Originally Posted by
73StellaSX76
All those suggested plus Mt Umunhum near San Jose, the hardest of the local peak climbs.
Mount Umunhum is no joke. Hicks to the junction is also joke free. Nothing like 18% kickers to make those 9% sections such a relief to be on.
Mount Hamilton is its own joy in that if you start from Alum Rock it's three exposed climbs on the way up and two on the way back, so five total climbs.
Like every climb in the SF Bay Area, they are best done very early in the morning or during Late Fall/Winter/Early Spring.