Today a few of us Volunteer Wilderness Rangers scouted a three-mile stretch of the once very popular Pine Ridge Trail out of Big Sur, which has been closed for the past three years, ever since the
Soberanes Fire. We found the trail to be generally passable, but in dire need of brushing, and a lot of tread reconstruction/shoring up will be required. Plus, there are 22 (or more) trees across the trail, a couple of which will be a challenge to remove, and one will likely be beyond the ability of a volunteer trail crew. Call in the professionals! Here are some photos I took of the entire trip, which also included a 1.5-mile hike down to Terrace Creek Camp, where we installed a new wilderness toilet, and a two-mile hike through Pfeiffer–Big Sur State Park to our car.
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At the trailhead, geared up to carry the new toilet
down to Terrace Creek Camp and install it |
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Toilet installation underway: Beth clearing the trail; Steve
assembling the box; Lynn in the new hole scooping dirt out
with a bowl; Brian at the ready to loosen some more dirt
with his shovel |
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| Installation complete! |
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| This one will be a bear to clear |
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| Here it is (they are) from the other side |
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And another, though this one should be
straightforward |
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| Brushy trail . . . |
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| I had to remind myself to stop and look around! |
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The super gnarly oak tree, which people
have devised a gnarly workaround around |
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| Another view |
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Part of the gnarly workaround; it was not
pleasant (but then, I don't like bushwhacking) |
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Lynn and Beth survey some work they'd done
previously: the trail here is on State Park
property, and was beautiful—
recently cleared by SP employees |
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| Almost done |
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