Heading toward Weiler Ranch Road from the parking area.
The Weiler Ranch Road is a popular trail.
Pacific madrone (Arbutus menziesii) has beautiful wood and bark.
The peak of Montara Mountain looms over the trail.
Hazelnut Trail has markers every quarter-mile.
Many switchbacks along the route.
Whiting Ridge and one of the many fire roads that crisscross the area.
View of the Pacific Ocean and the town of Pacifica below.
Eucalyptus grove--if only photographs could convey the heady smell of these trees.
Don't step on a banana slug! (Ariolimax sp.)