Great day! Was about 82 at the trailhead. Couldn’t get all the way to the trailhead campground. The road ends at the corral.
Saw a fox snag a quail and run off it with. Was pretty wild.
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McDonald is a nice view down into the condor wilderness and some gorgeous terrain! Also
I forgot to finish my track sorry about that >.<
Waypoint for register. Which was eaten up by mice so isn’t really intact
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Great hike and awesome camp grounds for thru hikers. The scramble description from hps doesn’t explain well enough how steel and difficult that is
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One of my favorite local hikes for sure. 360 degree view. You can see from Pismo to ragged point, and on clear days all the way to the sierras.
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This road is paved half of the way, almost to Broadcast Peak. Then it turns into a fun rocky and dirt road. I’m a novice wheeler in a stock JKU and had no problems. Took a little longer than I expected.
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Started at 8 in the parking lot. This is a steady uphill grind for 7 miles. The views on top was very nice.
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Drove in to campground, sauntered over, achieved the peak! Then moved car to Chumash Wilderness and Grouse Mountain followed by Sawmill: no strolling involved on that part.
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Steep grades, good trails, beautiful views with alpine flowers and lots of shade. Only one rattlesnake.
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Lots of thistle on nice, flat part of trail near the campground. Beautiful views, old road.
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Pretty sweet off road trail. Took my 97 4Runner on it stock, except 31” all terrains. Clearance was good except for the trailer hitch. I probably hit that every other bump lol. Good views and trail kept well
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Great trail, will get feet wet crossing over the creek on several crossings.
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Add 2.5 miles or so to the hike because the access road may be closed getting to the trailhead. This hike is very difficult. I had to turn back about 6 miles in, as there was a very long narrow ledge with a steep drop I didn’t think my pup and I would be able to make. Just wasn’t worth the risk to me. It rained often and was chilly in March when I went through in the upper 40’s 😭.
I’ll be back and will take the other trail in instead.
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