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Show The Salt Lake Tribune ADVENTURE H4 Sunday, June 30, 2002 Trail Offers Stunning Views of Bay Area San Francisco, Oakland, San dose and Santa Clara in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, BY BOB DOWNING KNIGHTRIDDER NEWS SERVICE BERKELEY, Calif cisco Bay come not from the City by the Bay but from the Skyline National Recreation Trail. In general, the hiking along the East Bay Skyline Trail is easy and there are plenty of day-hike options such as hik- on the ridges above Oakland and Berkeley Theridge, with its two-lane ing to an extinct volcanoor toa road and its expensive houses, offers million-dollar views of second-growth redwood forest. It is largely restricted to San Francisco. San Francisco, the Oakland hikers and equestrians, with mountain bikers limited to wherethetrail is on fire roads andserviceroads. The 679-acreSibley Volcanic Bay Bridge, the Golden Gate Bridge (16 miles away) and even Mount Tamalpais poke through the fog that blankets Regional Preserve includes a dormant volcano, Round Top, at 1,763 feet. It erupted 10 million years ago but the rock around thevolcanoeventually eroded away. The result is that the bay. To the north lies Mount ton, The Salt Lake Tribune, VO), Box @ ake City, Utah 64110. Or via email to wharton@sltrib.com Nine readers correctly identified last week's photo as le Rock Monument bear Lehi. Peter Klein's name was dra wn from the correct entries and he will receive a copy of Utah. New Boating Laws Take Effect on Monday Beginning Monday, Utah boaters are subject to a new boating-under-the-influence law. lier this year, the Utah Legislature passed HouseBill 4, which subjects people found guilty of operating a boat under: the infiuence of alcohol or drugs to possible loss of their automobile drivingprivileges. “This new law recognizes that it is just 2 werous to drink beverages alcoholic when drivingaboat, as it is an automobile,” said Utah Boating Coordinator Ted Woolley Though alcoholic beverages arestill allowed on board, mo torboat operators may not have an open container. Also new Monday is arequirement that motorboat op: erators younger than 16 be ac: companied on board and St. Helena and to the east is Mount Diablo. Such an impres- sive panorama. ‘Thetrail runs through Con- tra Costa and northern Alamedacounties andconnects ised by an adult. is new agerestriction does not affect operators of personal raft (PWC) ages 12 to 15 who posse ah PWC edu- cationcerti Other boating rule changes include: @ Vessels in operation after dark may display only naviga tion lights and no other spot- lights or floodlights, with the exceptionof intermittent use of non navigational lights when locatinghi Boaters involved in an accident with property damagein excess of$2,000 must immedi- ately notify the nearest state park ranger or other law en- forcementofficer. For more information on Utah’s boating laws andrules, call 801-538-7341. cross sections of the volcano are out in the open for public six impressive regional parks operated by the East Bay Re- gional Park District. examination. Today, blocks of basalt lava it operates that once flowed from the volcanosurroundit. There are a lot of other voleanic features you can see on self-guided 59 parks covering 91,000 acres including some surprisingly wildtracts and morethan 1,000 milesoftrails. The trail’s northern termi nus in Richmond is Wildcat walking tours (maps and bro- chures are available): basaltic dikes, volcanic ash filled with bits of rock andlava, red-baked Canyon Regional Park. Its southern terminus is just north of Castro Valley. The highest cinder pebbly mud- have been shapedbyvisitors. Round Top thelargest of four nearby volcanoes is flanked by old quarries that expose the interior of the old el, which you can see below you. You may be hiking in grassy meadows, through oak- laurel piles, stones,river gravels and sands. Two labyrinths or rock mazes point on the trail is Vollmer Peakat1,913 feet abovesealev- madrone-bay wasused by ships to navigate their way across San Francisco Bay. The giant trees were cut plete, including the East Bay east That would befrom the East Bay Skyline National Recreation Trail, which runs31 miles n and be eligible for a drawing for the book Utah by forme Salt Lake Tribune outdoor editor ‘Tom Wharton andhis wife, ven Entries must be received by The Salt Lake Tribune vy noon. Send them to: Where is it? /O Tom Whar- teo, Santa Clara, Solano and Sonomacounties. To date, 217 miles are com- Napa, Some of the best views of San Fran: Correctly locate where in Utah this photograph wa San Francisco, San Ma- 150-foot-tall redwoods. The grove — once filled with the biggest redwoods in California,upto 20 feet in diameter or favorable abroad. Argentina (peso) 375 Australia (dollar) 1.74 between 1840 and 1860 and Brazil (real) 283 again after the San Francisco earthquakeof1906. Chile (peso) | 70222 China (yuan) 8.28 The park features lush, fern-filled grottos and sunny chaparral-filled slopes. There is an 8.2-mile mountain bike loop andtrails of three to eight miles withlotsof loop options. Tilden Regional Park covers 2,077 acres in Berkeley Hills on the ridges above the University of California Berkeley campus. Canada (dollar) Czech Rep. (koruna) | 4.60. European (euro) 4.02 France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Spain Great Britain (pound) golf course, botanical garden, pony rides, kids farm and nature center. Hungary (forint) CanyonRegional Park covers a 2,428-acre wilderness tract along pretty Wildcat Creek. The 240-acre Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve, a India (rupee) Indonesia (rupiah) Israel(shekel) Japan (yen) South Africa (rand) South Korea (won) CA 94605-0381; 510-635-0135. Sweden (krona) The Internet site is 124.24 38 9.92 2.02 755 50.33 4.02 1.77 10:34 1,202.50 9.26 Switzerland (franc) www.ebparks.org. Bay Area Ridge Trail Coun- Taiwan (dollar) cil, 26 O'Farrell St., Suite 400, San Francisco, CA 94108; 415391-9300. Check out www. Thailand (baht) Venezuela (bolivar) ridgetrail.org. 48.89 8,585.00 497 Malaysia(ringgit) District at 2950 Peralta Oaks Court, P.O. Box 5381, Oakland, For moreinformation, con- 7.80 249.39 ~ Mexico (peso) tact the East Bay Regional Park early fall with ripe berries. 0.68 Hong Kong (dollar) New Zealand(dollar) Norway (krone) Philippines (peso) Poland (zloty) Singapore (dollar) cool and shaded oasis of greenery,is filled in late summerto 30.93 Egypt (pound) It includes a swim lake, a miniature steam train, carousel, Farther north near Richmond andElCerrito, Wildcat 1.52 1.50 33.67 41.79 1,285.50 SOURCE Pactic Exchange Rate Service ‘TheAssociated Pres Redwood Regional Park, midwayonthetrail, includes oy a88.‘Od:aE Fall arenae Sept.,30-Oct. a Fall Branson & Nauvoo Tour Oct. 7-15 Veteran Branson Tour Nov 5th-9th Christmas Branson Tour Dec 2nd-7th CALL OR-WRITE 373-7783 .OR 1-800-603-7783 nine counties and more than communities, Rates paid in the United States for each dollar changed. 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