| Photos
from October 2000 and 2002 hikes at St. Joseph's Hill Open Space Preserve (click on any image for a larger view) |
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 Trailhead |
 Start of the trail, seen from the edge of the parking lot |
 Very dry sagebrush |
 The steepest section is the first stretch |
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 Eucalyptus |
 MROSD signboard |
 Scrub oak |
 Chamise |
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 Climbing parallel to Highway 17 |
 Cercocarpus |
 View back down to Lexington Reservoir |
 California bay |
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 Shaded section |
 Toyon |
 Approaching the border between county and MROSD lands |
 The border; signs stand at detente |
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 Silktassel |
 Junction |
 Manzanita shrubs press through the fence |
 Approaching junction |
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 Manzanita |
 Manzanita Trail |
 Serpentine rock lends the trailside rocks a greenish tinge |
 More silktassel |
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 Fog hangs over the Santa Cruz Mountains to the west |
 Looking toward the quarry |
 Manzanita Trail |
 Junction, near the old firing range |
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 Manzanitas line the trail |
 Oaks mixed through manzanitas |
 Junction |
 Last uphill stretch |
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 Top of the hill |
 Looking back, to the north |
 Heading back downhill |
 Coyote brush and toyon are the dominant plants |
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 Toyon bush, with berries just turning orange |
 Unsigned junction |
 Descending to a junction |
 Wild grape |
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 Snowberry |
 Returning on Novitiate Trail |
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