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ACTC Marcia Wire's Routes
Marcia Wire has generously organized and shared her collection of route sheets from many years of Tortoises Climbing Hills. Climbing difficulty and distance are included, where possible.
Route Name
Rating
Distance
Alba
6
20
Aldercroft Heights OSC and Summit
4
18
Alpine East and Old LaHonda E.
5
27
Alpine East and Westridge
4
27
Altamont and Elena Taafe
4
16
Aztec Ridge and Blackberry Hill
6
7
Bailey Buffalo and Llagas WS
3
35
Bear Gulch W Skyline Kings
3
35
Bernal Rd
4
17
Black Rd and Montevina
5
14
Calaveras Lower Upper Back
4
40
Cienega Road
3
32
Clayton
4
21
Clayton Quimby E; Chaboya opt.
5
21
Coyote Hills Park
2
28
Coyote Point Foster City Trail
2
20
Croy Road from Morgan Hill
4
29
Croy from Uvas Dam
4
5
Elkhorn Slough
2
35
Empire Grade and Empire Grade Upper
5
30
Eureka Canyon and Hazel Dell
5
40
Filoli from McKenzie Park
2
?
Foster Rd and Aztec Ridge
6
16
Foster Rd and Shannon Kennedy
5
14
Harwood Santa Rosa
6
12
Harwood Santa Rosa and Hicks Trio
6
19
Highland Way and Eureka Canyon
5
32
Hwy 236 China Upper 236 Upper From Boulder Creek
4
39
Hwy 236 China Upper Hwy 9 South 4
6
47
Hwy 87 Bikeway
2
26
Iron Horse Trail
2
54
Kings Mtn Star Hill Native Sons
5
26
Llagas Willow Springs
3
16
Lobitos Creek and Higgins Purisima
5
26
Los Gatos Creek Trail
2
25
Los Gatos Saratoga Svl Ride
2
19
Mantelli Bluebell
5
18
Metcalf and San Felipe
5
20
Montego Hollow Lake
3
?
Moody Page Mill Los Trancos
5
40
Moody and Page Mill Lower
4
17
Moody and Page Mill Upper
5
32
Mora and Magdalena Olive Tree
5
17
Mount Tamalpais
5
27
Mt Bache Loma Prieta Highland
5
23
Mt Eden P Redwood Gulch Sanborn 6
20
mi.
Mt Eden Pierce and Stevens Cyn
4
22
Mt Hamilton Lower and Quimby E.
5
19
Mt. Pleasant Rd and Clayton Rd
4
22
OSC Wrights Stetson Skyland
4
25
Old Calaveras and Felter
5
21
Old LaHonda Skyline S3 Bear Gulch
5
28
Overlook Peach Hill Ojai
4
15
Overlook and Aztec Ridge
6
17
Page Mill Lower and Los Trancos
5
28
Palo Alto Bird Sanctuary
2
22
Palomares and Kilkare
4
36
Pescadero and Stage
4
32
Polhemus Tartan Trail Ralston via Crystal Springs
5
34
Polhemus and Tartan Trail
5
28
Quimby West Chaboya Aborn
6
13
Quimby West and Aborn
6
19
Rancho San Antonio Park
2
23
Redwood Estates and Mtn Charlie
6
16
Redwood Rd Grizzly Peak
4
54
Robinson Canyon and Aguajito
5
37
Rodeo Gulch and Granite Creek
4
24
Sanborn and Regnart
6
23
Saratoga Hills Cyn View maze
5
7
Saratoga Maze Grizzly
2
13
Sawyer Camp Trail
2
37
Shannon K Hicks Reynolds Mt Umunhum
5
28
Shannon Kennedy Hicks Trio
5
20
Shoreline to Foster City
2
43
Silver Creek Valley and San Felipe
4
17
Smith Swanton Bonny Doon
5
38
Stage and Pescadero
4
32
Stevens Creek Trail to Palo Alto
2
20
Sunnyvale Baylands
2
17
Sweigert and Higuera
6
26
Sweigert and Suncrest
5
10
Three Creeks Grizzly
2
20
Vasona Park to Saratoga Svl
2
18
Vista de Almaden Graystone Scenic Vista
4
16
Zayante Loch Lomond
5
23
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