Pictures of Pfeiffer Park to Bottchers Gap via Mt Manuel
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Also use this: 2014 pictures of the route from Pfeiffer Park to Vado Camp
 The trailhead at Pfeiffer Park |
 The trailhead at Pfeiffer Park |
 The trailhead at Pfeiffer Park |
 The trailhead at Pfeiffer Park |
 Homestead Cabin |
 Mt Manuel trail |
 Mt Manuel trail |
 Mt Manuel trail |
 Wildflowers |
 Wildflowers |
 Wildflowers |
 Wildflowers |
 Wildflowers |
 Wildflowers |
 The trail |
 Yucca Flower |
 The gorges |
 The gorges |
 The trail |
 The trail |
 Poppies |
 Poppies |
 Wildflower |
 The trail |
 Wildflower |
 Yucca flower |
 Yucca flower |
 Yucca flower |
 Yucca flower |
 Lots of erosion |
 Wildflowers |
 The trail |
 Wildflowers |
 Wildflowers |
 Wildflowers |
 Wildflowers |
 Wildflowers |
 Wildflowers |
 Wildflowers |
 Wildflowers |
 The ocean from the Mt Manuel trail |
 Wildflowers |
 First view of the eastern mountains |
 First view of the eastern mountains |
 Wildflowers |
 The trail |
 The trail |
 The mountains |
 The trail |
 Wildflowers |
 Wildflowers |
 Wildflowers |
 The trail |
 Giant pine cones |
 Giant pine cones |
 Trail |
 Mountains |
 Mt Manuel |
 Wildflowers |
 Wildflowers |
 Wildflowers |
 Wildflowers |
 Wildflowers |
 Wildflowers |
 The ocean from the Mt Manuel trail |
 Wildflowers |
 The trail |
 The trail |
 Mountains |
 Wildflowers |
 The trail |
 The billboard |  The top |
 The top |
 Kandlbinder and Double Cone |
 Kandlbinder and Double Cone |
 USGS marker |
 Post Summit and Pico Blanco |
 Wildflowers |
 Wildflowers |
 Panorama |
 Wildflowers |
 Wildflowers |
 The Big Sur lighthouse from Mt Manuel |
 The Big Sur lighthouse from Mt Manuel |
 Wildflowers |
 Wildflowers |
 The Double Cone from Mt Manuel |
 Wildflowers |
 Wildflowers |
 The Cabezo Prieto ridge |
 The trail continues north |
 The trail to Post Summit |
 First view of Pico Blanco |
 The trail to Post Summit |
 The trail to Post Summit |
 The trail to Post Summit |
 The trail to Post Summit |
 The trail to Post Summit |
 Wildflowers |
 Wildflowers |
 Wildflowers |
 Wildflowers |
 The trail to Post Summit |
 Pico Blanco |
 Pico Blanco |
 The "road" to Mt Manuel where i came from |
 Big Sur lighthouse |
 Wildflowers |
 Wildflowers on the road |
 Double Cone in the distance |
 The ancient road full of wildflowers |
 The road disappears and only the wildflowers are left |
 Pico Blanco |
 Odd sign in the middle of nowhere |
 but there is no trail anymore |
 Double Cone |
 The "road" continues towards Summit Post |
 The "road" continues towards Summit Post |
 The "trail" descends into the canyon of the south fork of the Launtz creek |
 Into the canyon |
Click here for 2014 pictures of the route from Pfeiffer Park to Vado Camp
 Into the canyon |
 Down to the South Fork creek |
 Down to the South Fork creek |
 Down to the South Fork creek |
 The canyon of the South Fork creek |
 Climbing Launtz ridge |
 Pico Blanco |
See also Bottchers Gap to Launtz Creek Camp for the detour to that abandoned campground
 Northern peak of Summit Post |
 End of the rightmost ridge and Pico Blanco |
 End of the rightmost ridge |
 The Launtz ridge that i am climbing |
 The Launtz ridge that i am climbing |
 The Launtz ridge that i am climbing |
 The Launtz ridge that i am climbing |
 The Launtz ridge that i am climbing |
 The Launtz ridge that i am climbing |
 Wildlife |
 Mt Manauel trail junction |
 Wildflowers |
 Pico Blanco |
 Wildflowers |
 Wildflowers |
 Wildflowers |
 Pico Blanco |
 Wildflowers |
 Bushwhacking on the Launtz ridge |
 Bushwhacking |
 Bushwhacking |
 Bushwhacking |
 Pico Blanco |
 Wildflowers |
 Wildflowers |
 Wildflowers |
 Wildflowers |
 Wildflowers |
 Wildflowers |
 Mysterious road coming down from the east (not on maps) |
 Mysterious road coming down from the east (not on maps) |
 Wildflowers |
 Pico Blanco |
 Cabezo Prieto |
 Cabezo Prieto |
 Deafall on the trail |
 Wildflowers |
 Wildflowers |
 Wildflowers |
 Wildflowers |
 Wildflowers |
 Colossal deadfall on the trail |
 Junction with Jackson Camp |
 Trail towards Pico Blanco |
 Trail towards Pico Blanco |
 Note 2E06 |
 Trail behind the lodge |
 Trail behind the lodge |
 Lodge |
 Lodge |
 Wilderness store |
 Wading the Little Sur river |
 Wildflowers |
 Boy Scout camp |
 Boy Scout camp |
 Waterfall along the way |
 Trailhead at Bottchers Gap |
 Picture taken from Bottchers Gap: Launtz ridge in the foreground and, in the background from left to right, Cabezo Prieto to Post Summit. The "trail" comes down in the shadow of the canyon |
More pictures of the end: Bottchers Gap to Launtz Creek Camp
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