The Big Sur gorge |
The trail to Mt Manuel |
The gorge |
Mt Manuel |
The trail behind me |
The gorge |
Mountains in the distance |
Mt Manuel's ridge above the trail |
The trail gets a bit tougher halfway to Mt Manuel |
Ivy's fruit? |
Ivy's fruit? |
Ocean views |
Almost at Mt Manuel's summit |
Almost at Mt Manuel's summit |
Almost at Mt Manuel's summit |
Mountains in the distance |
Ocean views |
Yucca |
Ocean views |
Thicker vegetation along the trail |
Thicker vegetation along the trail |
Thicker vegetation along the trail |
Thicker vegetation along the trail |
Thicker vegetation along the trail |
Ocean views |
Ocean views |
The billboard ahead |
White wildflowers |
White flowers |
Blue flowers |
Blue flowers |
White flowers |
Red flowers |
The lighthouse |
The lighthouse |
Yellow flowers |
Yellow flowers |
Blue flowers on the trail |
Mt Manuel's summit |
Yellow flowers |
The billboard |
The summit |
Mountains in the distance |
Cabezo Prieto ridge |
Yellow flowers |
Yellow flowers |
Yellow flowers |
Mt Manuel's summit |
Mt Manuel's summit |
Ocean views |
Ocean views |
Ocean views |
The billboard |
The billboard |
On the trail of the Cabezo Prieto ridge |
Cabezo Prieto |
Cabezo Prieto |
Cabezo Prieto |
Cabezo Prieto |
Cabezo Prieto |
Panorama northeast from Mt Manuel: from Cabezo Prieto to Double Cone |
Panorama northwest from Mt Manuel: from the coast to Post Summit to Pico Blanco to Cabezo Prieto |
Cabezo Prieto ridge |
Post Summit and Pico Blanco |
Big Sur lighthouse |
Mountains in the distance |
A ridge going towards Double Cone |
Double Cone? |
The old road towards Post Summit |
The old road towards Post Summit |
The old road towards Post Summit |
The old road towards Post Summit |
Pico Blanco from Mt Manuel |
The road becomes an abstraction |
but sometimes still very visible |
Along Cabezo Prieto |
Along Cabezo Prieto |
Yellow flowers |
Yellow flowers |
Along Cabezo Prieto |
Along Cabezo Prieto road |
Along Cabezo Prieto road |
Panorama from Cabezo Prieto: from Andrew Molera Park to the lighthouse |
Purple flowers |
Purple flowers |
Purple flowers |
Purple flowers |
Purple flowers |
The road |
Post Summit and Pico Blanco |
Post Summit |
Post Summit and Pico Blanco |
Pico Blanco |
The "trail" sign |
The "trail" sign |
Panorama from Pico Blanco to the east |
The point where the trail comning down from the "trail" sign enters the South Fork |
Ditto |
The redwood grove |
The redwood grove |
The redwood grove |
Vado Camp |
Vado Camp |
Vado Camp |
Vado Camp |
Pictures to identify the location of Vado Camp |
Pictures to identify the location of Vado Camp |
Pictures to identify the location of Vado Camp |
Pictures to identify the location of Vado Camp |
I left a few cairns nearby |
Down the South Fork |
Down the South Fork |
Down the South Fork |
Down the South Fork |
The first waterfalls |
The first waterfalls |
Then the water suddenly disappears |
Then the water suddenly disappears |
And reappears 15 minutes later |
And reappears 15 minutes later |
The waterfalls at Pico Blanco Camp |
The waterfalls at Pico Blanco Camp |
The waterfalls at Pico Blanco Camp |
Above Pico Blanco Camp |
Above Pico Blanco Camp |
White wildflowers |
White wildflowers |
Water tank on the Pico Blanco road |
Plane in the sky |
Purple wildflowers |
Pico Blanco's trailhead (the place where you hit Coast Rd) |
Old Coast Road's entrances |
Coast Road across from Andrew Molera Campground |
Coast Road across from Andrew Molera Campground |
Coast Road across from Andrew Molera Campground |
Coast Road across from Andrew Molera Campground |
Dani Ridge and Pico Blanco from Coast Road |
Dani Ridge road on the left from Coast Road |
The beginning of Dani Ridge road after crossing the river |
Dani Ridge road |
Dani Ridge |
Dani Ridge road |
Dani Ridge road |
Dani Ridge road |
Deer family |
Deer family |
The Pico Blanco trailhead (closed in 2017) |
The Pico Blanco trailhead |
The Pico Blanco trailhead |
The Pico Blanco trailhead |