The trailhead at Pfeiffer Big Sur |
The trailhead at Pfeiffer Park |
The trailhead at Pfeiffer Park |
Homestead Cabin |
Mt Manuel trail |
Mt Manuel trail |
Mt Manuel trail |
Wildflowers |
Wildflowers |
The trail |
The gorges |
The gorges |
The trail |
The trail |
The trail |
Yucca flower |
Yucca flower |
Yucca flower |
Lots of erosion |
Wildflowers |
The trail |
Wildflowers |
Wildflowers |
Wildflowers |
First view of the Ventana |
First view of the Ventana mountains |
Wildflowers |
The trail |
The trail |
The mountains |
The trail |
The trail |
Giant pine cones |
Trail |
Mountains |
Mt Manuel |
The trail |
The trail |
Mountains |
The trail |
The billboard |
Kandlbinder and Double Cone |
USGS marker |
Post Summit and Pico Blanco |
Wildflowers |
Wildflowers |
Wildflowers |
Panorama |
The Big Sur lighthouse from Mt Manuel |
Wildflowers |
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 |
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 |
Yellow flowers |
Blue flowers on the trail |
Mt Manuel's summit |
Yellow flowers |
Cabezo Prieto ridge |
The old road towards Post Summit |
The old road towards Post Summit |
The old road towards Post Summit |
Wildflowers on the road |
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 |
Purple flowers |
Purple flowers |
Panorama from Cabezo Prieto: from Andrew Molera Park to the lighthouse |
The ancient road full of wildflowers |
The road disappears and only the wildflowers are left |
Purple flowers |
The road |
Post Summit and Pico Blanco |
Post Summit |
The "road" to Mt Manuel where i came from |
Big Sur lighthouse |
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 |
Towards Post Summit |
Towards Post Summit |
Towards Post Summit |
Looking back at the Cabezo Prieto ridge |
Looking back at Cabezo Prieto |
Views of the Ventana Wilderness |
Towards Post Summit |
Towards Post Summit |
Towards Post Summit |
Post Summit is up there (the white cone) |
The saddle |
And the last steep climb |
Towards Post Summit |
Towards Post Summit |
Towards Post Summit |
The few trees are dead |
The lone tree on Post Summit |
Post Summit |
Downhill |
Pico Blanck |
The ocean |
Downhill |
Towards Andrew Molera |
Towards Andrew Molera |
Towards Andrew Molera |
Towards Andrew Molera |
Towards Andrew Molera |
On the dirt road |
On the dirt road |
Almost done |
The East Molera trailhead |
The East Molera trailhead |
The East Molera trailhead |