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A steep climb at about 2 miles brings you to a junction with a short trail to Laurel Dell Road, right. The route now alternates between wooded and open areas, and from one of these clearings, a superb view extends northeast to San Pablo Bay and beyond. Beyond this clearing, the trail descends in a narrow corridor through chaparral, in some places via wooden steps. When the manzanita has berries, you can see why it was given a name that, in Spanish, means “little apples.”

You cross a creek bed, which may be dry, and then begin a steep climb, passing an unsigned trail heading uphill and right. Giving up hard-won elevation, you drop steeply into a ravine that holds a seasonal creek. The trail fights to maintain a contour, but soon plunges steeply among rocks and small boulders to Swede George Creek, named for a mountain man who once had a cabin in the area.

Now you cross the creek on rocks and follow a rolling course past an unsigned trail, right. About 100 yards from the unsigned trail, you reach an unsigned fork. The Willow Trail descends left, but you stay right and climb on a moderate grade. After topping a ridge, the trail descends to a T-junction. Here, the Cross Country Boys Trail goes right, and your route turns left. High Marsh, a seasonal wetland that may contain a lovely shallow pond, is left.