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About the East Bay Casual Hiking Group

The East Bay Casual Hiking Group is an informal co-ed group of adults who meet regularly to go hiking. Our hikes typically range from 3-9 miles in length, or 2-4 hours, timewise. What started back in the Fall of 2003 with less than half a dozen members, today continues to grow at a rate of between 30-50 new members each and every month! To learn more about how our group and this website came about, read the History section of the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) page.

Our membership is diverse, not only in terms of hiking ability, but also in age. Some of us are pretty experienced, speedy, "trail blazer" hiking types, while others prefer to walk at a slower pace. Some are just getting started in this thing called "hiking". The bulk of us, though, probably fall somewhere in between. Age-wise, we are the young and the young at heart! Mostly, we are 20-, 30-, 40-, and 50-somethings.

There is no per hike fee or yearly membership fee to join our group. We hike on public trails around the Contra Costa County area, so membership is and will always be FREE! :>

Membership Statistics

3768 people have signed up for our email list since I created this website in late 2003, while 49 have joined in the past month. We currently have 2792 active members, with between 20-30 of them showing up at one time, on average, for a hike. Our highest turnout to date was 68 show up at the same time for the Ringtail Cat to Las Trampas peak hike on Sunday, February 01, 2009 .

Member's Only Email Lists
1179 are subscribed to the Members-Only email list and
205 are presently subscribed to our Hiking Leaders Email Discussion List.

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Click on the Join link to signup for our email list to be notified of future hikes and cancellations due to bad weather.

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No longer wish to receive emails from us? Or trying to unsubscribe from one of our Member's Only email lists? Use the remove me self service page to remove yourself from any or all of our mailing lists.

For a listing of great places to hike, and various other Bay Area hiking clubs, visit the Related Hiking Links page.

For answers to Frequently Asked Questions regarding this group, check out the FAQs page.

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If you encounter any problems using this web site, please contact John Bondon at (925) 272-4321.