of Mission Peak, I continued on over to Monument Peak, which is another 3 miles or so to the south. Everyone else must have run out of steam once they'd reached the Mission Peak summit, because I didn't pass a single person from there all the way out to Monument Peak and back. Lots of rain in the last few days, so the hillsides were nice and green, but the trails were muddy in places. One of my favorite features up here is the Great Wall of Milpitas, an old rock wall that meanders across the countryside for a few miles on an apparently random route. You really have to go on out to Monument Peak to get a good view of it. | |
| Posted Jan 2, 2005 12:50 am | ||
| Gangolf Haub | Route Climbed: From Sunol Wilderness Date Climbed: June 1990 | |
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| Posted Nov 1, 2004 6:16 am | ||
| bridgetvern | Route Climbed: Standard Date Climbed: 11 Sept 04 | |
| Great training hike. Took less than 2 hours roundtrip, but got a great workout! | ||
| Posted Sep 19, 2004 10:49 pm | ||
| orandall | Route Climbed: stanford ave Date Climbed: many many times | |
| this is my hometown "peak" - must have climbed it a hundred times - half of those on dates in high school | |
| Posted Sep 2, 2004 2:01 pm | ||
| atc | Route Climbed: Many routes Date Climbed: Numerous times | |
| This is a convenient mountain for training, being steep and short. Both mountain biking and hiking training can be done here. | ||
| Posted Aug 31, 2004 3:49 am | ||
| Scott Fulton | Route Climbed: Front side from Stanford Ave. Date Climbed: many times | |
| Managed to run up to top from Stanford Avenue in about 49 minutes to train for a nasty 50K run. | |
| Posted Aug 30, 2004 1:37 am | ||
| mposner | Route Climbed: Both routes up Date Climbed: Numerous Times | |
| This is a fun training hike. I've hiked it dozens of times while training to do a one day hike to Half Dome in Yosemite. It can be hot in the summer. | |
| Posted Feb 23, 2004 11:41 am | ||
| blmcclain | Route Climbed: Class Five Fire Trail Date Climbed: 15th Feb. 2004 | |
| Roped up (i.e. took the dogs) and started up the Class 5 fire trail. You think I joke but I witnessed about four people - including my wife - tumble down the steep sections with the loose gravel. As we acended the sky clouded up and the visibility grew dim until Mt. Diablo was barely visible. Summited, had a bite to eat, and a slight rain started. Got down in about 40 minutes. In hindsight I should have read the postings here first. Parked on the dirt and ended up with a $60 parking ticket! Come on Fremont, get real! Parking tickets in NYC are only $55! Don't punish people for getting outside! I think it's a media conspiracy to keep people parked in front of the TV to buy potato chips or SUVs. | |
| Posted Feb 16, 2004 3:09 pm | ||
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