On April 3rd we hiked Poly Canyon Road from the campus to the Architecture Graveyard.
It has been two years since we last made this hike, and the group did a splendid job of navigating the most difficult part—campus parking. It took 2.74 hours and was 4 miles round trip. Elevation change 585 feet. There was a huge assortment of student projects stretching back to the sixties in the Graveyard and even a brand new one. There is a really huge suspension bridge which reached out over a creek that was particularly impressive. On the way back we noticed a lone oak on a distant hilltop which will become our first hike in May.
Our second hike in April was on the 17th (map pictured below).
It took us to Cambria and along the coastal bluff trail. We first entered the Fiscalini Ranch Preserve just off Hwy 1 and hiked along a stream and through a forest. The hike was 5.1 miles long and took 2.75 hours with a 440- foot elevation change. Few hikes offer an equivalent variety of scenery
On Friday, May 1st we will make a hike we have never done before at the Hard difficulty level. Starting at the base of Cuesta grade we will go west along a series of trails to the Serenity Swing suspended on the lone oak we first noticed on the Cal Poly hike. The full hike is 6.6 miles and 5 hours. A real adventure. We will also have a shorter 4-hour option that does not go all the way to the swing. For more information on this unique hike go to Serenity Swing For more information on hiking with the RAMs contact our hike leader Russ Bik