Pictures of Andrew Molera to Pfeiffer Big Sur via Post Summit

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Highlights


From start to end

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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

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(Copyright © 2024 Piero Scaruffi)
If you would like the original, high-resolution pictures, contact me