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from a March 2002 hike on Mount Tamalpais (click on any image for a larger view) |
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 Side of street parking on Belvedere Avenue |
 Start of the trail |
 Bridge |
 Creek |
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 Matt Davis Trail |
 Junction; turn left |
 Junction; turn right |
 Bridge |
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 Switchback |
 View |
 Lupine |
 Stretch through chaparral |
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 Back in the woods |
 Steps |
 Steps |
 Waterfall |
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 Trillium |
 Matt Davis Trail |
 Douglas fir |
 Rooty |
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 On the west-facing slope |
 Coralrrot |
 In grassland |
 Headingt southeast |
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 West |
 Heading into a shaded gulch |
 Matt Davis Trail |
 Approaching junction |
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 A look back to the junction |
 Shaded canyon |
 Grassland |
 Junction |
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 View uphill to the ridgeline |
 Hawk |
 Heading into the woods |
 Calypso orchid |
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 Matt Davis Trail |
 Red larkspur |
 This mixed woodland hosts flowers including hound's tongue and milkmaids in spring |
 Back out into sunlight and grassland |
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 Trail crosses Panoramic at the Pantoll Ranger Station |
 Approaching the start of Steep Ravine Trail |
 A series of fenced switchbacks |
 Between 2 redwoods |
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 Steep Ravine Trail |
 At the top of the ladder |
 Ladder and falls |
 A notched redwood permits passage |
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 Trailside waterfall |
 Waterfall |
 Descending |
 Junction with Dipsea |
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 Junction with the other part of Dipsea |
 Another junction; stay to the right |
 Yet another junction |
 Dipsea Trail |
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 Junction |
 Descending |
 Poppies and wild radish frame a view back to the hills of Mount Tam |
 Amazing view north of Stinson Beach and Point Reyes |
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 Along the lower reaches of Dipsea, gnarled buckeyes sit beside a creek |
 Crossing Panoramic Highway |
 A continuation of Dipsea |
 Shrubs of cottoneaster line the trail |
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 Highway 1 |
 Short stretch on the road |
 Back at the trailhead |
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