This year marks the 15th anniversary of the
Peninsula Watershed’s Fifield-Cahill Ridge Trail Program. It offers members of
the public their only recreational access to the normally off-limits
23,000-acre green space that harbors four local drinking water reservoirs and
the natural waters that flow into them.
The trail itself is an approximately 13-mile stretch through
long-protected old-growth conifer forest, fragrant coastal scrub, grassy
serpentine ridgetops, and other native habitats. In the years since its 2003
opening, more than 20,000 people have participated in approximately 2,000
watershed excursions led by trained volunteer trail leaders. An additional new
trail head provides a shadier, more evenly graded entry, and our trail leader corps
is now 315 strong—with some still on board from day 1.
Access is available by reservation on selected Wednesdays,
Saturdays and Sundays, when scheduled Ridge Trail events range from a gentle
five-mile stroll to our 13-miler across the entire ridge, and several bike
rides.
Most currently scheduled events have room for at least a few
more. Check them out at sfwater.org/ridgetrail. Then sign up through our
redesigned and security-enhanced registration system—just launched this
anniversary year.
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