Bay Area Hiker: Photos from Indian Tree

Photos from a January 2002 hike at Indian Tree Open Space Preserve (click on any image for a larger view)
Trailhead on Vineyard Road	Start	Frozen puddle	Approaching junction
The new trail segment switchbacks uphill, passing an old routing on the right	Buckeyes on the side of the trail	Cement walkway	Grassland
Back in the woods, just before a little redwood grove	View north to Stafford Lake	At a curve, a shapely California bay nestles with some rocks	Leaving grassland again
Saxifrage	Frost	Big Trees Trail	Old trail, gradually returning to woods; stay off to allow restoration
Winding uphill	Tinsel on a Douglas fir	Lots of madrones along the trail	Indian warrior
Junction	Big Trees Trail	Chaparral, with a view all the way to the ridgetop	View east, with vultures soaring over the canyon
Manzanita in bloom	Bobcat scat	Junction with Ship's Mast Trail	Steeper stretch of trail
Beautiful area, with huckleberry and ferns	Redwoods	Leaving the woods	Junction
Indian Tree Fire Road	Back in the woods	End of the trail, at the preserve boundary	View south to Mount Tamalpais
Returning to previous junction	Hills to the south	Path to viewpoint	Redwoods
Viewpoint	Icy	Madrone	Huckleberry
A short path joins Indian Tree Fire Road	Indian Tree Fire Road	View northeast	Near the preserve border and ridgeline
Junction with Ship's Mast Trail	View to Stafford Lake	A path right bypasses a steep downhill on the fire road	Steep descent
Through grassland	A view back to the ridgetop	Soggy stretch	Brief climb
Madrone and coast live oak line the trail	Another shortcut path	Coast live oak	Milkmaids
Gate	Descending	Gate and Rebelo Road	Rebelo Road
A path breaks off to the right	Path	Descending	Vineyard Road
Shortcut path	Shortcut path	Returning to the road	Returning to the trailhead
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