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The gateway to the Boney summit loop on Danielson Road
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Heading down Danielson Road towards the creek
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The start of Old Boney Trail and the route to the Western Ridge Trail
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The beginning of the Western Ridge Trail which goes straight up the ridgeline, not down the more prominant trail next to it. This is a half mile from the start of Old Boney Trail at Danielson Road.
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The start of the Western Ridge Trail is narrow with high chaparral, but well travelled (and a little steep)
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The first little hill has a surveyor's marker
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From this little hill, we can see people on Boney Summit ("Peak 2701") far above us
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The trail goes down the far side of the little hill and heads left to follow the ridgeline and then through the cliffs and boulders above
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The trail is narrow and the chaparral brushes you on both sides
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Looking back at the little hill with the surveyor's marker
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The first climb up the rocks approaches
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It's easier to climb this section that the cliff straight ahead
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It's easy to climb and not very long. There will be several more like this before we get to the summit
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A view from the top of the little cliff
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The trail goes through those massive stone blocks
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Before the stone blocks, we have to get down there
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The trail is next to the rock wall, with brush on the left
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This part of the trail is loose, very narrow and steep, but we don't see any poison oak
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When the view opens up, we can see Old Boney Trail below, heading south
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The California lilac is very colorful this time of year, especially against the orange rocks
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A group of hikers behind us
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