Photos
from a March 2002 hike to Berry Creek Falls, Big Basin State Park (click on any image for a larger view) |
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Parking lot |
Trailhead |
Skyline to the Sea Trail |
Cottontail |
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Ranger Station |
Parking area for campers and equestrians |
Calla lilies |
Gate |
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Split; a path for hikers only veers left, but it was closed in March 2002 |
Skyline to the Sea Trail |
Although the surrounding hillsides are steep, the trail keeps a level pace |
Shaded by oaks |
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Private property on both sides of the trail through here |
First crossing of Waddell Creek |
Trail follows the creek upstream |
Steep forested hillsides mark the right side of the trail |
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Western trillium |
Giant trillium |
Stream violet |
Approaching path to Alder Camp |
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Approaching junction with Clark Connection |
Milkmaids along the trail |
Mission bells |
A slide area, near the creek |
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Scenic stretch |
Rerouted section |
Reroute |
Reroute |
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Path to Camp Herbert |
Bridge cutoff veers right |
Bridge |
Junction with McCrary Ridge Trail |
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Skyline to the Sea Trail |
Milkmaids on the side of the trail |
More milkmaids |
Redwoods |
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Bridge |
Redwood sorrel |
Trail skirts a former bridge site |
Approaching another bridge |
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Berry Creek |
Eroded |
Bike rack ahead |
From here on, only hikers are permitted on the trail |
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View downstream |
Trail climbs a bit |
Junction with Howard King Trail |
Descent |
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Milkmaids |
Creek crossing |
Ascending through a thick redwood forest |
Junction with Berry Creek Falls Trail |
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Western coltsfoot growing along West Waddell Creek |
Ducking under a redwood tree |
Final stretch is fenced |
Berry Creek Falls |
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Returning, trees were steaming in the sunlight |
Returning on BCFT |
Returning on Berry Creek Falls Trail |
Anemone |
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Skyline to the Sea |
Heading back to the sea |
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