Bay Area Hiker: Photos from Donner Canyon, Mount Diablo


Photos from a February 2001 hike to Donner Falls, Mount Diablo State Park (click on any image for a larger view)
Trailhead	Gate	Buckeye	Junction
Walking toward the state park	Boundary	Junction	Winter rain runoff
Donner Creek	Donner Canyon Road	Approaching junction	Approaching junction
Buttercups	Snow was visible, although the peaks were obscured by clouds	A pine	Muddy
Coast live oak	Junction	Junction	Junction
Muddy and steep	View uphill toward North Peak	Hound's tongue	Ceanothus
Flat stretch	Flowering currant	Toyon	Manzanita
Junction	Short descent	Junction	Up
Junction; turn left	Cardinet Oaks Road	Crossing Donner Creek	View back to the north
Ceanothus	Steep	Paintbrush	Junction with Falls Trail; turn right
Falls Trail	Blue witch	Sagebrush	Poison oak
Lupine	Pre-spring blooms; they look like miniature fiddlenecks	Tiny white flowers	Falls across the canyon
Falls Trail	Waterfall and snow	Falls	Rock formation
Falls Trail	Falls	Crossing a feeder creek	Crossing Donner Creek
Falls	Climb	Falls Trail	View back to the north
Saxifrage	Descending to creek	Cercocarpus	Creek crossing
One of the nicest viewpoints of the falls	Blooming ceanothus	Descending to creek	Creek crossing
Ladybugs	Ladybugs, taking their winter sabbatical	Sunny spot	Falls Trail
Hound's tongue	Lil' blue flower	Leaving the canyon	Junction; bear right
Manzanitas line the trail	A view back to the falls	Middle Trail	California bay
Vegetation crowds the trail	The clouds finally receded, permitting views to the peaks	Chamise	Middle Trail
Manzanita	Junction; turn right	Junction with Donner Canyon Road; turn left and retrace your steps	Shooting star
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