Mount Diablo | The Grand Loop - Revisited

November 23, 2014
Contra Costa County
Hikers: Cathy, Laura, Noreen
Distance: 8.3 miles
Elevation Gain: 2,405 ft.

Another beautiful day on Mt. D.





Here we are, on the wrong trail...



 






Now we are on the right track...











I think this hill needs to be named Hippo Hill. Don't you agree?


Bloody hoof print..




 No. Nothing interesting on the trail. Just steep - taking a breather.





 

























 The observation deck.

 


 The new "Eye of Diablo"








Trails: 

Deer Flat Road, Meridian Ridge Road, Bald Ridge Trail (the guide book has you stay on Meridian Ridge Road to Prospector Gap Road - but we prefer single track over fire road), Prospectors Gap Road, North Peak Trail, Summit Trail, Juniper Trail.