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Ascent of Mount Diablo on 2010-05-01

Climber: Walter Blume

Others in Party:

Margaret
William

Date:

Saturday, May 1, 2010

Ascent Type:

Successful Summit Attained

Motorized Transport to Trailhead:

Car

Peak:

Mount Diablo

Location:

USA-California

Elevation:

3849 ft / 1173 m

Ascent Trip Report

Did Grand Loop route. This is an outstanding hike!

Contrary to what we read at
http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=25098 this hike is much more than a 500 foot elevation gain. We took Grand Loop to Deer Flat to Summit trail and then down via Juniper/Trail Through Time. This has about 2800 feet of up and down and is quite strenuous, but the views are outstanding and thanks to recent rains there were copious wildflowers. Only downside was it was a bit hazy and we couldn't quite see the Sierras.

Summary Total Data

Elevation Gain:

2708 ft / 825 m

Elevation Loss:

2708 ft / 825 m

Distance:

7.5 mi / 12 km

Quality:

8 (on a subjective 1-10 scale)

Route Conditions:

Road Hike, Maintained Trail

Weather:

Pleasant, Breezy, Clear

Ascent Statistics

Elevation Gain:

2708 ft / 825 m

Extra Loss:

1800 ft / 548 m

Distance:

6 mi / 9.7 km

Route:

clockwise grand loop

Trailhead:

Laurel Dell Camp 2941 ft / 896 m

Time Up:

2 Hours 58 Minutes

Descent Statistics

Elevation Loss:

908 ft / 277 m

Distance:

1.5 mi / 2.3 km

Route:

Trail through Time

Trailhead:

Laurel Dell Camp 2941 ft / 896 m

Time Down:

1 Hours 37 Minutes

GPS Data for Ascent/Trip

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