Friends of Mt Tam

6:00 PM Evening Hike -Moderate-Mt Home #11 - Redwoods Tree Bathing Led by Nancy Benjamin
2018-07-25 | Mt Home #11, Mt Tamalpais
This is your opportunity to enjoy the wondrous redwoods and Muir Woods in the peace and quiet of the summer evening hours. About 5 miles Wednesday evening hikes last 2 to 3 hours with a 15 minute break.

9:30 AM Saturday Hike -Regular-Bootjack #10 - Redwoods Led by Maria de la Fuente
2018-07-21 | Bootjack #10, Mt Tamalpais
We all need strength and balance to live a good life. We can find some great examples and similarities in nature. Let’s hike and find some meaningful connections between us and the surrounding trees.

6:00 PM Evening Hike -Easy-Pantoll #9 - Mindfulness in Nature Led by Alexandra Jurasin
2018-07-18, 2018-07-04 | Pantoll #9, Mt Tamalpais
Explore your senses in nature while being guided through mindfulness practices. Finish the hike feeling like you’ve just had a cleansing shower for your mind. Wednesday evening hikes last 2 to 3 hours with a 15 minute break.

VC - Tom Brookshire
2018-07-15, 2018-06-17

9:30 AM Sunday Hike -Regular-Rock Spring #4 - Health and Happiness Led by Tracy Stuart
2018-07-15 | Rock Spring #4, Mt Tamalpais
Enjoy your endorphin high and share it with other hikers while exploring a landscape of Ferns, Sargent cypress trees, Serpentine Rock, Douglas Fir and Free flowing creeks. Dogs allowed with permits. No dogs will be allowed without a permit-visit website to obtain a permit.

Astronomy Night - Search for a Second Genesis of Life: Motive, Means, and Opportunity - Alfonso Davila
2018-07-14 20:00 - 22:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Cushing Memorial Amphitheater, Mill Valley, CA 94941, USA, 2 Cushing Dr, United States
Jul 14, 8:00pm — Search for a Second Genesis of Life: Motive, Means, and Opportunity
Alfonso Davila, Research Astronomer, NASA Ames Research Center
Understanding the concept of a second genesis and how to search for it. With the recent discovery of habitable environments beyond Earth, including the subsurface oceans of icy moons in the outer Solar System, the existence of a second genesis of life appears now both possible and realistic.

Parking Pass Required! Visit http://www.friendsofmttam.org/astronomy.htmlfor directions, parking and parking passes.

6:00 PM Evening Hike -Regular-Mt Home #11 - Redwoods Led by Sue Karp
2018-07-11 | Mt Home #11, Mt Tamalpais
Enjoy beautiful views from the Sun Trail. Descend into Muir Woods. Immerse yourself in the quiet of the evening as we stroll through the magnificent giants. Wednesday evening hikes last 2 to 3 hours with a 15 minute break.

9:30 AM Sunday Hike -Moderate-Rock Spring #4 - Mountain Views Led by Madelyn Misite
2018-07-08 | Rock Spring #4, Mt Tamalpais
Hike through oaks and Douglas Fir along streams. See acorn woodpecker granaries. View Mt. St. Helena, Mount Diablo, Richardson Bay and the Pacific Ocean.

11-4 VC: Kit Murphy & Debra Brody
2018-07-08

VC Rosanna Petralia
2018-07-04

9:30 AM Holiday Hike -Easy-Pantoll #9 - Birds Led by Joan Lamphier
2018-07-04 | Pantoll #9, Mt Tamalpais
We will look at how birds use different habitats in different ways

Paulette’s birthday
2018-07-02 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York)

9:30 AM Sunday Hike -Moderate-Quarry Parking Lot #6 - Mt. Tam History Led by Karen Ulring
2018-07-01 | Quarry Parking Lot #6, Mt Tamalpais
We’ll enjoy the quiet & coolness of the northside, visit the real High Marsh and possibly Shangra-La, and hear more Tam history. Trails: Mountain Top, Arturo, Azalea Meadows, High Marsh, Cross Country Boys, Kent, Mickey O’Brien and Cataract back.

