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Wildflowers, Views, and Long Stairways

8/11/2011

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What most impressed me about today’s Lands End hike (west to east) was the profusion of wildflowers. Especially on the west side of the park, the winding paved trail, passing the top of the Sutro Baths Upper Trail (first pic, about 141 steps) and on each side of the renovated stairway to the upper parking lot overlook (as you turn the corner at the first overlook on the north side). The plantings on this slope have really taken hold.

My intent was to do the Mile Rock Beach stairway (about 262 steps), and so I did, down and back up again to the main Coastal Trail. Spent a few minutes walking on the rocky, secluded beach at water’s edge (always get caught by waves and get my shoes wet) and sitting on a log, in no big hurry to climb up again. About halfway up, a sandy trail leads off the main stairway; continued a little way along the cliffedge trail here (second pic taken from above, looking down at the foot of the stairway).

The next stairway was the Painted Rock (138 steps: third pic). This is the one with the two stone benches alongside the stairs.

At the top of the Painted Rock, veered off (south) onto my favorite berry trail for a few minutes before continuing down the eastside steps. The steps here (around 116) are both wood and concrete. 

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Top of Sutro Baths Upper Trail down to west trailhead for Coastal Trail at the cavetop
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Mile Rock Beach stairway from a trail above
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Painted Rock stairway
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