The Vacaville Fire Protection District has issued a public safety notice for hikers wanting to take on the Cold Canyon Trail at Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve near Lake Berryessa: Hike at your own risk.

The UC Davis Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve located in steep inland canyons, hillsides, and ridge-tops. It forms part of the Devil’s Gate Wildlands recreation area, and borders the southernmost tip of the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument.

“Cold Canyon trail is dangerous,” a social media post from the local rural fire district notes. “Over the past two years, two hikers have died on the trail due to heat-related illness and dehydration.”

One of those deaths occurred earlier this year, the poste notes.

“Earlier this year, Vacaville Fire Protection District responded to six separate h

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