There were some biting flies last Sunday (worst by the stream) but not terrible by Ventana standards. It can change quickly depending on their life cycle and weather conditions.

Date Hiked: April 3, 2022 General Condition: Passable (some brush and/or deadfalls, tread evident) A little bit of brush and one duck-under snag on the short trail to this camp under pleasant coast live oak canopy. There are some coulter pines in the vicinity. For water one must go down to the spri...

Date Hiked: April 3, 2022 General Condition: Passable (some brush and/or deadfalls, tread evident) From Pat Springs to Puerto Suello Gap: Passable. Pat Springs is flowing much slower than usual for this time of year (though still ample for filling bottles for now). The greatest flow is to the side ...

Date Hiked: April 3, 2022 General Condition: Clear (no obstacles and tread well defined) From Turner Creek Junction to the Pat Springs area the trail is clear. The tread in the grassy areas is a little uneven with grass growing in it. Note that the set of switchbacks on the north side of the ridge ...

Date Hiked: April 3, 2022
General Condition: Clear (no obstacles and tread well defined)

Clear and in good shape except for at least a dozen step over logs of varying sizes. The brush has been cut back and even the blackberry vines are not in the tread.

Date Hiked: March 13, 2022 General Condition: Passable (some brush and/or deadfalls, tread evident) From the Junction with South Fork Trail to Marble Peak/North Coast Ridge Road: Passable The section along Tan Oak Creek is filling in with brush (bay tree, ceanothus, tanoak). This stretch is notorio...

Date Hiked: March 13, 2022 General Condition: Passable (some brush and/or deadfalls, tread evident) I would rate the entire trail as passable but with caveats. At this point there is no discernable difference between the parts south and north of South Fork Camp. It's not getting much use these days...

Date Hiked: November 28, 2021 General Condition: Difficult (brushy and/or many deadfalls, faint tread) From the end of Jeffrey Road for 0.5 mile the trail is easy to follow with logs relatively recently cut out. Thereafter the trail becomes more of a route with flagging to guide the way. This is pa...

Date Hiked: November 13, 2021 General Condition: Passable (some brush and/or deadfalls, tread evident) From NCRT down to the camp: Plenty of leaves, needles and burned debris on the trail but the tread is evident and passable. Cook Spring itself has a decent flow (20 oz bottle filled in <30 seconds...

Date Hiked: November 13, 2021 General Condition: Passable (some brush and/or deadfalls, tread evident) The Gamboa Trail in its entirety is passable. From the junction with the North Coast Ridge Trail (NCRT), the upper switchbacks pass through an area that was severely burned in the Dolan Fire with ...