Robert Louis Stevenson State Park is one of the areas in California that was affected by wildfires in 2020. Oat Hill Mine trail starts out with rapid elevation gain and continues like that pretty much the whole way up. There is no real destination so I turned around at Holm's Place "an old homestead property of Karl Gustov Holm who built a log cabin in 1893. Parts of the stone wall from the barn remain in the area." (1)
The elevation gain is close to 2,000 ft (to Holm's Place). In the summer, this hike would be pretty hot since there is little shade due to recent wildfires. It was sad seeing trees and bushes so affected by fires.
You can see that the trees are completely destroyed, but maybe not? Some are sprouting again. Resilience of nature...
Other sections of the hike were not as damaged as if fire just decided to stop at a certain boundary.
While I would not say this was my favorite hike of the season, it offered great exercise and nice views.
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