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from a February 2001 hike at Castle Rock State Park (click on any image for a larger view) |
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 Park entrance |
 Trailhead |
 Saratoga Gap Trail |
 Tafoni on the side of the trail |
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 Bridge and trail |
 Trail squeezed past boulder |
 Approaching junction |
 Giant chain fern |
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 Wild ginger |
 Ridge Trail |
 Into chaparral |
 Near the base of Goat Rock |
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 Toyon and view west |
 Ridge Trail |
 Wartleaf ceanothus |
 A flowering currant |
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 Shaded and rocky section |
 Non-junction; stay to the right and scramble up the rocks |
 Coast live oak |
 Boulders line the trail |
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 Wooden fences channel you past the old trail to a rerouted segment |
 Weathered rock and trail |
 View west |
 Rerouted segment |
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 Steps to Goat Rock |
 Junction at the top of the rocks |
 Ridge Trail |
 Oak |
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 Madrone |
 Grassland dotted with oaks |
 Junction with path from Interpretive Center |
 Madrone |
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 Approaching junction with connector path to Saratoga Gap Trail |
 Through tanoaks |
 Boulders along the trail |
 Passing through madrones |
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 Tall grove of pines |
 Ridge Trail and view |
 Buckbrush |
 Junction |
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 Tanoak |
 Leaving the woods |
 Edging under a boulder |
 Metal guidewire helps you descend this boulder |
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 Creeping along the hillside |
 Manzanita |
 Silktassel |
 Early blooming Indian paintbrush |
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 Rocky segment |
 Outcrop |
 Under oaks |
 Junction |
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 Sagebrush on the side of the trail |
 View south |
 Blue witch nightshade |
 California bays, bench, and bridge |
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 Rocky Saratoga Gap Trail |
 Steep sandy ascent |
 Tafoni |
 Chamise is dominant along the trail |
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 A few California bays |
 Squeezing past two boulders |
 Tanoaks |
 Maze-like section |
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 Strawberry |
 Oaks and rocks |
 Saratoga Gap Trail |
 Waterfall viewing platform |
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 Waterfall |
 More boulders crowd the trail |
 Junction |
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