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from a January 2002 hike at Hidden Villa (click on any image for a larger view) |
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 Trailhead |
 Visitor Center |
 Trail splits; either way is an option, but I went right |
 Nature Trail |
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 A view across the meadow to the farm |
 California bay |
 Bear left here and cross the parking lot |
 Pick up the trail to the left of the information kiosk |
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 Hostel Trail begins just past the Hostel |
 Hostel Trail |
 Trail initially climbs through woods |
 But then enters grassy chaparral |
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 A silktassel shrub in full bloom |
 Silktassel |
 View northeast |
 Back in the woods, the trail ducks under some fallen California bays |
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 View back downhill to the farm |
 More silktassel shrubs on the sides of the trail |
 Hostel Trail skirts a pretty sloping meadow dotted with buckeyes |
 Buckeye seeds |
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 Junction with Toyon Trail |
 Hostel Trail |
 View back |
 Heading for a hilltop |
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 An oak |
 View east |
 Chamise |
 Hostel Trail |
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 Approaching gate and hilltop |
 A view back |
 A squeeze around the gate |
 Trail progresses on the ridge |
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 From this direction looking back, the gate frames a nice view |
 Scat, probably from a bobcat |
 Buckbrush |
 Flat stretch |
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 Black Mountain |
 View toward Duveneck Windmill Pasture |
 Hostel Trail |
 Currant |
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 Cercocarpus |
 Not a junction; the trail curves left here |
 Trail passes right through a buckeye |
 Junction |
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 Grapevine Trail |
 Buckeyes on a hillside |
 View to Ewing Hill |
 The trail takes a sharp turn |
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 Junction with Adobe Creek Trail |
 Junction with Pipeline Trail |
 Bridge |
 Adobe Creek Trail |
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 Bridge |
 Junction |
 Junction with Bunny Creek Loop Trail |
 Gibralter Rock |
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 Bunny Creek Loop Trail |
 Trail curves away from the creek |
 Unsigned split; bear left |
 Bunny Creek Loop Trail |
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 Another unsigned junction; Bunny Creek Loop Trail heads uphill but I turned right |
 I decided to name this trail Cottontail Cutoff |
 Switchbacks |
 Junction with Bunny Creek Loop Trail |
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 Bunny Creek Loop Trail |
 Waterfall area |
 Waterfall |
 Returning down Bunny Creek Loop Trail |
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 End of Bunny Creek Loop Trail |
 For a short distance you must walk on service roads |
 You'll pass the chickens and pigs |
 Junction; turn left |
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 Approaching the sheep pasture and vegetable garden |
 Returning along the farm road |
 Returning to the trailhead |
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