Strawberry Canyon and Claremont Canyon Hike (long sequence)

Strawberry Canyon and Claremont Canyon Hike (long sequence)

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Oakland and Berkeley California

This is the longer sequence, showing most of my usual route. There's also a shorter sequence of favorite shots, and (for any extreme canyonheads) a ridiculously complete sequence of most of the Strawberry Canyon photos that I've kept.

After first heading up through the UC Berkeley campus, I like to start at Canyon Road at the Southeast corner of Memorial Stadium and head up the narrow paths that cross the fire trails and lead up to Panoramic Ridge between Hamilton Gulch and Claremont Canyon. Then head out along the ridge on the Stonewall-Panoramic Trail, which becomes the East-West Trail at some point, then return along the upper Jordan Trail (the middle leg of the fire trails), and finally come down Stonewall-Panoramic behind the Clark Kerr campus. Some of the names of things here are my own made-up names (generally lower case). Let's continue to preserve this special nearby open space!

Point-and-shoot photos by Ken Cheetham from an Olympus FE-370 compact camera.
Copyright 2009-2010 by Ken Cheetham. These photos are free for any not-for-profit use.

090528 04 approaching UCB West path entrance

090528 09 lower Strawberry Creek

090528 10 UCB eucalypti behind other trees

090528 14 squirrel on pavement from above

090405 02 Sather Gate

090419 02 the Campanile

090819 11 Senior Men's Hall at UC Berkeley

090412 03 International House dome

090528 17 Bancroft Steps

090405 04 Memorial Stadium

090508 01 Canyon Road sign and entrance

090528 20 mid-Canyon Road gnarly tree

090528 21 straight path at end of Canyon Road

090528 24 bottom of far Canyon Road trail

090528 28 sideways tree near lower redwoods

090528 30 steep entrance to lower redwoods

090528 31 looking down from lower redwoods

090705 06 redwoods on far Canyon Road trail

090809 03 lower redwoods.straight up

090528 34 trees in wonderfully non-mowed grass

090528 35 Canyon Road trail exit onto Lower Jordan Trail

090528 36 down at top of Canyon Road trail

090412 06 Campanile from lower Jordan

090528 37 oak trees on Lower Jordan Trail

091227 07 mossy oaks below Lower Jordan

091227 09 mossy oak near Woodbridge Metcalf Grove

090705 15 two law-abiding deer on Centennial

090610 03 California Buckeye on Centennial toward Jordan Trail

091231 02 Lower Jordan trailhead on Centennial

090610 06 trees by Strawberry Creek near Centennial

090610 07 Strawberry Creek near Centennial Drive

090711 14 waterfalls in creek along Centennial

090610 08 Strawberry Creek waterfall near Centennial

090703 07 north lower Jordan behind blackberry

090711 16 north lower Jordan Trail behind creek

091231 06 invasive & poisonous big Periwinkle (vinca major) on Lower Jordan

091213 05 mossy foggy rainy trees (Lower Jordan)

090528 42 Woodbridge Metcalf sign and entrance

090528 43 several small fallen redwoods

090405 09 falling Woodbridge Metcalf redwoods

090528 44 central log in Woodbridge Metcalf redwoods

090528 45 trail in middle of Woodbridge Metcalf grove

090603 01 tall redwood straight up

091227 10 redwoods behind California bay laurel

090405 14 too-steep exit onto upper Jordan Trail

090517 22 presumably thwarting the mountain bikers

090711 21 at top of Metcalf trail

090405 15 Berkeley Lab from upper Jordan Trail

091101 05 Berkeley Lab's Advanced Light Source synchrotron

090528 49 Woodbridge Metcalf crosses upper Jordan

090517 23 upper Woodbridge Metcalf trail

090419 16 upper Jordan from upper Woodbridge Metcalf

090528 88 approaching fog toward Panoramic Ridge

090614 14 Oakland from top-of-Panoramic knob

091213 09 trees in foggy rain behind California bay laurel

091213 08 pine cones and copper needles in rain

090508 13 washed-out gulch behind cypress trees and path

090606 08 Golden Gate beyond top of Panoramic Way

090531 19 woods behind Panoramic Ridge cypress trees

090405 24 fork on top-of-Panoramic knob

090508 16 Marin Headlands seen through greenery

090809 17 invasive French broom (Genista monspessulana)

100103 08 fly amanita (Amanita muscaria) mushroom

091101 13 Western Sword Fern (Polystichum unitum)

100131 09 looking onward to poppy knob

090718 07 trees on small path before poppy knob

100203 11 woods beyond reddish pinus radiata

090722 10 pine tree bark and knot

090816 26 up into lone redwood with reddish bark

090819 20 holes in pine bark at first connector trail

090819 23 bull thistle going to seed on first connector

090531 22 climbing to poppy knob

090822 19 southward branches beyond lichen

090412 19 California poppy (Eschscholzia californica)

