Bottcher's Gap to Pat's Spring

Sign for Palo Colorado on highway 1

Beginning of Palo Colorado

Bottcher's Gap campground and trailhead

Bottcher's Gap campground and trailhead

Bottcher's Gap campground and trailhead

Bottcher's Gap campground and trailhead

Bottcher's Gap campground and trailhead

Bottcher's Gap campground and trailhead

Trailhead

Trailhead (multiply by 1.6 to obtain the distances)

Views from the campground

Views from the campground

The Double Cone from Bottcher's Gap

Pico Blanco from Bottcher's Gap

The Double Cone from Bottcher's Gap

Between Double Cone and Pico Blanco

Wildflower

Wildflower

Wildflower

The trail

Yucca

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

The trail

The trail

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

The first summit

The first summit

The first summit

The first summit

The first summit

The first summit

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Devil's Peak

Devil's Peak

Junction with Turner Creek

Skinner Ridge junction - go left for Devil's Peak

Skinner Ridge junction

Skinner Ridge junction

Devil's Peak is up there

Towards Devil's Peak

Towards Devil's Peak

Views of Double Cone and the "Ventana"

Views of Double Cone and the "Ventana"

Views of Double Cone and the "Ventana"

Up Devil's Peak

Up Devil's Peak

An infinite amount of wildflowers

An infinite amount of wildflowers

An infinite amount of wildflowers

An infinite amount of wildflowers

An infinite amount of wildflowers

An infinite amount of wildflowers

Wildflowers

Dead trees

Dead trees

Up towards Devil's Peak

Almost at Devil's Peak

Devil's Peak

View from Devil's Peak - Double Cone in the center, Pico Blanco all the way to the right

Views of the ocean

Devil's Peak

The next peak

Downhill

Downhill

Downhill

Downhill

Downhill

Downhill

Downhill

Downhill

Downhill

The ridge leading to Double Cone (Double Cone is on the right)

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Ventana Double Cone

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Don't miss this fork

Look for the cairns

The trail

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Pico Blanco

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Views

Views

Views

Double Cone

The ridge

The ridge

Commings Camp

Junction with the Big Pines trail

Junction with the Big Pines trail

Junction with the Big Pines trail

Junction with the Big Pines trail

Junction with the Big Pines trail

The trail

The camp

The camp

Pat Springs

The Double Cone

More views

Yucca flower

Yucca flower

Yucca flower

Yucca flower

Yucca flower

Yucca flower

Yucca flower

Yucca flower

Yucca flower

Yucca flower

Yucca flower

Yucca flower

Yucca flower

Pat's Spring to the top

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

The trail

The Double Cone in the mist

Colors

Wildflowers

Pat's Spring

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

One of the few signs

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Trail

The trail

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Trail

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Trail

Yucca

Wildflowers

Burned trees

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Yucca

Yucca

Yucca

Yucca

Yucca

Yucca

Trail

A5 sign

The Double Cone in the mist

Yucca

Yucca

Yucca

Yucca

Yucca

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

The trail

The trail

The trail

The trail

Burned trees

The trail

The trail

The trail

The trail

Landscape in the mist

Landscape in the mist

Landscape in the mist

The trail

Landscape in the mist

Wordless sign

Landscape in the mist

Landscape in the mist

Antenna near the top

Near the top

The Double Cone lookout

The summit

Landscape in the mist

Landscape in the mist

Landscape in the mist

Landscape in the mist

Landscape

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

From Pat's Spring to The top (different trip, better pictures)

Pat's Spring

Bottcher's Gap

Double Cone trail in Big Pines

To Double Cone

To Double Cone

To Double Cone

To Double Cone

Double Cone and K

Pico Blanco

Looking towards Mt Manuel

To Double Cone

Kandlbinder to Pico Blanco (and ocean views)

Lookout sign

To Double Cone

AFC11?

To Double Cone

Double Cone & K

Pico Blanco and ocean

Double Cone (barely visible) & K

A5?

Bushwhacking

View east

Deafalls

To Double Cone

Looking southeast

Looking southeast

The trail climbs that ridge and then heads straight towards Double Cone

To Double Cone

To Double Cone

To Double Cone

Not Double Cone

View west (with Pico Blanco sticking out)

Some kind of marker?

To Double Cone

Circle of Stone (Lone Pine camp?)

To Double Cone

Skinner Ridge

To Double Cone

To Double Cone

To Double Cone

K

To Double Cone

To Double Cone

Marker for the Puerto Suello trail?

To Double Cone

To Double Cone

Kandlbinder & Pico Blanco

Antenna

To the summit

The lookout

View east

The lookout

The lookout

View south

View northeast (including the way we came)

From Mt Manuel to Bottcher's Gap

South

Mt Manuel

Lookout

Lookout

Northwest (Kandlbinder in the foreground, the Bottcher's Gap side of things in the back)

View from the top (video)

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