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Winter in Sugarloaf offers many different colors, shapes, textures, and subtle lightning: great for practicing nature photography. California Naturalist John Lynch will lead this 3.5 mile, 3.5-hour hike from creekside to hillside and back through the meadow, using our cameras as tools to engage in the aesthetic appreciation of nature while also documenting flora and fauna through iNaturalist (inaturalist.org). If you have made an observation for a while, this is your chance.Meet at the Visitor Center, where we will enjoy hot cocoa post-hike. Tickets are $10 for general audiences, $5 for students, youth (12-17 years old; children under 18 years olf must be accompanied by a parent or guardian), Sugarloaf members, Sugarloaf volunteers, and free for children under 12. Wear layers, appropriate footwear for slippery/muddy trails, bring at least a quart of water, sun protection, and a fully-charged cell phone or camera. Heavy rain cancels; parking fees apply.
Ease of access: The main parking lot has one van-designated parking spot and an accessible vault toilet. There is no water or cell service in the area. Creekside Trail has two trailheads. The trailhead from the main lot is ADA compliant for about 0.35 miles. Our route for this hike veers off to the left at the White Barn junction, across a narrow bridge and single-track trail that connects with Hillside. Hillside Trail is a gravel and dirt road with two 100-ft hills and a small year-round stream crossing with a plank as a crossing aid. Meadow is a mostly flat composite trail manageable by strollers and wheelchairs from the trailhead to about a mile in, although officially not an ADA-compliant trail. The entire loop is a fire road sometimes driven by authorized vehicles.
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