| Photos from an August 2000 hike to Buzzard's Roost, Big Basin Redwoods State Park (click on any image for a larger view) | |||||||
 Trailhead |
 Redwood Trail |
 Redwood Trail |
 Junction |
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 Huckleberry |
 Junction with campground road |
 Campground road |
 Approaching junction |
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 Junction with Pine Mountain Trail |
 Crossing Blooms Creek |
 Junction with Blooms Creek Trail |
 Pine Mountain Trail |
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 Junction |
 Tanoak |
 Bridge |
 Junction |
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 Trail |
 Creek crossing |
 Climbing |
 Almost to fire road |
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 Pine Mountain Fire Road |
 Junction |
 Last bit of downhill for a long time |
 Climbing again |
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 Under a redwood |
 Through another |
 Path gets rockier |
 First rock scramble |
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 Madrone leaves |
 Dark and narrow |
 Approaching rocky switchback |
 Top of switchback |
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 Manzanita |
 Madrones and manzanitas |
 Silktassel |
 Rock formation |
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 Trail gets rockier |
 Chinquapin |
 Crowded section |
 Path to viewpoint |
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 North from the viewpoint |
 The pines allow a look to the mountains |
 Chamise, in the foreground, looks like a bonzai tree |
 Climbing |
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 View, with rocks in the foreground |
 Toyon |
 More huckleberries |
 Approaching the notch |
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 Chamise lines the trail |
 Chamise |
 Roots search for topsoil |
 Looks like a luge course |
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 Junction; the trail continues to the right to Pine Mountain but it is no longer signed |
 Slickrock from here to the top |
 Final stretch! |
 Hikers examining the rocks |
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 The slopes of Pine Mountain are visible on the left |
 View north |
 This rock formation has a little shelf that makes a great rest spot |
 Leaving the roost |
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 Back through the notch |
 Pine Mountain Fire Road |
 Giant chain fern |
 Bridge crossing |
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 Back on pavement |
 Interesting old fireplace off the side of the road |
 Tanoak |
 Salal, a fairly unusual plant with edible berries |
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