Ruth McKenzie Table Mountain Preserve

Had a wonderful day hike with our S2 photo group a few days back. We scheduled a hike during one of the Preserve's "open day" events. Ruth McKenzie Preserve is nearly 3,000 acres, just above Millerton Lake. Managed by the Sierra Foothill Conservancy, the open (free) event drew a decent crowd and was very organized by their team.

We explored the roughly 4 mile loop trail, and detoured up to the top of Table Mountain via the Bolin Gap trail, to take in the views. Nearly 6 miles in total.  And the views did not disappoint!

There were a good amount of wild flowers, considering the lack of rain so far this year. But, the rain did come, and we barely escaped the downpours that came later that afternoon.  And there were a few red bud down in the canyon.

My attempt to capture a few good B&W images paid off. Captured in color with the Pentax 645 on Ektar 100 film, and converted in post, below are a couple of those images.

Up Top

Lone Oak

All in all, a very nice 6 mile hike in a beautiful sierra foothill setting. Definitely recommend this hike to locals in our area. Check out the Conservancy website for event details.

 https://sierrafoothill.org/events-listing/