Took this only as far as Willet Hot Spring. Difficult in the heat, lots of sand to hike through on the trail, best bet is to hike out in the morning hours and jump in the creek in various spots along the way at the day progresses. Beautiful area, Willet was clean and incredible.
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It was hot and lots of bugs. Probably wrong time of the year for this area. Also, the views were hampered by the smoke from fires.
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Beautiful views, great for picnics or an overnight. Can be done in a car, Jeep, hike or bike.
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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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