Mendocino County Outdoor Recreation Group

ATTENTION:
changing directions.
Let's walk to the old winery, instead of walking the dam. This walk is about 5 miles on single track trail, and up and down, rarely level., 10-50 feets up and down every few hundred feet! The workout will be different than the steady up of the spillway dam. There's usually a little less poison oak than the south part of the lake, but watch out for it! and snakes, too!

We'll meet at 11 at the picnic area of the overlook. Park at joe riley picnic area ahead of time, or park at the overlook.

Wear a hat, bring water, and use hiking poles, sun glasses. The ground can be really slippery from loose pebbles. Wear shoes that can take brief steep slippery slopes. Poison Oak is everywhere. If you are susceptible, wear long sleeves, long pants, and stay on the trail. After, change and wash clothes in soap in water. Wear light colored clothes - the better to see ticks. And especially wash the dog after the hike.

Most of us have a walking routine in-between the Monday meetups. I recommend walking every day to be ready to hike with us for two hours on Monday.

RSVP and we'll wait for 11am to make sure you're there. If you're late, catch up with us by walking north on the Shakota trail.

Lets take an energetic morning hike on the beautiful western Ukiah valley hill. We'll start mid morning after it warms up a bit, but not too much & coffee kicks in. Warm weather forecast. Meet in Low Gap Park parking lot. Lower loop, then upper loop, if we like. Approx 4.5 miles. Bring water, hat, hiking poles & snack, as needed.

Let's meet & walk for exercise. We'll start at 11 & be back by 1. March Monday the 17th, we did 3 & 3/4 miles at 2.5 mph. and 300 feet elevation gain. and finished in 1 1/2 hrs. In that time we stopped at every special viewing spot and looked at the eagles in the nest.

Wear a hat, bring water, and use hiking poles, sun glasses. The ground can be really slippery from loose pebbles. Wear shoes that can take brief steep slippery slopes. Poison Oak is everywhere. If you are susceptible, wear long sleeves, long pants, and stay on the trail. After, change and wash clothes in soap in water. Wear light colored clothes - the better to see ticks. And especially wash the dog after the hike.

In the spring of 2024 we saw a baby rattler on the trail. Several years back we saw a baby rattler up on the Rafella drive, part of our loop.

Most of us have a walking routine in-between the Monday meetups. I recommend walking every day to be ready to hike with us for two hours on Monday.

RSVP and we'll wait for 11am to make sure you're there.