You must see the Spring flowers in bloom on Montara Mountain. Yes, it is the end of July, but Spring came late. The trail starting up to the Saddle from the Adobe trailhead is filled with magenta sweet peas. Don’t know who put them there and how long ago that was, but they are lovely mixed with the wildflowers.
About 100 yards from the top of the Saddle we found a path off to the left. We decided to take it. Another adventure that took us down a newly cut dirt path that went rapidly downhill. Thank goodness we had our trekking poles and didn’t have to slide down the dozen step embankments on our butts. Just when we wondered where we would come out and how far away this would be from the trailhead, we noticed familiar vegetation. We found ourselves walking parallel to the trail and came out just before the one and only bench. We had noticed a little path on our way up and this turned out to be it. Hooray! We were less than 10 minutes from our car. A wonderful adventure and shortcut that we will take again. However, with the very steep downhill switchbacks, we won’t be trying this in the opposite direction on our way up.
Kathy & Michael Rain
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