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from a February 2002 hike at King Mountain Open Space Preserve (click on any image for a larger view) |
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 Trailhead |
 Unmarked fire road |
 Ascending through the edge of a residential neighborhood |
 Gate marks the beginning of open space lands |
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 View uphill to King Mountain |
 Citron Fire Road |
 Words fail |
 Acacia in bloom |
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 Trail curves left |
 Steep stretch |
 Corner |
 Lots of poison oak on the sides of the trail |
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 Junction; bear left |
 Junction, gate, and corner |
 Another steep bit |
 View to Mount Tam |
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 Madrone |
 Approaching junction |
 Junction |
 King Mountain Loop Trail, left |
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 Coast live oak |
 Brief stretch of grassland |
 View east |
 Back into the woods |
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 Ferns |
 In winter, look for tiny waterfalls on the right |
 King Mountain Loop Trail |
 At grassy open areas like this, there are views of Mount Tam and Blithedale Ridge |
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 View |
 Broom |
 Pretty mixed woodland |
 Another nice view of Mount Tam |
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 Since it had rained the day before, seasonal waterfalls like this one were flowing |
 There are lots of ferns in the shade of coast live oaks |
 Fungus |
 Hazelnut shrub |
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 Junction with an access trail from Wilson Way |
 Zigadene |
 King Mountain Loop Trail |
 Hound's tongue |
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 Hound's tongue |
 Junction with Ladybug Trail |
 Huckleberry |
 Milkmaids |
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 King Mountain Loop Trail |
 View |
 Steep eroded stretch |
 California coffeeberry |
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 Approaching junction with Ridgecrest Road |
 Manzanita |
 The trail weaves uphill, past the entrance to an estate, then bends left |
 Heading back into the woods |
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 Manzanita |
 Steps downhill |
 Descending into a redwood canyon |
 Switchback |
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 Tanoak |
 Bridge |
 Bench |
 Nutmeg |
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 King Mountain Loop Trail |
 Junction |
 View north on the return |
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