| Photos
from a January 2002 hike at Loma Alta Open Space
Preserve (click on any image for a larger view) |
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 Trailhead |
 Gate |
 Glen Fire Road |
 Approaching a junction |
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 Easy climb under California bays |
 Heading uphill |
 Ascending into grassland |
 View |
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 Coast live oak |
 Approaching water tanks and two junctions |
 Stay to the left, skirting the tank |
 Gate |
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 View south |
 Junction |
 Smith Fire Road |
 View southwest |
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 A giant coast live oak |
 Although grassland covers most of the hillsides, trees thrive along seasonal creeks |
 California bay |
 View east |
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 Junction |
 Descending |
 View down to Old Railroad Grade |
 Trail curves right |
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 Descending |
 Gate |
 Old Railroad Grade |
 Milkmaids |
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 Junction and descent |
 Waterfall |
 A pretty madrone creates an arch over the trail |
 The trail sharply falls, then climbs back out of a wooded section |
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 Maidenhair ferns |
 More madrones grace the sides of the trail |
 This area gets very muddy in the rainy months |
 Junction |
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 Junction |
 Old Railroad Grade |
 Back in the woods |
 Approaching bridge |
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 Fence and junction |
 Unintended shortcut |
 Junction |
 Returning on Glen Fire Road, this is where you should rejoin the trail |
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