Bay Area Hiker: Photos from a Hike to Carson Falls


Photos from a hike to Carson Falls (click on any image for a larger view)
Trailhead	Gate	Start of Pine Mountain Road	Manzanitas grow close to the ground in serpentine soil
Chamise	The trail ahead is visible	Last flat stretch for awhile	The ascent begins
Fire road is very rocky	View northeast	Blossoming manzanita	A steep ascent continues
Chinquapin	Flat spot	Oat Hill Road is visible to the west	Approaching junction
Oat Hill Road descends through chaparral	Looking north to the top of Pine Mountain	Chaparral briefly gives way to grassland	Patch of snow
Approaching junction with path to falls	Junction	Path to falls	Very narrow path can be tricky in the rain
Path flattens out in a little valley	Crossing a feeder creek	Near the falls	Rocky swale; the path back uphill begins here
First glimpse of the falls	Initial cascade	Another view from the side, looking downhill	Rush of water beneath a buckeye tree
Carson Falls	Path through the rocky swale heads uphill	Heading through some trees	Creek crossing
View back to the north	Path can be hard to pick out at times	Path and creek	Path curves to the left and continues to climb
California bay	Last stretch of trail	Path ends at an unmarked junction	Oat Hill Road
Oat Hill Road	Views to Carson Falls	On the return leg, nice views south from Pine Mountain Road	View to Alpine Lake
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