Trail Narrative
Follow the Google map to the trail-head and park off the dirt road.
Follow the green trail down the wadi. The ground cover is thick with oak leaves and acorns which can be slippery. In about an hour the trail leaves the wadi and veers left. Twenty minutes later you will reach a wide field with the ruins of a structure on your right. This is a lovely place to eat lunch. The ruins block most of the noise from the valley below and the view of the meadow and forest going up is peaceful and lovely.
A few minutes from the area of the ruin the trail goes through almost a forest of sage (Salvia fruticosa, Greek Sage, מרווה משולשת ). Soon you enter a mixed forest of Olive, Oak and Pine trees. About 40 minutes from the ruin the trail widens and follows a pipe line directly up hill. Fifteen minutes of walking steeply up hill brings you to the Carmel View Road (black trail). Turn left and stroll along this dirt road for about thirty minutes until you reach your car.
Crocus hyemalis, Winter Crocus, כרכום חורפי
