I suppose most cyclists enjoy the nature and don't mind to hike once in a while. Hiking uses a different muscle group than cycling and it would be good to train those too.
Our go-to trail was the Dish near Stanford. As it's under maintenance for the past month, we tried some alternatives too. Rancho San Antonio has become our new favorite. The Wildcat loop takes us about 2 hours and that's ideal.
And we are also looking into venturing outside the Palo Alto-Los Altos area. The criteria includes: (1) must have some shades (2) must have some elevation change, e.g. Rancho San Antonio has ~800 ft (3) ~2-6 miles, i.e., 1-3 hr. (4) good scenery. We have already been to Big Sur, which is beautiful (and tough!) I think we should try these in the future:
[SF] Mount Sutro, 1.8 miles
[San Bruno] Junipero Serra County Park, 2.1 miles
[Oakland] Redwood Regional Park, 3.7 miles, 700 ft elev. chg.
[Palo Alto] Monte Bello, 6.5 miles, 1000 ft elev. chg.
[Cupertino] Stevens Creek County Park, 6.1 miles, 1100 ft elev. chg.
Angel Island, 5 miles
Bay Area Hiker is a very informational website with all trails ranked by difficulty.
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