When we had some mild weather in January, we hiked the Rivers Trail from the west end parking area.   Our route was along the dike, then out to the beach and back, a 6.4 km route.

Mara Mountain was in the sunshine as we hiked the trail. 

We were returning to hike the West Beaches route a couple of days later so we hiked out to the wide beaches for the view, then returned the way we came.  

Some photos of our hike are shared here.    All photos taken by the author.    Click an image for a lightbox view and caption.  

an old cottonwood near the trailhead

Mara's shawl

West Beaches rootstalk

Cinnamon Ridge highlighted

Mount Mara

across the spray effluent fields

And, a short video of the hike: