Photos
from a June 2002 hike at El Corte de Madera Open Space Preserve (click on any image for a larger view) |
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Parking lot at Skeggs Point |
Walking on the side of Skyline Boulevard to get to the preserve |
Entrance gate |
Tafoni Trail |
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Junction |
Foxglove |
El Corte de Madera Creek Trail |
Down in the redwood canyon |
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Trail veers left here |
Bridge over El Corte de Madera Creek |
Redwood ivy |
El Corte de Madera Creek Trail |
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Iris nestled in redwood branches |
Redwoods along the trail |
Junction with Tafoni Trail |
El Corte de Madera Creek Trail |
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Junction |
Strawberry |
Redwoods |
Resolution Trail |
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Bare rocky stretch |
View south from a stretch through chaparral |
Madrones along the trail |
Arnica |
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Pitcher sage |
Madrone |
Junction |
Yerba buena |
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Fir Trail |
Junction |
A calcochortus |
Tafoni Trail |
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Start of path to the tafoni |
Descending through madrones |
A fence channels hikers downhill |
Approaching platform |
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Platform and tafoni |
Tafoni |
Returning on Tafoni Trial |
Tafoni Trail |
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Junction, again |
Back at the gate |
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