Bay Area Hiker: Photos from Muir Woods/Mount Tam

Photos from a February 12, 2002 hike at Muir Woods/Mount Tam (click on any image for a larger view)
Trailhead	Start of Redwood Creek Trail	Bridge	Clematis
Ducking under a buckeye	California bays and rocks	Junction with Miwok Trail	Entering a meadow
Path to Kent Canyon	Passing an old structure	A creeklet feeds into the creek	Bridge
Trail curves left near the road	Redwood Creek Trail	Last bridge	Junction with path to Heather Cut-off
A fallen California bay blocks the trail	Redwood Creek	There's no real trail, but 2 logs assist in the creek crossing	Path heads toward the road
Road crossing	Meadow	Bear right for Heather Cutoff	Heather Cutoff
Sagebrush lines the trail	Strawberry	One of the many switchbacks	Ascending
Currant	Paintbrush	View back downhill	Heather Cutoff
View back downhill to Frank's Valley	Bluedicks	View back downhill	Done with the switchbacks, the trail adopts a straight course
French broom	Junction with Coastal Fire Road	Coastal Fire Road	View west
Climbing through chaparral	Coastal Fire Road	Tam's peaks in the distance	View
The long climb continues	Right side of the trail is lush, the result of a controlled bush	Coastal Fire Road	Another nice view of Mount Tam's peaks
View southeast	End of the climb is in sight	Approaching border with Muir Woods	Junction with Deer Park Fire Road
Last view south	Redwood and fir	Deer Park Fire Road	Junction with Dipsea Trail
Another of the many Dipsea junctions	Deer Park Fire Road	Junction with Ben Johnson Trail	California bay over the trail
Back in grassland	Deer Park Fire Road	View across the valley to Dias Ridge	Brief wooded stretch
Deer Park Fire Road	Last Dipsea junction	Woods along the lower reaches of the fire road	Milkmaids
Deer Park Fire Road	Approaching the road	End	Go to Bay Area Hiker Muir Woods Road page Go to Bay Area Hiker Home page