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Mount Tamalpais State Park

Name: Mount Tamalpais State Park
Rating: 4.00

Type: Trail

Length: 50.00 Miles

Elevation Gain: N/A

Cost: N/A

Rating:

(4.00)1

Difficulty: 4stars

(4.00)

Solitude:

(3.00)

ADA Accessible: N/A

Bikes Allowed: Yes

Dogs Allowed: No

Interpretive Guide: N/A

City: Stinson Beach

County: Marin

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Coppertone stands right in the middle of the trail as it bisects a couple of large Redwoods. (Photo by Austin Explorer)

It's not too often that one finds a ladder on a trail. But here one is on the aptly named Steep Ravine Trail with Coppertone halfway up. (Photo by Austin Explorer)

Coppertone stands in the hollowed out center of a large Redwood tree. (Photo by Austin Explorer)

Yet another bridge over the creek. (Photo by Austin Explorer)

The Steep Ravine Trail features a number of bridges that cross Webb Creek. (Photo by Austin Explorer)

Did we mention there were lots of stairs on these trails? (Photo by Austin Explorer)

The Dipsea Trail opens up as it gets nearer to the Pacific. (Photo by Austin Explorer)

The Dipsea Trail follows the path of the oldest trail race in America. The first Dipsea race was held in 1905. Coppertone here poses along a marker. (Photo by Austin Explorer)

The trail as it makes a transition into a Redwood grove brings about an abrupt change in the forest floor cover. (Photo by Austin Explorer)

Two hikers on the trail enjoy views of the Pacific off to their right. (Photo by Austin Explorer)

It's a bit fuzzy, but the gap in the mountains in the distance reveals the top of the Golden Gate Bridge and the skyscrapers of San Francisco. (Photo by Austin Explorer)

A set of hikers ahead of us along the Dipsea Trail heading towards the Pacific. (Photo by Austin Explorer)

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Stair master workout down to to the ocean
By Austin Explorer on 10/18/2015
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Distance: 8.34 Miles Duration: 4 hours, 44 minutes

Coppertone and I started off at the Pantoll Ranger Station and descended down Lower Old Mine and Dipsea Trails all the way to the Pacific Ocean. We stopped for a snack on a picnic bench behind a sand dune wind break before heading back up, but this time via the Steep Ravine Trail.

Along the Lower Old Mine Trail we encountered a covery of California Quail that ran, glided and flew in various directions, all the while maintaining communications with each other via danger calls.

There were a surprising number of people on the trail considering it steepness. There were stairs along numerous segments of the Dipsea and Steep Ravine Trails. Going down a large number of them is tougher on the knees that going up them.

Our outing turned out to be longer than we planned. When adding up the distances as printed on some of the park brochures we should have done about 6.5 miles. Maybe 7. But somehow we ended up at over 8. We felt more rejuvinated after stopping for pizza on the way home.