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The Sun Trail ends at a junction with the Dipsea Trail, which goes straight and also sharply right. Stretching from Mill Valley to Stinson Beach, the Dipsea Trail is the route of a rugged footrace, famous for its pulse-pounding uphills and knee-jarring descents, which has been held nearly every year since 1905. For more information on the race, see the website www.dipsea.org.

Here you turn right and descend over rocky ground, finally reaching Muir Woods Road via several sets of wooden steps. A trail post at about 3 miles directs you across the road to the continuation of the Dipsea Trail. Follow the trail downhill, crossing Camino del Canyon, a dirt road, and then finally meeting Muir Woods Road, which you carefully cross. From here, at the entrance to the overflow parking area, turn right and follow a dirt trail for about 100 yards to the main parking area.

TRIP 11 Mt. Tamalpais: High Marsh Loop

Distance 5.8 miles, Loop Hiking Time 4 to 5 hours Elevation Gain/Loss ±1400 feet Difficulty Difficult Trail Use Leashed dogs Best Times All year Agency Parking, CSP; trails, MMWD Recommended Map Trails of Mt. Tamalpais and the Marin Headlands (Olmsted)

HIGHLIGHTS This beautiful and strenuous loop, using the Cataract, High Marsh, Kent, Benstein, and Simmons trails, takes you past a scenic waterfall, beside a freshwater marsh, through areas of chaparral, and into groves of Sargent cypress and forests of Douglas-fir and oak as it explores the rugged canyons and ridges of MMWD lands above Alpine Lake on the north side of Mt. Tamalpais. Cataract Falls are best in winter and early spring