Pictures of from Pfeiffer Big Sur Park to Vado Camp to Andrew Molera Park

(Copyright © 2012 Piero Scaruffi)
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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

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(Copyright © 2012 Piero Scaruffi)
If you would like the original, high-resolution pictures, contact me