Date Hiked: May 4, 2026
General Condition: Clear (no obstacles and tread well defined)

I hiked the Bear Basin Trail and this up from Pine Valley to the Pine Ridge Trail. It's essentially all one trail. At least at one time there was a sign where the old Bear Basin Trail route headed down into ...

Date Hiked: May 4, 2026
General Condition: Clear (no obstacles and tread well defined)

I hiked the this and the Connector up from Pine Valley to the Pine Ridge Trail. Steep, mostly clear, with a reasonably wide trailbed. There's a hop-over log at a little of 3400', but it's easily managed. Not ...

Date Hiked: May 6, 2026
General Condition: Clear (no obstacles and tread well defined)

I hiked the trail down from China Camp to Redwood and then back up on Sunday, May 3 through Wednesday, May 6, excepting a detour to Pine Valley on the trip in on the 3rd and 4th. So I did all twice, save ...

I was up there last March. The washout canyon has been roughly graded and is easily passable on foot. A *very* stout 4WD could get through too, but the road is closed to the public. On my trip, I talked with one of the USFS folks who was walking out after checking in with a trail crew on the Vicente ...

Let me reinforce a few of Jack’s thoughts and add a few of my own.

First, I would echo that Jack’s point that many find Ventana more difficult than expected. Grades can be steep and footing loose. Trails rated as generally “Passable” on this site can have a very wide range of conditions including ...

Date Hiked: April 28, 2025
General Condition: Clear (no obstacles and tread well defined)

I walked only a very short section: from the end of the North Coast Ridge Road south about 3/4 mile. On the 27th I walked from the road end to the Bee Camp Trail junction and went down. On the 28th I came ...

Date Hiked: April 26, 2025
General Condition: Clear (no obstacles and tread well defined)

I walked -- or attempted to walk -- both the upper and lower sections. This is the report for the lower section, starting at the junction with Lost Valley Trail (about 0.6 miles below the Indian View Use ...

Date Hiked: April 26, 2025
General Condition: Difficult (brushy and/or many deadfalls, faint tread)

I walked -- or attempted to walk -- both the upper and lower sections. This is the report for the upper section, starting from the junction with the Marble Peak Trail (about 1/4 mile above the ...

Date Hiked: April 26, 2025
General Condition: Passable (some brush and/or deadfalls, tread evident)

I only walked a short section, from the Marble Peak Trail junction down to the Indian Valley Trail Junction. This mixes meadows -- nicely clear -- with more wooded sections that were a little ...

Date Hiked: April 25, 2025
General Condition: Clear (no obstacles and tread well defined)

Mostly Clear, but with one Passable section. Read on.

I hiked from the South Fork Trail junction to the Indian Valley UseCamp (at the junction with the Lost Valley Trail) on the 25th. I spent two nights at ...