Photos
from a February 12, 2002 hike at Muir Woods/Mount Tam (click on any image for a larger view) |
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Trailhead |
Start of Redwood Creek Trail |
Bridge |
Clematis |
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Ducking under a buckeye |
California bays and rocks |
Junction with Miwok Trail |
Entering a meadow |
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Path to Kent Canyon |
Passing an old structure |
A creeklet feeds into the creek |
Bridge |
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Trail curves left near the road |
Redwood Creek Trail |
Last bridge |
Junction with path to Heather Cut-off |
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A fallen California bay blocks the trail |
Redwood Creek |
There's no real trail, but 2 logs assist in the creek crossing |
Path heads toward the road |
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Road crossing |
Meadow |
Bear right for Heather Cutoff |
Heather Cutoff |
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Sagebrush lines the trail |
Strawberry |
One of the many switchbacks |
Ascending |
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Currant |
Paintbrush |
View back downhill |
Heather Cutoff |
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View back downhill to Frank's Valley |
Bluedicks |
View back downhill |
Done with the switchbacks, the trail adopts a straight course |
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French broom |
Junction with Coastal Fire Road |
Coastal Fire Road |
View west |
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Climbing through chaparral |
Coastal Fire Road |
Tam's peaks in the distance |
View |
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The long climb continues |
Right side of the trail is lush, the result of a controlled bush |
Coastal Fire Road |
Another nice view of Mount Tam's peaks |
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View southeast |
End of the climb is in sight |
Approaching border with Muir Woods |
Junction with Deer Park Fire Road |
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Last view south |
Redwood and fir |
Deer Park Fire Road |
Junction with Dipsea Trail |
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Another of the many Dipsea junctions |
Deer Park Fire Road |
Junction with Ben Johnson Trail |
California bay over the trail |
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Back in grassland |
Deer Park Fire Road |
View across the valley to Dias Ridge |
Brief wooded stretch |
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Deer Park Fire Road |
Last Dipsea junction |
Woods along the lower reaches of the fire road |
Milkmaids |
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Deer Park Fire Road |
Approaching the road |
End |
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