Photos from a May
2000 hike at Wildcat Canyon Regional Park (click on an image for a larger view) |
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Trailhead |
Start out pounding the pavement |
Baby blue eyes |
Wildcat Creek Trail |
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Vetch on a hillside |
Not a junction |
Grassy picnic area, off the right side of the trail |
Approaching a junction |
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Belgum starts uphill |
Vibrant broom |
Bellardia |
Looking back |
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Huge clump of poison oak |
Trail begins a short descent |
Looking northeast |
Lupine |
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Carpet of clover and birdsfoot lotus |
Poison hemlock |
Pretty stretch |
Patch of mustard on the side of the trail |
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Junction with Mezue Trail |
Gate, then a climb |
Rutted dirt trail |
Flowers in the grass |
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Mustard and thistles |
Looking back downhill, with Havey Canyon Trail visible |
Cardoons and mustard |
Landslide area |
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Really lovely section of trail |
Mustard |
Leaving the mustard behind |
A view to the northwest |
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Another |
Climbing intensifies |
Cow watering hole |
A few oaks line the trail |
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Mezue Trail keeps climbing |
Cow parsnip |
A gap in the fence |
Skirting a hill |
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Up |
Yellow flowers |
First glimpse of Diablo |
Looking back to Mezue Trail, with Tam in the distance |
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Birdsfoot lotus |
San Pablo Reservoir |
Looking back to junction |
More climbing |
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Roller coaster reaches the top of the first incline |
Diablo visible in the distance, with Old Nimitz Way in the foreground |
At the hike's high point, 1057 feet |
Beginning a harsh descent |
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Cow path? |
More gentle climbing and ascending |
Looking back to the peak |
Start of another steep section |
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Steep! |
After a descent, more climbing |
Looking back |
Trail splits |
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A bench with a view |
A line of trees emphasizes the curve of the ridge line |
Nearing the former settlement |
Palm tree and cows |
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Belgum Trail winds around some walnut trees |
Approaching a gate |
Descending to meet Wildcat Creek Trail |
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