TRAIL USERS

Mountain biking as we know it today is really an offshoot of the creativity of cyclists who did not want to be limited to paved roads.  You show me a mountain (Mount Tam or Mount Diablo come to mind) with paved and dirt trails and varied terrain and I will show you early cyclists who…

As a cyclist do you hear the mountain calling your name?  Well, you are not alone.  Challenge, beauty, training, or just plain adventure all coalesce to attract riders to the 3,848 ft high mountain.  Today there are more than 100,000 annual cyclist visits to Mount Diablo.  But what about the past? For that we need…

Equestrian Early Days in Mount Diablo State Park Mount Diablo State Park was created in 1931 at just over 2,000 acres. It had no staging areas, and two public paved roads for access, one from Walnut Creek called Northgate Road and the other from Danville/Diablo called Southgate Road. Still, in its first 10 months of…

Multi-User Trail History – Contra Costa County and Mount Diablo Do you ever hike or ride on a trail and reflect on its history?  How long has that trail been in existence, what did it look like 50 years or 100 years ago?  On Mount Diablo, we have trails that go back 150 years. Pine…