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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