I completed a 5-mile roundtrip hike to Burstarse Falls near Castella, CA. From the trailhead I had a relatively short and moderately steep climb.
The trail leveled out once I reached a section of the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) which offered a lot of shade with a few excellent views through gaps in the trees.
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| Castle Crags |
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| Mountains in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest |
Along the way I saw a wide variety of plants that made this area their home.
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| Coyote Mint |
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| Sierra Milkwort |
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| California Yerba Santa |
The last leg alongside Burstarse Creek required me use a barely discernible trail to scramble up a very steep incline strewn with boulders and loose rocks.
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Sign for Burstarse Creek
(easy to miss with the tree overgrowth) |
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| Steep Slope Covered with Loose Rocks |
The waterfall was a bit disappointing since the water was little more than a trickle.
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Burstarse Falls
(some of the mist is highlighted by the ray of sunshine) |
However, that did allow me to investigate parts of the creek bed with its multiple pools of water amid exposed rock.
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| The Creek Flows Over and Pools Within the Bedrock |
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Mini Waterfall below Burstarse Falls
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Burstarse Creek
(downhill view about half the distance back to the PCT) |
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