090405 28 Panoramic Trail back from poppy knob

090902 13 San Francisco from poppy knob (zoomed)

090528 57 short connector to upper Jordan Trail

090528 59 tricky steps at bottom of short connector

090528 60 fallen tree on short connector under clouds

090718 12 upper Jordan Trail below trees in grass

090718 13 cypress trees on grassy hill near short connector

090718 09 spiral knob

090412 23 Marin Headlands from foot of spiral knob

090819 32 plants at base of spiral knob

090703 11 California sagebrush (Artemisia californica)

090528 63 narrow trail up to spiral knob

090412 28 Oakland behind spiral (top of spiral knob)

090412 27 full spiral up close (top of spiral knob)

090718 21 Panoramic and upper Jordan from spiral knob

090528 66 fog behind spiral knob plants

090819 35 Common Madia (Madia elegans) on spiral knob

090610 34 cloudy Golden Gate behind lower spiral

090412 50 Marin Headlands near sunset

090828 07 setting sun glows behind Mount Tam

090902 12 lichen on spiral knob shrub, close

090711 23 down narrow trail from spiral knob

090819 34 red & green poison oak (Toxicodendron diversilobum)

090718 27 upper Jordan Trail from near spiral knob

090531 34 upper Jordan from near spiral knob

091227 14 eucalyptus bark in California bay laurel

090528 69 at Claremont Trail and last Jordan connector

090508 27 lizard on rock near Side Hill Trail

090531 44 entrance to Side Hill Trail

090412 31 path through invasive French broom

090531 39 Indian paintbrush flowers (Castilleja affinis)

090531 42 paintbrush and monkey-flower on rock

090606 15 rock phacelia (Phacelia imbricata)

090606 21 Coyote Mint (Monardella villosa)

090614 26 Tangier pea (Lathyrus tingitanus) in branches

090528 79 sticky monkey-flower (Mimulus aurantiacus)

090528 78 foggy ridge trees near Grizzly Peak Boulevard

090412 37 fallen tree near Grizzly Peak Boulevard

090412 39 gate on other side of Grizzly Peak Boulevard

090703 15 East-West Trail nears top knob

090703 18 heading back down from top knob

090419 45 big loose rocks down from top knob

090718 31 down last connector to upper Jordan

090517 33 brush rabbit freezes on north Jordan

090606 12 through Hamilton Gulch from northern Jordan

090603 14 spiral and poppy knobs from northern Jordan

090610 25 start of path to Hamilton-Strawberry knob

090610 26 down toward Hamilton-Strawberry knob

090606 14 falling trees on Hamilton-Strawberry knob

090531 46 friendly poison oak on hamil-straw knob

090606 13 spiral knob from Hamilton-Strawberry knob

090610 27 back out from Hamilton-Strawberry knob

090517 35 lookout bench on upper Jordan Trail

090703 20 sticky monkey-flower with white & green

090822 14 sticky monkey-flower (Mimulus aurantiacus) on upper Jordan

090528 82 milk thistle (Silybum marianum)

090610 22 a dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis) on Upper Jordan

090610 20 clouds and bay behind dark trees

090531 29 up at short connector from the East

100117 09 California bay laurel (Embellularium californica) in the rain

091231 12 a mingling of fresh green on Upper Jordan

090606 07 down at Panoramic Trail from top of hillside path

090606 05 Golden Gate from upper hillside path

090419 17 Western Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis)

090614 13 blackberry blossoms at top of Panoramic Way

090614 11 stranded quail chicks at top of Panoramic 2

090419 20 Golden Gate beyond top-of-Panoramic flowers

090419 21 Oakland behind Panoramic Trail gate

090419 22 bench at top of Stonewall-Panoramic trail

090614 07 Golden Gate beyond upper steep Panoramic

090722 22 hiking poles on steep Panoramic Trail

090816 10 California Poppy north of Panoramic Trail

090822 25 Amaryllis belladonna near mid-Panoramic rock (probably planted)

090531 17 Claremont Canyon hillside

090614 02 lower hillside trail from Panoramic Trail

091122 06 start of trail to dry Clark Kerr creek

090531 11 heading to creek by Panoramic Trail

090531 12 a fallen tree to climb under

090722 25 dry creek above Clark Kerr campus

090711 25 dead skunk on Panoramic Way 1

090711 25 dead skunk on Panoramic Way 2

090610 43 goats employed to clear the hillside

090610 45 pretty goat grazes near electric fence

091122 04 down at precarious hillside trail steps

090606 24 lower Stonewall-Panoramic Trail northward

090606 27 Claremont Preserve gate on Stonewall Road