Bay Area Hiker: Photos from a Big Basin hike to Berry Creek Falls

Photos from a March 2002 hike to Berry Creek Falls, Big Basin State Park (click on any image for a larger view)
Parking lot	Trailhead	Skyline to the Sea Trail	Cottontail
Ranger Station	Parking area for campers and equestrians	Calla lilies	Gate
Split; a path for hikers only veers left, but it was closed in March 2002	Skyline to the Sea Trail	Although the surrounding hillsides are steep, the trail keeps a level pace	Shaded by oaks
Private property on both sides of the trail through here	First crossing of Waddell Creek	Trail follows the creek upstream	Steep forested hillsides mark the right side of the trail
Western trillium	Giant trillium	Stream violet	Approaching path to Alder Camp
Approaching junction with Clark Connection	Milkmaids along the trail	Mission bells	A slide area, near the creek
Scenic stretch	Rerouted section	Reroute	Reroute
Path to Camp Herbert	Bridge cutoff veers right	Bridge	Junction with McCrary Ridge Trail
Skyline to the Sea Trail	Milkmaids on the side of the trail	More milkmaids	Redwoods
Bridge	Redwood sorrel	Trail skirts a former bridge site	Approaching another bridge
Berry Creek	Eroded	Bike rack ahead	From here on, only hikers are permitted on the trail
View downstream	Trail climbs a bit	Junction with Howard King Trail	Descent
Milkmaids	Creek crossing	Ascending through a thick redwood forest	Junction with Berry Creek Falls Trail
Western coltsfoot growing along West Waddell Creek	Ducking under a redwood tree	Final stretch is fenced	Berry Creek Falls
Returning, trees were steaming in the sunlight	Returning on BCFT	Returning on Berry Creek Falls Trail	Anemone
Skyline to the Sea	Heading back to the sea		Go to Bay Area Hiker Rancho Del Oso Big Basin State Park page Go to Bay Area Hiker Home page