From near the south end of St. Johns Bridge
the water bureau had put in a water pipe and
a trail straight up the steep slope. When wet,
the trail was very, very slick. So a cable was
installed to help people get up the slick slope.
The cable trail is now history.
And a new trail
gives us much needed access
to this part of
the park. At the lower
end of the cable site is
a set of stairs up to an
old covered reservoir,
and a new trail goes northwest
up the hill and
intersects a second trail
near some old,
abandoned home sites.
Ridge Trail then
goes up the ridge to Lief
Erikson Dr and
will soon (in 2004) be extended
on to
Wildwood Trail, mile 20.89.
And a gigantic old stump was on the upper
part of the old trail near Leif Erikson
Dr:
It's near an abandoned concrete water tank.