"Was planning to work on peakery but our server on Amazon S3 went down... so took the opportunity to go snag one of the last First Ascents still left in Marin: Oat Hill. Had planned to take a direct route up the Old Sled Trail from Bofax Road but a rockslide has closed the road at Azalea Hill. So trailran up Pine Mountain FR and then turned down the Oat Hill FR to its southern end. On the way, took a short side trip up a powerline service path to what I thought would be the summit of Liberty Peak but it actually was a bump to the NE of it... couldn't find a path to the true summit of Liberty through the absurdly thick chaparral. Oat Hill also had no trail to the summit, so after debating it for a while, finally decided to bushwhack a short distance up the south slope because it looked the most free of shrubbery. The summit was unmarked, viewless, and uneventful other than a bunch of what looked like large cat prints in muddy spots... mountain lions?? Got out of there in a hurry. Would not recommend Oat Hill to anyone looking for a good summit hike... the bushwhacking around here is too unpleasant. However, really enjoyed exploring these fireroads and taking in the early spri..." — scott • Feb 28, 2017