Pictures of from Pfeiffer Big Sur Park to Vado Camp to Andrew Molera Park
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From start to end
(Click on the pictures to enlarge them | If you have a high-speed connection, click here for larger pictures) 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 |
Click here for the route from Vado Camp to Bottcher's Gap
 Down the South Fork |
 Down the South Fork |
 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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