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“He may be just a tramp, a guy that likes to roam about this great country without any special aim, just to thank the Lord for these beautiful mountains.”
-B. Traven, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
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Grass Mountain & Zaca Peak Via Birabent Canyon
The environs of Figueroa Mountain feature a diverse range of landscape. Open rolling grassland, gravely slopes sparsely studded with moss and lichen covered oaks, other nooks holding denser stands of oak and conifers, flowing creeks in the shady sycamore canopied … Continue reading →
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Tagged Deer, Figueroa Mountain, Grass Mountain, Hiking, Landscapes, Los Padres National Forest, Nature, Photos, Tarantula, Zaca Peak
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