Here To There

We left the house at 8:30 and got to the trail head at 10:30. That included about 30 minutes of being lost. Some important notes on getting to the Palomarin Trailhead: first of all, Sir Francis Drake is in Larkspur and is only 8 miles after the end of the Golden Gate Bridge. If you get to the Richmond Bridge, you’ve gone to far. After you get on Sir Francis Drake, go about 20 miles to the end of the road, then turn left on Hwy 1 and go 9.6 miles. Turn on Olema-Bolinas road, which is opposite a white ranch house. Drive along the north side of a small bay for about 1.3 miles. At the end of the road, take a left on Horseshoe Hill and go another 0.2 miles until you get to Mesa. Turn right on Mesa and follow it for about 5.5 miles until it ends in a parking lot. That is the trailhead. Hopefully we can cut some time off of the drive next time knowing these little tips.

We headed down Coastal Trail for about 3.5 miles until we got to the Alamere Falls cutoff on the left. The trail starts out on the ocean and is beautiful for the first mile, then it heads inland around Bass Lake and then Pelican Lake for the next 2.5 miles. The inland trail isn’t as pretty as the coastal, but such is life. Getting to the falls on Alamere Falls trail is a bit difficult since it isn’t maintained. It’s pretty overgrown, so wear pants for protection! The view of the falls isn’t great from the top. From the main bluff, the falls go down a bit and then pool again before dropping off to the beach. Conceivably you could scramble down to the final drop off bluff, but it looked a little iffy, so we skipped it. Next time it would be fun to hike to the bottom of the falls.

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