Tag Archives: Hiking

Piedra Blanca

Posted on December 24, 2011 by Jack Elliott

Piedra Blanca sandstone formation. Pops came to visit for Thanksgiving. Last time he came to stay I dragged him along on a five mile hike through intermittent driving rain showers out in the hinterlands of San Luis Obispo County. This … Continue reading →

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Rose Canyon and Rowe’s Gulch

Posted on December 18, 2011 by Jack Elliott

Overlooking the upper Santa Ynez River drainage on a crisp, cool midweek morn. As it happened, nearly a year ago, I was perusing satellite imagery of the local backcountry as I often do. Once again the slim canyon west of … Continue reading →

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Cottam Camp Morning

Posted on December 11, 2011 by Jack Elliott

Cottam Camp at the red dot. I spent a long cold night at Cottam Camp. When it’s dead dark by 5:30 and you’re out on the trail with minimal provisions there’s a bit too much time to kill ‘tween sunset … Continue reading →

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Devil’s Playground, Santa Ynez Mountains

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Jack Elliott

The tunnel-like passage here wraps around to the left and is passable from one end to the other. The Devil’s Playground sandstone formation as seen from Goleta. It is the large rocky patch toward the top of the mountain.

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Nira to Upper Oso: An Early San Rafael Experience

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Jack Elliott

Here’s me in April 1991 posing in front of a San Rafael Wilderness sign. We had just climbed out of the Upper Sisquoc River watershed. I was as a young buck laying eyes on, what was for me, never before … Continue reading →

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