Photos
from a June 2002 hike at Sunol Regional Wilderness (click on any image for a larger view) |
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Trailhead |
Start |
Footbridge |
Path along Alameda Creek |
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Canyon View Trail veers left |
Junction: continue straight |
Elegant clarkia |
Junction with Indian Joe Nature Trail |
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Yellow mariposa lily |
Indian Joe Nature Trail |
Junction with Canyon View Trail |
Indian Joe Creek Trail |
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Cattle gate |
Monkeyflower |
Ascending through the canyon |
California coffeeberry |
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Climbing under the shade of coast live oaks |
Steep stretch |
Sagebrush along the trail |
Approaching junction with path to Hayfield Road |
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Indian Joe Cave Rocks |
Approaching junction with Cave Rocks Road |
Cave Rocks Road |
Sweeping downhill through grassland |
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The building at High Valley Group Camp, on the left |
Junction: continue straight |
A giant eucalyptus tree, flanked by two oaks at the junction with Flag Hill Trail |
The huge eucalyptus |
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Flag Hill Trail |
Ascending through grassland |
View to Maguire Peaks |
White mariposa lily |
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View back to the valley |
At the crest of the ridge |
Flag Hill Trail |
Clarkia |
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Junction: continue straight |
View south |
Path to rock outcrop |
Rocks |
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View east, with hikers on Flag Hill Trail barely visible |
Coyote mint |
Returning back to junction |
Flag Hill Trail |
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A steep and rocky stretch |
Descending |
Cattle gate |
Trail choked with grass and thistles |
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Approaching junction |
Approaching junction |
Path along the creek |
Junction before footbridge back to trailhead |
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