Willow - Bommer Ridge - Old Emerald Trail - Emerald Canyon Road - Old Emerald Falls - Moro Ridge - Bommer Ridge - Willow!

This morning with the Park Ranger, I checked out the trails listed above. It was a very exhausting 6.5 mile hike, but the scenery was breathtaking, as usual. The cloud cover in the earlier parts of the morning helped make the hike more manageable, although the sun did start beating down on us as we climbed back up Old Emerald Falls to Moro Canyon and back down towards Willow.

Below are shots of our bush mallow in bloom, as well as a red Sticky Monkey flower, both found on Willow Trail.




Below are shots taken from the Emerald trails.
This first one is taken from Old Emerald Trail, looking north.



Another shot from Old Emerald Trail:



And finally, two shots from Old Emerald Falls:
(I really like the red color - it was a definite change of color from what we are seeing generally in the canyon - that beautiful creamy gold).