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For information on upcoming trail days, please visit our News and Events Page. Condition Reports This page is a compilation of reports on conditions and maintenance needs of Mount Tamalpais trails. The TCC's Trails Committee maintains this page as a service to hikers, and for use in planning future trail maintenance projects. We rely upon you, the users of the mountain's trails, to provide information on trail conditions. There are well over 100 miles of hiking trails on the mountain. We cannot be everywhere at once. Please take the time to send us any information you do not see already posted on this page. We would appreciate reports of any maintenance needs you see, and also reports of any trails you find to be in good condition. Our goal is to provide comprehensive information on all trails. Scroll down this page to see the list of reports. The area covered is generally the same as included in Barry Spitz' book, Tamalpais Trails. This area is bounded by Highway 1 through Green Gulch to the southeast, and by Bolinas-Fairfax Rd. and Audubon Canyon Ranch to the northwest. This page also covers a small part of the Pine Mountain area. To submit a report, please click here and fill out the form.
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Redwood Spring Trail (MTSP & MMWD) |
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2/25/02, CVR: The first part of this trail, starting at the East Peak picnic area to Eldridge Grade, is on state park land. The opening few hundred feet are in good condition. As it descends to Eldridge Grade, the trail has become very eroded and is difficult for the hiker. While the exact location of the state park boundary is unclear, the MMWD is contemplating reconstructing this section. The trail past Eldridge Grade is on water district land. Most of this section as far as Redwood Spring is basically sound, although it needs a little brushing. Approaching Redwood Spring, a deep ditch comes into the trail and follows it for a few feet before dropping downhill. A major repair is needed here. The trail past Redwood Spring, dripping to North Side Trail, was never actually constructed; it is merely a use trail. It is very steep, slippery, and narrow. This would be a desirable location for a well-built trail, because the route opens up interesting loop possibilities from East Peak. |
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1/3/01, CVR: This trail is in better condition than in years past, as someone has competently brushed it out within the last year or so, although not to a great width. Much of it remains steep and eroded. The route is clear enough to follow, except that the point at which the route departs from the creekside path at Deer Park remains vague. |
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Riding and Hiking Trail (MTSP) |
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12/19/01, CVR: This trail is in reasonably good condition throughout. However, a few places could use tread improvements, including the removal of berm. Both the main trail and the Riding and Hiking Trail Spur, where they approach Easy Grade Trail, are dumping a great deal of water on that trail; more water bars are needed here. |
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7/21/00, CVR: The trail is mostly in good condition. The TCC worked on parts of the trail during several trail days in 1999. A set of stone steps ascending to a serpentine ridge, some distance west of Alice Eastwood Trail, remains incomplete. The trail across that ridge is vague, and obstructing rocks need to be removed. Parts of the trail need further brushing, although they are only modestly overgrown |
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Rocky Ridge Fire Trail (MMWD) |
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7/21/00, CVR: The MMWD has abandoned this trail, and discourages its use, due to erosion problems. It is steep. There is little reason to use this trail, as the MMWD has extended Lower North Side Trail to intersect with Rock Spring-Lagunitas Fire Road, and has reopened Arturo Trail. The pole line and pipes that follow this route should be removed. |
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5/28/03, CVR: The TCC and state park staff have done considerable work on this trail in 2000, 2001, and January 2003. The opening yards of the trail, at Panoramic Highway, are very steep. The footing here is firm, and the trail previously was not suffering much erosion, but it did receive some damage in the heavy rains of December 2002. Parts of the trail, particularly near the bottom, remain in need of a moderate amount of brushing. A number of water bars were added in January 2003. Although the work is holding up well, parts of the trail still bear watching, to determine if the number is sufficient to prevent the recurrence of past problems, when the trail channeled water and eroded. It appears that still more water bars are needed in a few scattered locations. |
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9/5/01, CVR: The first part of this trail, beginning at Rock Spring, is in reasonably good condition, although it is very steep just past the bridge over Zeische Creek. After the trail leaves the woods, and traverses chaparral on serpentine soil, it is in terrible condition for most of the distance to Barth's Retreat--often steep, often deeply rutted, lacking proper drainage, and often moderately brushy. Only short sections in the area of the summit are in reasonably good condition. The descent to Barth's Retreat is a long, continuous, undrained ditch. |
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