Photos
from a December 2001 hike at Pine Mountain/Carson Falls (click on any image for a larger view) |
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Trailhead (seen from the gated start of Pine Mountain Road) |
Start of Pine Mountain Road |
Pine Mountain Road |
Jepson ceanothus |
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Pine Mountain Road |
Heading uphill |
Grade steepens |
A pretty oak |
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Chaparral pea |
Manzanita |
Toyon |
Chinquapin |
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Trail crests |
Junction with Oat Hill Road |
Oat Hill Road |
View north to Pine Mountain |
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Silktassel |
Oat Hill Road |
Junction with unnamed trail to Carson Falls |
Approaching junction with another unnamed and unsigned trail to the falls |
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Seasonal pool |
Cypress |
Oat Hill Road |
View north, with Carson Falls barely visible in the center of the photo |
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Junction with Old Sled Trail |
A view south on Old Sled Trail |
Oat Hill Road |
Junction with trail to the canyon |
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Descent |
Trail curves left |
Into the woods |
Multi-trunked California bay |
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Trail crosses a creek |
Dark woods |
Junction |
Creek crossing |
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Creek crossing |
Along the creek at the canyon floor |
Little Carson Creek |
The best photo of the hike, marred when the camera fogged up. Ferns and trees create a lush feeling. |
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Trail crosses creek, where you must duck under a fallen tree |
Ascent |
Moss everywhere |
Rocky |
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Little Carson Creek |
Out of the woods |
Path crosses a creek under a wax myrtle |
Carson Falls |
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Continuing uphill |
Crest |
Hop across Little Carson Creek, just above the first cascade |
Carson Falls |
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View west |
Buckeyes |
Junction |
A path heads back to Oat Hill Road through a serpentine swale |
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Heading back uphill |
Approaching junction |
Returning on Oat Hill Road |
Returning on Pine Mountain Road |
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