Bay Area Hiker: Photos from Windy Hill


Photos from a March 2001 hike at Windy Hill Open Space Preserve (Hamms Gulch/Spring Ridge Loop) (click on any image for a larger view)
Trailhead	Starting out	Junction	Sausal Pond
Trail past Sausal Pond	New leaves on an oak tree	Climbing slightly	Approaching junction
Approaching junction	Junction	Strawberry	Poison oak and bluedicks
Hamms Gulch Trail	New leaves on a black oak	Into the woods	Buckeye
Snowberry	Creek crossing	Starting a slight climb	Junction
Shooting stars	Ascending	Redwoods	Milkmaids
Chaparral	Leatherwood	Back in the woods	View uphill
Slim solomon's seal?	Hamms Gulch Trail	Hound's tongue	Madrones on the sides of the trail
Gooseberry	Giant trillium	Grassy sloping meadow	Edging along the bottom of the meadow
Rustic bench at creek crossing	Climbing	Tanoak	Hamms Gulch Trail
Maples along the trail	New maple leaves	Trillium	Still climbing
Currant	Junction	Douglas fir	Lost Trail
Currant	View across the mouth of Hamms Gulch	Lost Trail	Mule ear sunflowers
Into grassland	Poppy	Fiddlenecks	Approaching the Skyline Boulevard trailhead
Anniversary Trail	Split; hikers stay to the right	Climbing	Checker-bloom and poppy
On the hill's east face	View east	Approaching junction	Junction
Descending, at last	Spring Ridge Trail	Under oaks	View downhill
Scarlet pimpernel	Down	A look back uphill	Redmaids
Blue-eyed grass	Maple	Junction	Lupines
Shade from oaks	Junction	Sausal Trail	Descending along a meadow
Poison hemlock	A curve at the preserve boundary	Sausal Trail	Go to Bay Area Hiker Hamms Gulch/Spring Ridge Loop page Go to Bay Area Hiker Windy Hill page Go to Bay Area Hiker Home page