Bay Area Hiker: Purisima Creek Redwoods Photos


Photos from a June 2000 hike at Purisima Creek Redwoods O. S. P. (click on any image for a larger view)
Trailhead	Cars are not normally parked back here; this was a docent hike day	Red elderberry	Burning bush
Purisima Creek Trail	Thimbleberry	Alder	Purisima Creek Trail
Big leaf maple	I think this is madia	Wood rose	More flowers I don't know
Star flower	Purisima Creek Trail	Trillium	Huckleberry
Junction with Borden Hatch Mill Trail	Sign warning that the bridge is out at the end of the Grabtown Gulch Trail	Bridge	The former junction with Grabtown Gulch Trail; the trail is now inaccesible
Starting to climb a bit	Late blooming iris	Bridge	Blue witch nightshade
View across the creek	Bridge	Purisima Creek Trail	Someone at MROSD has a way with cut logs (I've seen this also at Monte Bello)
Climbing for real	Junction	Start of Soda Gulch Trail	Soda Gulch Trail
Fallen tree	Banana slug	Bridge	Up and down
Scorpionweed	Grassy stretch	About to head under trees	A ripe strawberry
Honeysuckle	California larkspur	A view to the south	Ceanothus
Squeezing through redwoods	Bridge	Another bridge	Soda Creek
Slide area	Dark redwood forest	Another patch of grass	View west
Don't know this one either	Overgrown!	Rosilla	Chaparral slopes in the foreground, redwood forest in the background
Switchbacking uphill	A cluster of madrone	Continuing the climb	Patch of paintbrush
Junction with Harkins Ridge Trail	Harkins Ridge Trail	Looking north	A steep drop
View west	Lupine	Creambush	Looking ahead, with an ascent visible
Columbine	Looking to the north	Looking back	Very steep section
View	More steepness	Final descent	Poison hemlock lines the trail
Hazelnut	Pink flowering currant, with a few berries visible	Redwoods again	Junction with Whittemore Gulch Trail
The last bridge, on the way back to the trailhead			Go to Bay Area Hiker Purisima Creek Redwoods page Go to Bay Area Hiker Home page