you can give it a shot but if it gets sketchy and you lose the trail for too long i highly recommend back tracking and walking back out. jack marked that section of trail impassable after I made my trail report last year. it was one of the more sketchy sections of washout throughout that area. we wa...

hey jtack, i was back there late last year, it's the roughest i've seen the trail in a long time. the camps are still all in great shape, both trail springs and goat are viable with flowing water, though a bit overgrown since so few folks have made it back there post dolan. i would say that it's rea...

Date Hiked: February 6, 2022 General Condition: Clear (no obstacles and tread well defined) Bumped into John trail running back here on Sunday. Was a beautiful weekend to summit VDC and the trail is in great shape. [Wilderness Freeway] Turner Creek to Pat Springs via Skinner Ridge - Trail is wilder...

Date Hiked: February 6, 2022 General Condition: Wilderness Freeway (Heavily used and well maintained) Bumped into John trail running back here on Sunday and another local out for a day hike helping to clear overgrowth. Was a beautiful weekend to summit VDC and the trail is in great shape. [Clear] L...

Date Hiked: February 5, 2022 General Condition: Clear (no obstacles and tread well defined) Bumped into John trail running back here on Sunday. Was a beautiful weekend to summit VDC and the trail is in great shape. No summit registry signatures since last November and only 5 total last year. John m...

Date Hiked: February 5, 2022 General Condition: Passable (some brush and/or deadfalls, tread evident) Trail is passable from the Sign on Ventana Double Cone trail down to Lone Pine Camp. Some brush that you will need to walk through that was recently cleared by John and some locals. Flagging is in ...

I've been parking on the side of the 1 at the trailhead for years. I believe you can leave a car for up to 72 hours with no issues. Did that change recently? I was just up there a few months ago and had no issues. Be really careful if you are doing the cone peak loop. The tread is not good on the ba...

Date Hiked: September 26, 2021 General Condition: Impassable (completely overgrown or tread obliterated) We took a small group through the cone peak lollipop this weekend. Cone Peak down to trail camp is difficult. There are multiple washouts and 3-6 foot diameter redwoods down on the switchbacks. ...

Date Hiked: September 26, 2021 General Condition: Impassable (completely overgrown or tread obliterated) We took a small group through here on 9/27 after finishing cone peak lollipop. Conditions are bad post Dolan Fire. Stone Ridge Trail from Ojai Camp sign to Goat camp is impassable. There is a ma...

Date Hiked: September 26, 2021 General Condition: Passable (some brush and/or deadfalls, tread evident) Took a small group through this area over the weekend. There were two large redwoods that fell after Dolan fire that need bandsaws to cut. One was 6 - 8 foot diameter and requires you to army cra...