Photos
from a January 2002 hike at Hidden Villa (click on any image for a larger view) |
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Trailhead |
Visitor Center |
Trail splits; either way is an option, but I went right |
Nature Trail |
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A view across the meadow to the farm |
California bay |
Bear left here and cross the parking lot |
Pick up the trail to the left of the information kiosk |
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Hostel Trail begins just past the Hostel |
Hostel Trail |
Trail initially climbs through woods |
But then enters grassy chaparral |
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A silktassel shrub in full bloom |
Silktassel |
View northeast |
Back in the woods, the trail ducks under some fallen California bays |
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View back downhill to the farm |
More silktassel shrubs on the sides of the trail |
Hostel Trail skirts a pretty sloping meadow dotted with buckeyes |
Buckeye seeds |
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Junction with Toyon Trail |
Hostel Trail |
View back |
Heading for a hilltop |
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An oak |
View east |
Chamise |
Hostel Trail |
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Approaching gate and hilltop |
A view back |
A squeeze around the gate |
Trail progresses on the ridge |
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From this direction looking back, the gate frames a nice view |
Scat, probably from a bobcat |
Buckbrush |
Flat stretch |
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Black Mountain |
View toward Duveneck Windmill Pasture |
Hostel Trail |
Currant |
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Cercocarpus |
Not a junction; the trail curves left here |
Trail passes right through a buckeye |
Junction |
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Grapevine Trail |
Buckeyes on a hillside |
View to Ewing Hill |
The trail takes a sharp turn |
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Junction with Adobe Creek Trail |
Junction with Pipeline Trail |
Bridge |
Adobe Creek Trail |
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Bridge |
Junction |
Junction with Bunny Creek Loop Trail |
Gibralter Rock |
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Bunny Creek Loop Trail |
Trail curves away from the creek |
Unsigned split; bear left |
Bunny Creek Loop Trail |
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Another unsigned junction; Bunny Creek Loop Trail heads uphill but I turned right |
I decided to name this trail Cottontail Cutoff |
Switchbacks |
Junction with Bunny Creek Loop Trail |
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Bunny Creek Loop Trail |
Waterfall area |
Waterfall |
Returning down Bunny Creek Loop Trail |
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End of Bunny Creek Loop Trail |
For a short distance you must walk on service roads |
You'll pass the chickens and pigs |
Junction; turn left |
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Approaching the sheep pasture and vegetable garden |
Returning along the farm road |
Returning to the trailhead |
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