Bottcher's Gap to Launtz Camp
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(Click on the pictures to enlarge them | If you have a high-speed connection, click here for larger pictures) Bottcher Gap |
 Bottcher Gap |
 Bottcher Gap |
 Bottcher Gap |
 Bottcher Gap |
 Bottcher Gap |
 Trailhead |
 From Pico Blanco to the two Cabezo Prieto peaks, right to left |
 From Pico Blanco to the two Cabezo Prieto peaks, right to left |
 The Ventana from Bottcher's Gap |
 The Ventana from Bottcher's Gap |
 Waterfall along the way |
 Boy Scout camp |
 Boy Scout camp |
 The road from Bottcher Gap to the lodge |
 The road from Bottcher Gap to the lodge |
 The road from Bottcher Gap to the lodge |
 The road from Bottcher Gap to the lodge |
 Wildflowers |
 Wading the Little Sur river |
 Wading the Little Sur |
 or the footbridge behind the chapel |
 Views from the footbridge |
 Views from the footbridge |
 The footbridge |
 The footbridge is behind this building |
 Wilderness store |
 The lodge |
 The lodge |
 The lodge |
 The lodge |
 The lodge |
 The lodge |
 The lodge |
 The trail to Julia Pfeiffer park |
 The trail to Julia Pfeiffer park |
 The trail to Julia Pfeiffer park |
 The trail to Julia Pfeiffer park |
 The trail to Julia Pfeiffer park |
 Trail behind the lodge |
 Trail behind the lodge |
 Note 2E05: unknown! |
 Trail towards Pico Blanco |
 Trail towards Pico Blanco |
 Junction with Jackson Camp |
 Colossal deadfall on the trail |
 Wildflowers |
 Wildflowers |
 Wildflowers |
 Wildflowers |
 Wildflowers |
 Deafall on the trail |
 Cabezo Prieto |
 Cabezo Prieto |
 Pico Blanco |
 Wildflowers |
 Road coming down from the east (not on maps) |
 Road coming down from the east (not on maps) |
 Wildflowers |
 Wildflowers |
 Wildflowers |
 Wildflowers |
 Wildflowers |
 Wildflowers |
 Pico Blanco |
| Click here for the detour to Pico Blanco |  The Pico Blanco junction |
 The Pico Blanco junction (the distances are completely wrong) |
 Pico Blanco |
 Pico Blanco |
 Bushwhacking |
 Launtz ridge |
 Launtz ridge |
 Leaving the trail and heading towards the South Fork creek |
 Bushwacking towards Launtz Creek Camp |
 Launtz ridge |
 Launtz ridge |
 Bushwhacking |
 Bushwhacking |
 Bushwhacking |
 Bushwhacking |
 Wildflowers |
Wildflowers |
 Wildflowers |
 Pico Blanco |
 Wildflowers |
 Snake |
 Total bushwhacking |
 Total Bushwhacking |
 A heck of a deadfall |
 Fungi on dead wood |
 Fungi on dead wood |
 Fungi on dead wood |
 Bushwacking towards Launtz Creek Camp |
 Bushwacking towards Launtz Creek Camp |
 Pico Blanco |
 Bushwhacking |
 The South Fork cree |
 The South Fork cree |
 The canyon to go to Launtz Ridge |
 The canyon to go to Launtz Ridge |
 Somebody camped here a long time ago |
 Snake |
 Up the South Fork (not easy) |
 Left on Launtz Creek and the waterfall (almost right at the junction of the two creeks) |
 The waterfall from above |
 The boulder (200 meters later) that is a good reference point |
 What is left of Launtz Creek Camp |
 What is left of Launtz Creek Camp |
 Waht is left of Launtz cabin |
 What is left of Launtz cabin |
 Back into the South Fork |
 The South Fork |
 The South Fork |
 The South Fork |
 The South Fork |
 The South Fork |
The South Fork |
 The South Fork |
 The South Fork |
The South Fork |
 The South Fork |
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