Tortoises on Trails 
	   Hwy 87 Bikeway 

Grizzly Bear Level 2,  26 mi.
		
Note:  Check the downtown San Jose streets to make sure the ups and downs are workable.  Those have changed from time to time in the past.

Start   Almaden Lake Park

Rule for the Route = Follow the yellow
dotted lines  (thanks to Arye)

Take trail northward 
X	VTA Almaden Station
C	Guadalupe River Trail
X	under Blossom Hill 
X	under Hwy 85;  take right fork.
R	Chynoweth
X	Pearl Ave
X	under Hwy 87
	Before Gunderson High School,
Regroup.

R	enter trail, take  sharp R and  
C	Hwy 87 Trail northward through
	VTA Branham Station, emerge
R	opposite Faye Park road, immediately
L	Narvaez into bike lane.  Carefully
X	Capitol  Station and Capitol Expwy
X	Hillsdale.  Opposite Heizer Rd, 
L	resume trail
L	Carol, take underpass
R	Canoas Garden Ave
Regroup before corner of Curtner.
 
R	Curtner.  Very carefully, 
X	Hwy 87 ramp and stop to punch left
	turn signal
L 	across Curtner
CR	Unified Way (past SJ School parking)
	Regroup. 

C	north on trail
X	Tamien VTA Station
R	Willow St.  At second left,
L	Palm
Regroup at end.

L	Grant, slowly. Follow yellow lines and
	keep to lower trails.
R	Guadalupe River Trail, east side
X	under Hwy 280
R	path up at Woz Way, use sidewalk 
	to cross to west side of river.   
L	San Carlos

Come up at Park Ave to cross to east side. 
Go R  diagonally and ride along west side of 	
	big city parking lot,  then 
CL	at rear corner of CPA building 
C	trail  
X 	San Fernando St,  go under Hwy 87                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

Come up to cross Santa Clara St:  go  
L	on sidewalk then down to east side.																
Cross to west side at Coleman, taking
L	fork.  
Stop at Panera Bakery,  503 Coleman 
	at corner of shopping center.

Cross back over bridge to return to trail
	
If  we wish to continue it is about 6 miles 
	extra for Alviso. 

C	trail, with Airport on the left.
X	under Taylor, Hedding, 17/880, 
	Montague.  
 			or

Return back on to the trail 
 	and reverse trail route back to Start. 

	Take the left fork of the trail near 
	Gunderson High to get back to 
	Chynoweth--both forks have yellow
	lines.