7x7: 8 Butt-Kicking Hikes up the Bay Area's Tallest Mountains

8 Butt-Kicking Hikes up the Bay Area's Tallest Mountains

Shoshi Parks

“Sick of crowded studio classes and repetitive fitness machines?

Switch up your workout without sacrificing any of its intensity with a climb up the Bay Area’s tallest hikeable peaks.

From 2,463-foot-tall Sonoma Mountain in Glen Ellen to 4,342-foot-tall Mount Saint Helena in Calistoga, bagging these mountains will have you working muscles you forgot you had. Our advice? Don’t forget to stretch.”