🌲 Be Among the First to Explore This Scenic New Forest Trail🌲

Exciting news! A stunning new trail near Santa Cruz is opening to the public for the very first time! This hidden gem features beautiful redwood forests and peaceful surroundings, perfect for a memorable day of hiking and nature.

We’re planning a special group hike to experience it together.

🕊️ If all goes well, we’ll have the rare opportunity to explore this peaceful, pristine trail before it becomes widely known.

📌 Limited to 22 serious hikers only!
👉 everyone's in the waiting list for now...
📌 Please sign up only if you're truly planning to attend.
📌 Details will be shared once I receive confirmation from the Park Ranger.
📎 Read more: NBC Bay Area Feature
Scenic forest trails near Santa Cruz to open to the public for the first time

Cotoni-Coast Dairies, a newly established national monument near Santa Cruz, is set to open its trails for hiking and biking this summer. The 6,000-acre property will offer a 17-mile trail network with stunning coastal views. Public access is scheduled to begin in August.

Here's a more detailed look at what to expect:
Opening Date: The trails are expected to open in August.
Trail Network: A 17-mile network of trails will be available for hiking and biking.
Features: The property boasts scenic woodlands, Pacific Ocean vistas, and newly cut trails.
Recreation: Hiking and mountain biking will be the primary recreational activities.

Community Involvement: The Santa Cruz Mountains Trail Stewardship has been instrumental in developing the trails and ensuring public access.
Phased Development: The trail network will be developed in phases, with the initial phase focusing on the northern section of the property.

Unique Experience: The area offers a rare opportunity to experience a national monument with unique coastal access.

Location: The monument is located north of Santa Cruz, near Davenport.

From Coastal Dairy to National Monument: The Early Days
North of Davenport, Cotoni-Coast Dairies hugs the northern coast of Santa Cruz County, shaped by rugged and beautiful terrain including vast coastal terraces, rolling hillsides, and mountain ridgelines that plunge into deep riparian canyons. Six creeks flow through the landscape and into the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary offshore. A rich diversity of vegetation includes coastal grasslands, oak woodlands, and redwood forests. Diverse ecosystems provide habitat for a variety of rare or special-status species like steelhead, coho salmon, red-legged frogs, and mountain lions. Expansive hillsides offer dramatic vistas of the Pacific coastline and Monterey Bay.

*Meetup Time: 9:30am
* Hike Time: 10am
Finish Time: 2:30pm estimated
Length: 6 or 9 miles options
Elevation gain: 1,200ft
Level: Moderate Challenging!
Dog: No!

Bring Smiles for Miles! Water, Snacks, Hiking Poles, Sunscreens...
Wear Hiking Shoes, Dress layers for the weather...

Optional after hike late lunch/early dinner place coming soon...

Encouraging carpooling if you know each other well for everyone's safety. Please contact each other in a private message not in the message board. Thank you! https://www.groupcarpool.com/t/gamyw3

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⚠️ Please Read Before Joining:
These hikes and group dinners are hosted voluntarily and with love for the outdoors and community. Participation is completely voluntary, and everyone joins at their own risk and responsibility.

👉 We kindly ask you to review the event details carefully — including directions, trail descriptions, and dinner spots — before joining.
Trails are part of nature and may not match everyone’s preferences. Dinner venues are selected based on group size, availability, and location. We do our best but can’t guarantee personal favorites.

🧡 Most importantly, come with an open heart, positive energy, and kindness. Let’s enjoy what we can control — good company, fresh air, and meaningful connections.

*Requested contribution suggested amount $5-$20 to keep the club going!
​*Note: Thanks for joining our wellness club event, it does take time and money to make it happen. To support/keep our group alive and active, You can help! Dr.Heidi kindly asks for a contribution, accept in person.
Your contribution will help us cover our costs and make our Meetups going even better.

*DO NOT ATTEND if you're experiencing any cold or flu symptoms, have a compromised immune system.

We are an intermediate hike group. Please be ready to keep up hiking with us 6-9 miles without any health issues. If you don't workout, hiking a minimum of 6 miles regularly, this hiking event may not be a good fit for you.

*Hike at YOUR OWN RISK. Open trails aren't necessarily free of hazards--by entering the wilderness, you assume responsibility for your safety and must use good judgment.

*Participation in this event is strictly voluntary! The event host/organizer assumes no responsibility for any injury, damage, or loss you may incur. You join and hike entirely at your own risk.

*LIABILITY WAIVER: By signing up for the wellness hiking event, you hereby release its organizers, hosts, and participants from any and all liability, claims, demands or causes of action that you now have, or may have in the future, for illness, injuries, damages, and/or economic loss of any kind or nature, arising in whole or in part out of the activities, advice, or information contained herein. You agree to full responsibility for your own health issues.

*DISCLAIMER: By participating in this wellness hiking event, you understand that Meetup event Host/Organizer assumes ABSOLUTELY NO responsibility and you have to assume all at your own risk of injury, damage, and economic loss, without limitation, and release host/Organizer of all liability.

If anyone wishes to join our hike team, please answer the RSVP question every time for everyone's safety in the group. If you are unable to send me a message confirming that you are in good health and you are able to hike 6-9 miles without health issues we CANNOT approve you come to the hiking event.
*Please don't just walk in Thank you for your cooperation!

I'm looking forward to meeting, hiking with you and making good memories together.
Yours in good health! Dr. Heidi💝

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