Photos
from a December 2001 hike at Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve (click on any image for a larger view) |
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Preserve entrance |
Visitor Center |
Start |
The paved road ascends gently |
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View south |
Approaching a junction |
Paved road |
Hawthorn |
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Junction |
Round Top Loop Trail |
Junction |
A red mushroom, pine needles, and hawthorn leaves |
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Bear right here |
Bear left here |
Burned trees on the side of the trail |
Narrow path |
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Short steep stretch |
Grassland |
South |
View south to Mount Diablo |
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Round Top Loop Trail |
Monterey pine |
Descending |
Junction |
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Labyrinth |
Quarry floor, flooded by autumn rain |
Round Top Loop Trail |
Junction |
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Volcanic Trail |
Junction |
Path to second labyrinth |
View east: snow topped Sierra peaks were visible |
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Labyrinth |
Cow with a handle-shaped horn |
Returning on Volcanic Trail |
Junction |
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Round Top Loop Trail |
Cotoneaster |
View north |
Round Top Loop Trail |
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Cattle gate |
Junction |
Path heading back to trailhead |
Currant bushes line the trail |
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Currant |
Paved interpretive area |
Paved trail |
End of the trail |
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