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| BrendanHickey | Cold ascent  Date Climbed: Apr 6, 2006 | |
| Started at 7am just as the sun rose. The nice weather lasted until I reached the saddle, when the clouds rolled in and the temperature dropped to 38 degrees F! Some patches of snow at the top but it's mostly gone. | |
| Posted Jul 27, 2006 3:33 pm | ||
| nikolai | awesome views | |
| It wasn't clear to me what the true summit lump on top was, so I went to the southish one. Still was an awesome view. A+. | |
| Posted Jul 16, 2006 6:20 pm | ||
| lakenyon | dirt road Date Climbed: Dec 24, 2004 | |
| Walked up. | |
| Posted May 14, 2006 8:51 pm | ||
| 1000Pks | Route Climbed: Trail and Dirt Road Date Climbed: November 12, 2005 | |
| My 21x. Two hours from CA 29. Most climbers I've ever seen at Bubble Rock (about 20). T-shirt only cruise for my friend. Gorgeous fall colors enroute up CA 29. Busy towns along the way. Road needs to be widened, maybe to four lanes. Dangerous to pull out from side roads. Traffic, thousands of people traveling in the Napa Valley. Gas back down to below 2.429. Global warming concerns mean nothing to the average CA driver. Maybe 40 hikers summiting today. Lucky to get a parking spot right away (11 a.m.). | |
| Posted Nov 13, 2005 9:14 am | ||
| kaos14 | Route Climbed: Dirt Road Date Climbed: March 2004 | |
| A long walk up the dirt road was made better by great views and a lack of anyone else on the trail. | |
| Posted Oct 19, 2005 1:57 pm | ||
| starship_jen | Route Climbed: Dirt Road Date Climbed: March 1999 | |
| Ok, so I actually rode my mountain bike for this one, though I did walk some of the uphill. : ) Nice view from the top with lots of sunshine. Still had some snow on the mountain. | |
| Posted Aug 5, 2005 12:06 am | ||
| kalet | Route Climbed: Trail from SR29 summit Date Climbed: July 5, 2005 | |
| Had a sampler at Napa Valley Brewing Company before the climb! | |
| Posted Jul 6, 2005 5:30 pm | ||
| k2link | Route Climbed: Mt Saint Helena trail Date Climbed: March 2004 | |
| Hiked to the summit on a very warm spring day. The road is shadeless and dusty, and pretty unpleasant. But the views from the summit were outstanding. | |
| Posted Apr 12, 2005 8:57 pm | ||
| sackbut | Route Climbed: RLS State Park / Fire Road Date Climbed: March 5, 2005 | |
| Brought a group of 15 from St. Mary the Virgin Episcopal Church in SF - ages 12 to probably 64. It had rained a lot Friday, but it was sunny and warm Saturday, up in the 60s. The only mud we encountered was in the parking area. Everybody summitted, and we could see all of the landmarks as advertised - Lassen, Snow, Diablo, Tam, and the ocean. A beautiful hike all around. Someone should relocate and renovate the marker comemorating the 1841 ascent by the Russian party from Ft. Ross. There is an ugly radio outbuilding right beside, marginalizing and offending the marker. | |
| Posted Mar 7, 2005 2:14 pm | ||
| SgtSarge | Route Climbed: Dirt Road Date Climbed: July 1998 | |
| Hike this some time ago. Nice little hike to kill some time.. | |
| Posted Jan 24, 2005 4:50 pm | ||
| 1000Pks | Route Climbed: Dirt Road to Top Date Climbed: December 16, 2004 | |
| Hiking here is excellent, like all or most California Coastal Range peaks with trails/dirt roads to the tops, currently. The ground is dry enough, or well drained enough, so there is little or no mud. Boots stay clean. Six other hikers were seen today, with cold wind and lots of sun. No snow seemed visible in the coast range peaks to the north, with a dry spell we are having now. The forecasts ahead for the next several days indicate conditions should continue. My time, including a visit to the mid peak (east summit, HP of Napa County), was three hours to summit. No register for the County Highpointers was found. Two hours down. The south parking area is muddy and full of puddles, but the north side (of CA 29) is fine, with room for 4-5 cars. | |
| Posted Dec 17, 2004 10:59 pm | ||
| orandall | Route Climbed: trail Date Climbed: April 2004 | |
| car-to-car 2hrs 45 min. Easy like sunday morning | |
| Posted Sep 2, 2004 2:20 pm | ||
| John | Route Climbed: trail / dirt road Date Climbed: Aug 28, 2004 | |
| Hiked with Bob Evans followed by lunch at the Culinary Institute and some wine tasting. We started early but it got fairly warm on the descent. We only saw a group drive up to the summit in a Jeep and a lone moutain biker on the trail. There were some decent views from the summit with a slight haze, however it was still nice to get above the valley since I've been to there for wine tasting several times. | |
| Posted Aug 28, 2004 9:16 pm | ||
| keema | Route Climbed: Trail from SR 29 Date Climbed: May 16, 2004 | |
| This was the first of a two county high point day. Also did Mount Vaca in Solano County. This is a busy place. I thought I left late, 8:20 a.m., and yet was one of the first ones up. There were alot of people headed up in the warmer part of the day as I descended. I also found the start of a mine shaft just off the main road. An enjoyable hike. There were many hot air balloons in the Napa Valley on the drive in. That was cool! | |
| Posted May 16, 2004 9:17 pm | ||
| Bob Burd | Route Climbed: Trail from SR29 summit Date Climbed: April 30, 2004 | |
| Second of three county highpoints for the day. Trip Report | |
| Posted May 11, 2004 3:03 pm | ||
| Elwood | Route Climbed: Hikers trail to dirt road Date Climbed: April, 2002 | |
| Did the hike with a buddy, who continually told me how good a view it was from the top. Well, when we reached the top, all I saw was clouds. Ha! None the less, it was a good day hike! | |
| Posted Apr 8, 2004 11:22 am | ||
| derbilly | Route Climbed: fireroad Date Climbed: January 10, 2004 | |
| A highpointing trip with extensive views of the interior of a cloud. I did get some decent views on the way up/down of the northern portion of Napa Valley. | |
| Posted Feb 24, 2004 4:18 pm | ||
| hyperbolictans | Route Climbed: hiker's trail leading to dirt track Date Climbed: 2004 feb 8th | |
| Climbed w/ blmmclain. clear sky, napa valley below with wine fermenting peacefully. pacific out there shimmering in the afternoon sun. | |
| Posted Feb 9, 2004 12:52 pm | ||
| blmcclain | Route Climbed: Hiker's trail to the access road Date Climbed: Feb 8th, 2004 | |
| What a great hike! Only planned to do this as a maintenence hike to keep miles on the legs but what a wonderful surprise. A nearly perfect day with temps in the high 60's. From the summit we could see Shasta & Shastina, Lassen, the Northern Sierras, Mt. Tam, Tamalais point and the ocean, Mt. Diablo, and as a special treat, could even see some of the buildings in San Francisco - all without binoculars! This is a very old volcanic area and you are surrounded by reminants of eroded away volcanos that leave their internal magma plugs as postcards. Highly recommended. | |
| Posted Feb 9, 2004 12:08 pm | ||
| Sam Mills | Route Climbed: Access Road. Date Climbed: unknown | |
| Hiked to the North Summit one day after work. | |
| Posted Jan 24, 2004 4:37 pm | ||
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