Photos
from a March 2000 hike at Las Trampas Regional Wilderness (click on any image for a larger view) |
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At the edge of the parking lot |
Crossing through a cattle gate |
Across the valley |
One of many damp creek crossings in the winter and spring |
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Near the Corral Camp |
Junction, just before Elderberry Trail heads uphill |
Uphill along the creek |
Climbing... |
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Trails splits around a soggy spot |
Looking to the ridge across the valley |
Looking uphill |
Heading south |
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Looking back |
Landslide |
Muddy stretch |
Gooseberry flowers |
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Just before a creek |
Maple buds |
A closed spur |
Eroded hillside |
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South |
Elderberry Trail |
A flowering fruit tree |
A disheartening downhill |
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Another "closed" side trail |
Unusual flat stretch |
Chaparral covered hills to the west |
California bay grove |
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Waterfall |
The final push to the ridge |
Looking back, and ahead |
Mount Diablo behind the west ridge |
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Cows guarding the path to the belvedere |
More climbing! |
East Bay M.U.D. land to the east |
Redmaids |
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Upper Trail |
Shells embedded in the rock |
Looking back along the ridge |
Mount Diablo |
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East, with a portion of the Devil's Hole Trail visible |
Looking toward Devil's Hole |
Junction with Devil's Hole Trail |
Upper Trail |
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Junction with Cuesta Trail |
Cuesta Trail |
Heading downhill |
Across the hillside |
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Other end of closed spur |
A climb |
Looking ahead to the north |
Trail, with west ridge in the distance |
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Cow and trail |
Junction with Rocky Ridge Trail and Road |
Looking downhill |
Junction |
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Pounding the pavement on Rocky Ridge Road |
Returning to the trailhead |
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