Photo by Ian Webb
Teaching Assistant Bill Perry (photo by Steve Austen)Our hiking classes are designed to be fun and challenging on flat to moderately steep terrain. Students will experience many of the beautiful parks, trails, and forests of Santa Cruz County. We will learn some natural history and flora and fauna but the emphasis will on exercise. Each week will feature a different hike on trails not commonly known. Participants should have at least average fitness and be able to hike 5 to 8 miles.
Read nice poem by George Menges
Cabrillo students: If you are looking for information on the status of a class in the event of rain or other adverse conditions, call the hotline at (831) 477-3700 x1529 for updates. You can also leave a message for me and I will get back to you as soon as possible. The hiking program at Cabrillo College has been temporarily cut due to state budget issues. See Classes Offered for other hiking classes.
Spring 2012 and Summer 2012 Schedule of Classes
Making a Difference in this World
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Important Sunscreen Information. Check the potential toxicity of your skin care product (most popular brands are suspect).
Make your own healthy energy bar
See Jenny Brewer's article about eating for energy for those long days of hiking
Frequently Asked Questions about hiking class
Watch out for Rhus Toxicodiendron (Poison Oak). Click for other things to be careful of when hiking.
We are accepting (working or not plus accessories) cellphones, iPods, MP3 Players, laptops, digital cameras, all small computer accessories, inkjet printer cartridges, energy bar wrappers (foil inside) and corks to help raise funds for the Orangutan Conservancy, Santa Cruz SPCA and Save Our Shores. Over 2500 cell phones, 50,000 corks, and 19,000 energy bar wrappers have been kept out of the landfill and refurbished or recycled in environmentally-safe ways through our program. They can be given to Phil. Read about the increasingly sad plight of the Orangutan (which is Malaysian for "person of the forest"). 
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