This is a really nice hike, the views are great and compared to some of the trails in the area it’s not too difficult, the elevation is not too bad and it’s for the most part it’s a wilderness highway. I backpacked it with some friends and as beginners we shouldn’t have done the 10 miles to Sykes in one day because after 8 miles we were feeling exhausted. Overall great experience and would hike or backpack again.
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After extensive and intense rehabilitation and rescue the restoration of the lower portion of the Santa Lucia trail is,while ongoing it once again is usable and safe. Thanks to the efforts of the @BigSurRecCrew and the donations of their donors. Make sure to check thier efforts and follow the progress on instagram
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This hike was so beautiful, so many wild flowers currently, lots of water but. It bad for crossing. A little over grown in areas but not imposible.
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We hiked in to Vincente Flat approx 5.4 miles from Kirk Creek trail head. Set up camp and continued 7 miles up to cone peak. There is a section of the trail up the creek from camp which is washed out, we followed Cairns and our app and picked up the trail about 1miles after leaving camp. The creek is last place to fill up water. From there its approx 1.7 Miles of switchbacks to a fire road, 2 Miles on the fire road and then 2.3 on a single track up to the summit.
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First time hiking Pine Ridge trail . Brutal climb from the start. All spots were taken at Barlow and Sykes on Saturday . Everyone cleared out on Sunday . Enjoyed the River and hot springs all to my self.
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About 3 miles to the top. Almost up the entire time. Great views. Well marked trail has some over growth from the time off, but the trail can still easily be followed. No water.
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Awesome views from cone peak. We did the loop counter clockwise from Vicente flats. The backside from Trail Springs to Vicente flats is very overgrown. There are tunnels of poison oak. Expect to bushwhacked with your rain jacket and rain pants.
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This was hard at times but so worth it. incredible views. Changing vistas from forest to crest to wildflower scrub. It felt like three hikes in one.
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Started at highway 1, camped at Vicente and made that our base camp. As of 5/14, Vicente had plenty of water and the trail from H1 to camp was littered with wildflowers. Goat camp, Espinosa and Trail Spring all had water nearby or through camp. The Stone Ridge Loop counter-clockwise from Vicente was amazing. Covered so many different types of terrain ad ecosystems. One of the most diverse I've ever done. It started to get pretty overgrown after we got past Goat Camp, but it was far from un-manageable; a lot of poison oak, so be wary. For us, the overgrown trail made it more fun and unique and interesting but it also slowed down our pace quite a bit. Add at least an hour, more likely two to your normal pace to account for overgrown trail, epic views, and caution for poison oak.
Highly suggest doing the trail the same direction we did...I can't imagine going up that section near Goat. BRING BUG SPRAY.
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