Purisima Creek Redwoods 2010 Hike

Tunitas Creek Road,
Grabtown Gulch Trail, Purisima Creek,
Santa Cruz Mountains, California

Photographs of Hike (Map)
Monday, September 6, 2010

By Peter Y. Chou
WisdomPortal.com




Tunitas Creek Road from Car

Tunitas Creek Road from Car

Forest from Tunitas Creek Road

Forest from Tunitas Creek Road

PC04 Entrance Gate

Purisima Creek Redwoods Sign

Gnarly Live Oak near Entrance

"Monster Man" in Oak Trunk

Three Graces Redwood Trees

Redwood to Sunlit Sky

Tall Redwoods in Sunlight

Grabtown Gulch Trail Sign

Redwood Grove with Six Mother Stumps

Redwood Grove with Six Mother Trunks

Redwood Grove of Ten Mother Stumps

Redwood Grove of Ten Mother Trunks

Daisy (Madia elegans) on Grabtown Trail

Tan Oak to the Sky

Goosepen Redwood Trunk in Sun

Double Goosepens Redwood

Goosepen Redwood to the Sky

Goosepen Redwood in Sunlight

Two Y-Trees on Grabtown Trail

Grabtown Gulch Trail Creek

Creek View on Grabtown Trail

Face in California Live Oak Bark

Giant Goosepen Redwood Trunk

"Stalactite" Roots on Hillside

"Stalactite" Roots of Tan Oak

Parallel Trees on Branch

Fallen Logs in Grabtown Creek

Ferns in Grabtown Gulch Creek

View of Bridge on Grabtown Gulch Trail

Bridge over Grabtown Gulch Creek

Valley View on Grabtown Trail

View of Purisima Creek

Sculpturesque Tree & Sunlight

Cave in Redwood Roots

View from Grabtown Gulch Bridge

Purisima Creek Junction Sign

Purisima Creek at Junction

Purisima Creek Ferns

Purisima Creek Bend

Logs in Purisima Creek

Triple Tusks Log on Trail

"Life from Dead" Redwood Trunk

Sculpturesque Dead Trees

View of Purisima Creek

Cave in Redwood Roots

Y-Tree in Purisima Creek

Log in Purisima Creek

Redwoods in Sunlight

Sculpturesque Dead Tree

Sunlight in Purisima Creek

Ferns in Purisima Creek

"Life from Dead" Redwood Trunk

Log in Purisima Creek

Rock in Purisima Creek

Log in Purisima Creek

Rocks in Purisima Creek

"Shark Image" in Fallen Log

Branches over Purisima Creek

Tusks on Fallen Redwood Log

Wangari Mura Maathai Grove Sign

Sculpturesque Dead Trees

"Fish Image" Protrusion in Trunk

Tiny Cavern in Stump

Gurgling Purisima Creek

Purisima Creek Field of Ferns

Profile of Face in Redwood Stump

Profile of Face in Rock

Redwood Sorrel by the Creek

Down by Purisima Creek

"Lion Image" in Fallen Trunk

"Lion Face" in Fallen Trunk

Sunlight Rays

Mother Stump & Young Trees

Down by Purisima Creek

Creek View on Rock

Root of Fallen Redwood Trunk

Neptune's Trident Branches

Purisima Creek Bend

Rocks in Purisima Creek

Log & Rocks in Purisima Creek

Sunlight in Purisima Creekk

Harkins Ridge Trunk Bridge

Harkins Ridge Log Bridge

Creek Reflections by Bridge

Rocks in Purisima Creek

Harkins Ridge Log Bridge

View from Harkins Log Bridge

Creek at Harkins Ridge

Crossed Harkins Log Bridge

Harkins Ridge Trail Sign

Lower Purisima Creek Bridge

Purisima Creek Bridge View

Purisima Creek Bridge View

Big Leaf Maple in Sunlight

Lone Tree on the Hill

Purisima Creek Map Board

Big Leaf Maple in Sunlight

Lone Tree on the Hill

Redwoods in Sunlight

Grabtown Gulch Trail

Grabtown Gulch Trail

"Cyclops Eye" in Redwood

"Platonic Lambda" Redwood

Purisima Bridge from Grabtown Trail

Lambda Logs in Grabtown Creek

Grabtown Gulch Bridge

Rays of Sunlight on Trees

Rays of Sunlight on Trail

Lambda Redwood in Sunlight

Redwoods in Sunlight

Trimmed Tall Redwood

Tall Redwoods before Sunset

Trimmed Redwood with Crown

Purple Thistle on Grabtown Trail

Grabtown Gulch Sign Flat

Live Oak near PC04 Gate


— Peter Y. Chou, Mountain View, September 10, 2010





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