This adventure begins at the Chabot Staging Area, near Casto Valley. It's about 13 miles round trip, with lots of steepness.
You're already tired when you reach the base of the 1,600 ft. peak, but the final reward gives you incentive.
This angle shows a profile of the dramatic face of Ramage Peak.
Looking back in the general direction of Moraga, another of the three entrance points. The third, and closest, is from Bollinger Canyon by San Ramon, but you have to hike over the 2,000 ft. Rocky Ridge.
