The climb up the old tractor trail is steep and arduous but not particularly slippery or otherwise difficult. The Vado camp will have water at it this year, at other times it may be necessary to go "upstream" to find water. The camp is in good shape, a sign and a grill are still there as &...

Hello Wayne, I "penciled in" the most direct route I have used to access Vado camp. As you can see the route passes NNW of post summit. The western portion of the route is a decayed tractor trail, the portion proceeding east from point "3342" is an offtrail ridgeline. The ridglin...

Date Hiked: June 11, 2023 General Condition: Difficult (brushy and/or many deadfalls, faint tread) The trail washout 1/2 mile in was a bit tricky with a backpack on, the 4 younger people seemed to take it easily while I was a bit squeamish. After crossing the Granite road the trail gets progressive...

Date Hiked: June 12, 2023 General Condition: Difficult (brushy and/or many deadfalls, faint tread) We followed the full Manuel trail from its intersection with the Little Sur Trail to Pfeiffer park. We used GPS initially at the northern end, then three times along the Launtz-Vado section, the first...

Myself and 4 others made it to Pico Public Camp this weekend. We persevered along the trail, crossed the granite road and continued until well past the Granite Property line (which I believe is marked by a gate made of galvanized pipe), then scrambled up to then along the Granite road until we could...

Date Hiked: March 2, 2023 General Condition: Impassable (completely overgrown or tread obliterated) There was a foot of snow or more on the “trail”. The way up to devils peak early in the morning was relatively easy on the consolidated hard snow. From devils peak to mt Carmel the snow had softened ...

This seems to show the stone ridge trail as open for bicycles

https://www.trailforks.com/trails/stone-ridge-trail/

Is that correct?

Date Hiked: March 25, 2023 General Condition: Passable (some brush and/or deadfalls, tread evident) From memorial park to the Saddle below JSP the trail is a bit muddy and the main creek might be difficult to cross for some, the trail would rate as "clear" if not for the mud. I ran into s...

I wholeheartedly agree with Crocket’s outrage. The closure is an abomination. Is the FS saying that they will guarantee that trails are “safe” after the opening? Will someone be walking the length of all trails to ensure they are “safe”? I await notification that some of my favorite trails are “safe...

Date Hiked: November 13, 2022
General Condition: Clear (no obstacles and tread well defined)
The route to plaskett rd