Oct. jo. 1909.] 
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FOREST AND STREAM. 
The trampers of Tamalpais trail appreciate 
the privileges they enjoy, thanks to the gen¬ 
erosity of the respective owners of these high 
places of Marin. Instead of excluding the 
pedestrian public, the freedom of their forest 
and canons and sky-rimming ridges is extended 
to all comers, who are only restricted from 
hunting, fishing, and the building of fires. The 
munificence of William Kent, donating 295 acres 
of the virgin forest of Muir Woods to the na¬ 
tional government is in keeping with the char¬ 
acter of this altruistic citizen. It is rumored 
that Steep Ravine, another rare spot on the 
western flank of the mountain, is destined as a 
similar offering to Uncle Sam. 
Wheeler, one of the familiar faces formerly 
seen quite frequently on the Mill valley route, 
has passed over the Gray Divide, but has left 
a lasting monument to himself in the form of a 
well-built trail around the eastern shoulder of 
the mountain. Although far advanced in years, 
he devoted the last of his strength to the build¬ 
ing of a beautiful path for the feet of genera¬ 
tions to come. His tools he cached in the 
chaparral and hastened to them early on his 
holiday mornings, and even in the storms of 
winter, he toiled at this labor of love, cutting 
the bristly chemisal and uprooting the snarled 
manzanite. Shortly after the great fire he 
passed away, but his trail will endure as long 
as certain ones who cherish the memory of 
that gentle old man will follow it around the 
boulder-strewn bed of Slide Gulch. 
A stranger who watches the scattering of the 
clan Tamalpais from the various jumping-off 
places betwixt Sausalito and the Lagunitas may 
wonder whither went these trails they hit so 
eagerly. Many of those who detrain at Mill 
valley transfer to the awaiting cars that carry 
them in an hour’s ride to the summit. From 
thence with fresh energy they strike forth upon 
entrancing trails, which lead in every direction. 
A short saunter up the boardwalk to the pano¬ 
ramic peak of Tamalpais brings the unfatigued 
climber face to face with one of the most in¬ 
describably delightful views in all the world, 
while the foot-pleasing path down through the 
cool and ferny forest-clad northern slope to 
Redwood Spring, like June, is “full of invita¬ 
tions sweet.” 
The primeval sequoias of Muir Woods may 
be reached by a spur of the mountain railway 
by a wagon road that crosses the intervening 
southern spur of Tamalpais, or by a rough but 
rarely beautiful trail, winding back of the 
reservoir over a saddle 1.000 feet high, and 
drooping abruptly into the eastern fork of 
j Pedwood canon to a series of cascades which 
plunge musically into azalea-perfumed pools. 
On the northern side of the mountain are 
several very fascinating streams flowing into the 
Lagunitas Creek. Six miles from Fairfax the 
Bolinas stage road crosses the lower part of 
Cataract gulch and winds upward for three en¬ 
chanting miles through an almost unscathed 
nrimeval forest of redwoods and stately Doug¬ 
lass spruces. At any season of the year this 
ever-greenwood is delightful to explore, and 
many drive out from San Rafael to picnic 
among its fairv dells. From Fairfax, San 
Geronimo, and Shafter’s more adventurous 
1 wood roamers range over the rugged ridges 
1 among which lie the Big and Little Carson 
creeks, tributaries of the Lagunitas. Where 
; this noted trout stream inins the Paper Mill 
j Creek the “farthest north” of the Tamalpais 
, clan is sharply defined. 
Congenial companies of fraternal trampers 
roam these delectable mountains. Besides the 
I SiapHmat Indians of pace setting proclivities 
the Cross Country and Sightseers’ clubs print 
, the paths with hobnail constellations. The 
i Sierra Club has lately recognized the scenic 
; charm of Marin county by instituting a series 
1 of local walks of from eight to eighteen miles 
, m length. These week-end outings have been 
: well attended this vear, and will be continued 
.until winter, affording frequent opportunities 
for those who do not join the club in the Sierra 
to_ participate in its pleasures. During the en¬ 
suing summer and fall these congenial out-of- 
door enthusiasts will make many “little jour¬ 
neys ’ to Muir Woods. Steep Ravine, the La- 
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