To perform this route. Start off on Terrace View Park: by Avenida and Queens Rd. Walk up 35 steps in the park, up to Fairlawn Dr. Turn left until you see a sign that reads ''Columbia Walk.'' Then walk along a path by the trees and houses, after climbing up 7 steps and 6 wooden steps. Climb up 30 railroad steps (photo 2) up into Grizzley Peak Blvd.
Cross the street and turn left. Turn up into the driveway next to 1131. Climb up 87 steep railroad ties (photo 3). Arrive on Atlas Place. Walk straight ahead onto Atlas, where it meets Summit Rd. Summit Road takes you to the Selby Trail (photo 4). Turn right and notice the golf course on your left. After reaching the MOZEN bench, continue ahead, but turn on the right trail, that leads you down to the road.
Walk all the way to your right where Grizzly Peak Blvd intersects with Centennial Rd. Turn left on Centennial until you reach Gauss Way. Turn left until you reach the Space Science Lab. Keep walking straight until you see a steep wooden stairway on your right. This has about 33 stairs and will lead you down to a parking lot. After descending down to the lot, there will be a mixture of stairways, one block after another, which add up to a total of 199 stairs (photo 5.)
Cross the street and turn right. Turn left once you reach the parking lot. Head towards the right side parking lot. (photo 6) Then notice a trail on the right hand side of the lot. (photo 7, 8 ) Take the trail for a few hundred feet. Turn right into the metal gate and onto the road. Walk a half block up Olympus Ave. Turn right onto Wilson Circle.
Climb up to the end of the street. Reach the Wilson Path: 105 redwood railroad ties. (photo 9) This takes you up to Summit, take a left. TUrn left on Grizzly Peak. Turn left onto Senor Ave. Turn right on Fairlawn. Cross Avenida, and this takes you back to the park.