Photos
from a June 2001 hike at Little Mountain and Verissimo Hills (click on any image for a larger view) |
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Roadside parking near O'Hair Park |
O'Hair Park entrance |
Reuben Kaehler Memorial Trail |
Approaching junction |
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Snowberry |
Little Mountain Trail |
Fences protect switchback |
Into grassland |
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View west |
Fennel on the side of the trail |
Little Mountain Trail |
Trail curves away from a neighborhood access point |
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Junction |
Doe Hill Fire Road |
Junction |
Path connection to Verissimo Hills |
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Cattle gate |
Cross this blank area and head for the visible trail |
Stafford Lake Trail |
Gooseberry |
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Black Oak |
Stafford Lake Trail |
View to Stafford Lake |
Through grassland |
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Split; stay left |
Junction and gate |
View south |
Verissimo Hills Trail |
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Mother deer and two babies (only one partially visible in the tall grass) |
Climbing |
Junction |
Climbing some more |
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View north to Mount Burdell |
Verissimo Hills Trail |
Steep descent and ascent |
View east near the turnaround point |
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Returning on Verissimo Hills Trail |
Sanchez Fire Road |
End of the fire road |
Sanchez Way |
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Center Road |
At the end of Center Road, take the connector trail right to Doe Hill Fire Road |
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