| Photos
from a May 2001 hike at Ring Mountain Open Space Preserve (click on any image for a larger view) |
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 Trailhead |
 Gate |
 Bridge |
 Passing information kiosk |
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 Flax |
 Phyllis Ellman Loop Trail split |
 Ninebark |
 Rocky stretch of trail |
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 Phyllis Ellman Loop Trail |
 False lupine |
Split; stay right |
 Roots tangle across the trail |
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 Spur rejoins |
 Climbing |
 Little bridge |
 Blackberries |
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 Another split; stay right |
 Phyllis Ellman Loop Trail |
 Lupine |
 Split; stay left |
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 Coast live oak |
 California bay |
 Nearing the crest |
 Split |
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 Crest |
 View south |
 View to Tam |
 Ring Mountain Fire Road |
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 Approaching junction |
 Path to Petroglyph Rock |
 Rock carvings |
 An unusual paintbrush |
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 Returning to junction |
 View north |
 Split and signpost 14 |
 Tiburon mariposa lily |
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 Another |
 Descent |
 Buckeye |
 View |
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 Spur rejoins |
 Soap plant |
 Phyllis Ellman Loop Trail |
 Near houses |
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 White brodiaea |
 Ithuriel's spear (in front of false lupine leaves) |
 Approaching junction |
 Returning to the trailhead |
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