11-4 Visitor Center Shirley Beers/Lillian Lessler
2018-07-01

VC - Closed Redflag Condtions
2018-06-30, 2018-06-24, 2018-06-23

CANCELLED - 9:30am Hike from the Quarry Parking Lot. "Mt Tam Plant Communities" with docent Brendan Hickey
2018-06-30
Saturday, June 30 @9:30am from the Quarry Parking Lot.
“Mt Tam Plant Communities“ with docent Brendan Hickey
—So much diversity in such a compact footprint! We’ll pay witness to some of Mt. Tam’s bounty as we move from grassland to chapparal to Coastal Redwood to oak stands. Bring your walking shoes, as we hope to cover a fair stretch of terrain. Quiet north side, lots of shade.
Moderate

6pm Moonrise/Evening Hike from Mt Home, with docent Sue Karp and interpreter Rosanna Petralia
2018-06-27
Moonrise/Evening Hike! Wednesday, June 27 @6pm from Mt Home parking lot. Co-Led by docent Sue Karp and park interpreter Rosanna Petralia. Walk along the Matt Davis and Nora trails to the West Point Inn and back the Old Railroad Grade fire road for great views of the Bay Area. We will share thoughts and stories along the way and watch the full moon rising! We will be back at twilight. Please, bring water, snack, flashlight (just in case) and hiking poles.
Regular.

CANCELLED (redflag conditions) - 9:30am Hike from Rock Spring parking lot. "Mt Tam Microclimates/adaptive native plants" with docent Tom Dewey
2018-06-24
Sunday, June 24 @9:30am from Rock Spring parking lot. “Mt Tam Microclimates/adaptive native plants“ with docent Tom Dewey —Explore a variety of microclimates and magical moments among the many pathways of Mt Tamalpais. Enjoy new knowledge of variety of endemic and adaptive species found on our magic mountain. Regular

CANCELLED (redflag conditions) - 11am Hike from Rock Spring trailhead. "Spirit and Nature" with docent Tina Meinig
2018-06-24
Sunday, June 24 @11am from Rock Spring trailhead. “Spirit and Nature“ with docent Tina Meinig —Nature provides many spiritual benefits that can help us in today’s frantic world. Discover the mystery of nature…how it can awaken our senses, quiet our minds and open our hearts. Explore the sacredness of MT. Tam as the Miwok Indians did centuries ago and as the animals do today. Easy

CANCELLED (redflag conditions) - Hike from Rock Spring parking lot. "Nuts About Woodpeckers" with docent Brendan Hickey
2018-06-23
Saturday, June 23 #4 from Rock Spring parking lot. “Nuts About Woodpeckers“ with docent Brendan Hickey —Let’s explore the patently weird social mores of the Acorn Woodpecker and trade tales of its massive cousin, the Pileated. We’ll get in a nice 5-hour hike on some lesser-trod trails in this first-weekend-of-summer hike. Moderate

CANCELLED (redflag conditions) - Moonlight Hike rescheduled for Wed 27, 6pm
2018-06-23
This hike has been rescheduled for the true full moon day, Wednesday June 27, at 6PM.

6pmHike from East Ridgecrest Blvd at the intersection with Miller trail. "Last Evening of Spring" with docent Brendan Hickey
2018-06-20
Evening Hike! Wednesday, June 20 @6pm from East Ridgecrest Blvd at the intersection with Miller trail. “Last Evening of Spring“ with docent Brendan Hickey —Circling two peaks and pausing at Inspiration Point. Let’s take a lovely walk into dusk, to listen and reflect and drink it all in. Easy

9:30am Hike from Mt Home parking lot. "Mountain Views" with docent Tom Dewey
2018-06-17
Sunday, June 17 @9:30am from Mt Home parking lot. “Mountain Views“ with docent Tom Dewey —Hike to the top of Mt Tam with views of San Francisco, Mt Diablo and the Pacific Ocean along the way Moderate

CANCELLED - Astronomy Night - MISSION: MARS - Pascal Lee
2018-06-16 20:00 - 22:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Cushing Memorial Amphitheater, Mill Valley, CA 94941, USA, 2 Cushing Dr, United States
Jun 16, 8:00pm — MISSION: MARS
Pascal Lee, Planetary Scientist, Mars& SETI InstitutesWe are making progress globally — from the Arctic to Antarctica, from basementlabs to the International Space Station — to achieve the first humanvoyage to Mars. Come explore the what, why, how, when, and who of ourfirst journey to the Red Planet.
Parking Pass Required! Visit http://www.friendsofmttam.org/astronomy.htmlfor directions, parking and parking passes.

9:30am Hike from Bootjack trailhead. "Muir Woods" with docent Franklin Young
2018-06-16
Saturday, June 16 @9:30am from Bootjack trailhead. “Muir Woods“ with docent Franklin Young —Hike down to Muir Woods and talk about historical events that have occurred in this special setting. Moderate

6pm Hike from Mt Home parking lot. "West Point Inn" with docent Franklin Young
2018-06-13
Evening Hike! Wednesday, June 13 @6pm from Mt Home parking lot. “West Point Inn“ with docent Franklin Young —Hike up to West Point Inn and talk about its name and its history. We’ll take the Railroad grade back to Mt Home Regular
