Hiking Junipero Serra Peak (Pinkolam) in Los Padres National Forest
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Notes of this trip
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Fort Ligget |
Mission inside the fort |
Creek crossing |
Creek crossing |
Santa Lucia trailhead at Memorial Park |
Santa Lucia trailhead at Memorial Park |
Santa Lucia trailhead at Memorial Park |
Santa Lucia trailhead at Memorial Park |
Santa Lucia trailhead at Memorial Park |
Santa Lucia trailhead at Memorial Park |
Santa Lucia trailhead at Memorial Park |
Wildflowers |
Through the meadows |
Wildflowers |
Poison oak |
Poison oak |
First view of Junipero Serra Peak |
Yucca |
Wildflowers |
Through the meadows |
Junipero Serra Peak |
Through the meadows |
Wildflowers |
Wildflowers |
Wildflowers |
Through the meadows |
Through the meadows |
Through the meadows |
Through the meadows |
Through the meadows |
Through the meadows |
Through the meadows |
Through the meadows |
Through the meadows |
Snake |
Snake |
First sign (multiply by 1.6 to obtain the distances) |
Yuccas and wildflowers |
Wildflowers |
Wildflowers |
Wildflowers |
Wildflowers |
Wildflowers |
Wildflowers |
Wildflowers |
Wildflowers |
Yucca |
Yucca |
Thicker vegetation |
Wildflower |
Wildflower |
Near hill |
Distant hills in the south |
Wildflowers |
Up to the saddle |
The canyon below |
Schist rock |
Wilfdlowers |
The trail through the shrubs |
Junipero Serra Peak |
Second sign (multiply by 1.6 to obtain the distances) |
Second sign |
First saddle |
Second saddle |
Peak |
Yuccas |
The valley below |
Valley and southern view |
The trail |
Yucca on the trail |
Yucca on a rock |
First saddle |
Southern mountains |
Yucca |
Yucca flower |
Towards the second saddle |
Towards the second saddle |
First saddle |
Yucca flower |
Yucca flower |
Yucca flower |
Trail |
Trail |
Junipero Serra Peak |
Junipero Serra Peak |
Junipero Serra Peak |
Canyon below |
Trail |
Junipero Searra Peak |
Trail |
Trail |
Trail |
Lookout tower |
Trail |
Trail |
Yucca at the second saddle |
Yucca |
Towards the second saddle |
Giant pine cone |
Giant pine cone |
Trail through the pines |
Trail through the pines |
Trail through the pines |
Water sign |
On one side shrubs |
On the other side pines |
On the other side pines |
The biggest pine cone of the day |
Giant pine cones |
Trail through the pines |
Trail through the pines |
Giant pine cones |
Giant pine cones |
Lookout tower |
Stairs to the top |
Stairs to the top |
Stairs to the top |
The saddles and the view west |
Southern view |
Fog on the ocean to the west |
Southern view (the highest point is the Cone) |
The trail we came from |
Pines |
Pines |
Pines |
Lookout tower |
Hut |
Hut |
Towards the summit |
Towards the summit |
The summit |
The summit |
Giant pine cones |
Giant pine cones |
Giant pine cones |
Giant pine cones |
Pines |
Odd marker near the lookout tower |
Rock where the marker is |
Pines |
The southern branch of the summit loop |
The trail to Pinyon Peak |
Overgrown vegetation |
Overgrown vegetation |
The hill south of the lookout tower |
Pinyon Peak to the east |
The trail you make is the trail you take |
The trail you make is the trail you take |
The trail you make is the trail you take |
View of Junipero Serra Peak |
Hill south of Junipero Serra Peak and (to the left) Bald Mountain |
The trail you make is the trail you take |
The trail you make is the trail you take |
The trail you make is the trail you take |
Bald Mountain |
Bald Mountain |
Pinyon Peak |
The hill between Bald Mountain and Pinyon Peak |
Pinyon Peak |
Vestiges of the original trail |
Vestiges of the original trail |
Vestiges of the original trail |
Vestiges of the original trail |
Vestiges of the original trail |
Vestiges of the original trail |
Giant pine cone |
Giant pine cone |
Giant pine cone |
Back to the trailhead at the lookout tower |
Lookout tower |
(Copyright © 2007 Piero Scaruffi | Legal
restrictions - Termini d'uso )
If you would like the original, high-resolution pictures, contact me