Pictures of from Pfeiffer Big Sur Park to Vado Camp to Andrew Molera Park
(Copyright © 2012 Piero Scaruffi)
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Notes of this trip
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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
Mountains in the distance
Almost at the top of Mt Manuel the vegetation gets thicker
Almost at the top of Mt Manuel the vegetation gets thicker
Almost at the top of Mt Manuel the vegetation gets thicker
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
Cabezo Prieto ridge
Post Summit and Pico Blanco
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
Trail sign (note that it faces north)
Trail sign (note that it faces north)
The faintest of trails on the eastern side of the canyon going down to the South Fork
The thickest of jungles on the western side of the canyon
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
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
Majestic yucca flower
Majestic yucca flower
The place where you have to take the trail down (on the other side of the road, the right side going down)
The place where you have to take the trail down (on the other side of the road)
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
Some notes on Dani Ridge road
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
(Copyright © 2012 Piero Scaruffi)
If you would like the original, high-resolution pictures, contact me