Word is getting out about how great the hike to Mission Peak in Fremont can be.
And that's the problem.
The crowds swarming the steep, three-mile hike that has views of the entire Bay Area – the ideal spot to take a selfie, people are discovering – have been causing headaches to the locals before, and now it's only getting worse: up to 2,000 people come to make the hike every weekend, according to the New York Times, and they're vying for 42 parking spots.
That means "hundreds" of cars in the surrounding area, which is replete with $2 million "villas," the newspaper reported, and villa-dwellers wondering when – and how – it's going to stop.
The park's operating hours were cut in September, and officials with the East Bay Regional Park District are considering creating a fee structure to hike the park.
The problem is that Mission Peak appears to be a victim of a rare success.
Most hikers, the newspaper reported, are Caucasian, but the hikers here are diverse, representing the heavily-Latino and Asian demographics in the area.
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Both the mayor and the recreation superintendent aren't exactly sure how to keep people away from a public park. In fact, they say, they cannot.
So, in the meantime, the cars will keep coming at 4 a.m.
