Bay Area Hiker: Photos from Point Reyes National Seashore


Photos from Point Reyes National Seashore: Sky Trail to Mount Wittenberg (click on any image for a larger version)
Sky Trailhead	Gate marks the start of Sky Trail	Huckleberry	Honeysuckle
Thimbleberry	Hazelnut	Sky Trail, under shade of oaks	Tanoak
Coyote brush	Lupine	Crossing through the upper reaches of the burned zone	New bishop pines, replacing the burned ones
Bishop pine	California coffeeberry	Douglas firs	Trail takes a corner
View east	Sky Trail	I could hike all day on a trail this beautiful	Junction with Fire Lane Trail
Junction with Horse Trail	Salal	After a few steep steps, the trail levels out	Horse Trail
Rock	A beautiful piece of trail	Old Doug fir	Poison oak
Chaparral	Douglas fir	Coyote brush	Approaching a junction
After a short walk through grassland, the trail heads into the woods	Cones on a Doug fir	Z Ranch Trail	View east; the bare hill on the left is in the Mount Vision area
Deep shade; the thick trees have blocked any undergrowth	Approaching a junction	The final stretch to the summit	What a view!
Climbing on Mount Wittenberg Trail	Crossing the old eroded shortcut	A look back on the way uphill	Douglas firs lining the path
The rather disappointing summit	View southeast from the summit	Leaving the junction on Mount Wittenberg Trail	Huckleberry nestled beneath a Douglas fir
Mount Wittenberg Trail; deer are often seen on this stretch of trail	Junction	Pretty shaded section	Snowberries
Bisecting the same hillside traversed on Mount Wittenberg Trail, just lower down the hill	Approaching Sky Camp, camp paths are visible	Monkeyflower	A glimpse of Drake's Bay
Sky Camp	Campsites are on the left side, up the hill	Hazelnut	Sky Trail
Calfornia coffeeberry	Scorched trees bear witness to the fire in 1995	Looking west	Sky Trail
Salal	Rock and roots	Junction with Horse Trail	Quail near the Bear Valley Visitor Center
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