Photos from a March 2000 hike on Mount Tamalpais/Rock Spring Trailhead (click on any image for a larger view) | ||||||||||
Starting out |
Through the meadow |
Junction with Simmons Trail |
Crossing a creek |
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Simmons Trail |
Junction with Benstein Trail |
About to enter the woods |
Trail along creek |
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Walking through a downed redwood |
Ziesche Creek |
Bridge |
Creek |
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Heading uphill |
Replica sign pointing the way to Barth's Retreat |
Simmons Trail |
Leaving tree cover |
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Walking through chamise |
Simmons Trail |
Looking back |
Trail narrows |
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Narrow path |
Nearing cypresses |
Following the path |
More uphill |
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Crest |
North |
Woods |
Remains of another sign |
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Stream crossing |
Bench |
Manzanitas and rock |
Trail cuts through serpentine |
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Simmons Trail |
Downhill |
Barth's Retreat sign |
Trail out of Barth's Retreat |
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Junction with Music Stand Trail |
Looking back to Barth's Retreat |
Music Stand Trail |
Woods |
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Crossing creek |
Descending |
Trail spur to Music Camp |
Music Camp |
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Rocks in creek |
Trail narrows |
Squeezing past a boulder |
Looking back uphill |
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Junction with High Marsh Trail |
Through manzanitas |
Mossy rocks |
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Swede George Creek |
Waterfall |
Junction with Swede George Trail |
Little swampy pond |
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Junction with Kent and Azalea Meadow Trails |
Madrone bridge |
East Fork of Swede George Creek |
Azalea Meadow Trail |
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Uphill along the creek |
Madrones and huckleberry bushes |
Junction with Cross Country Boys Trail |
Potrero |
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The Meadow |
Potrero |
Rock Spring-Lagunitas Fire Road |
Uphill through oaks |
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Uphill |
Junction with Benstein Trail |
Fallen douglas fir on the side of the Benstein Trail |
Passing through serpentine |
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Bridge |
Looking upstream |
Junction with spur to Mountain Theater |
Looking back |
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Madrone |
Looking back up rock steps |
Junction with Simmons Trail |
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