| Photos
from a December 2001 hike at Pine Mountain/Carson Falls (click on any image for a larger view) |
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 Trailhead (seen from the gated start of Pine Mountain Road) |
 Start of Pine Mountain Road |
 Pine Mountain Road |
 Jepson ceanothus |
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 Pine Mountain Road |
 Heading uphill |
 Grade steepens |
 A pretty oak |
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 Chaparral pea |
 Manzanita |
 Toyon |
 Chinquapin |
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 Trail crests |
 Junction with Oat Hill Road |
 Oat Hill Road |
 View north to Pine Mountain |
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 Silktassel |
 Oat Hill Road |
 Junction with unnamed trail to Carson Falls |
 Approaching junction with another unnamed and unsigned trail to the falls |
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 Seasonal pool |
 Cypress |
 Oat Hill Road |
 View north, with Carson Falls barely visible in the center of the photo |
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 Junction with Old Sled Trail |
 A view south on Old Sled Trail |
 Oat Hill Road |
 Junction with trail to the canyon |
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 Descent |
 Trail curves left |
 Into the woods |
 Multi-trunked California bay |
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 Trail crosses a creek |
 Dark woods |
 Junction |
 Creek crossing |
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 Creek crossing |
 Along the creek at the canyon floor |
 Little Carson Creek |
 The best photo of the hike, marred when the camera fogged up. Ferns and trees create a lush feeling. |
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 Trail crosses creek, where you must duck under a fallen tree |
 Ascent |
 Moss everywhere |
 Rocky |
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 Little Carson Creek |
 Out of the woods |
 Path crosses a creek under a wax myrtle |
 Carson Falls |
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 Continuing uphill |
 Crest |
 Hop across Little Carson Creek, just above the first cascade |
 Carson Falls |
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 View west |
 Buckeyes |
 Junction |
 A path heads back to Oat Hill Road through a serpentine swale |
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 Heading back uphill |
 Approaching junction |
 Returning on Oat Hill Road |
 Returning on Pine Mountain Road |
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Go to Bay Area Hiker Pine Mountain Road/Carson Falls page Go to Bay Area Hiker Home page |
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