| Photos from a December 2000 hike on North Ridge Trail, Purisima Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve (click on any image for a larger view) | |||||||
 Trailhead |
 Gate |
 Trail splits |
 Under the trees |
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 Mushrooms |
 Switchback |
 Currant |
 Tanoak |
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 Huckleberry |
 Honeysuckle |
 View north to Montara Mountain |
 Trail |
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 Junction |
 North Ridge Trail |
 Thicket of poison oak |
 Douglas fir |
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 Little grassy spot makes a nice rest area |
 Approaching junction |
 Whittemore Gulch Trail |
 Switchback |
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 Coyote brush |
 Old Douglas fir |
 Forget me not |
 View to North Ridge |
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 View west |
 Whittemore Gulch Trail |
 Blue witch nightshade |
 Winding through chaparral |
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 Ceanothus |
 Junction with connector to North Ridge Trail |
 Connecting path |
 Junction |
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 North Ridge Trail |
 North Ridge Trail; knoll is visible on the right |
 Little grassy picnic knoll |
 Returning, starting the climb |
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 California coffeeberry, preparing for the new year's growth |
 Returning to the junction with the two sections of North Ridge Trail |
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