

-
Join 934 other subscribers
-
“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

-
“. . .here, where there are still the silences and the loneliness of the earth before man, . . .”

Search Jack’s Blog


Recently Read
- Dick Smith on Forest Access
- Smith's Pool
- Tarantula Mating Season, Santa Barbara County
- Dick Smith Calling a Condor, Piru 1970
- Mountain Lion Standoff, Santa Ynez Mountains
- Contact
- Eating Poison Oak
- The Pine Mountain Punisher: 22 Mile Day Hike
- Jack Elliott's Original, Custom Deluxe Campfire Cuisine
- Lion's Mane, the Smart Mushroom
Photos from the blog
This slideshow requires JavaScript.
-
Latest Dispatches
- Dick Smith on Forest Access
- Old Mission Sycamore Whacked Again
- Bald Eagle, Manzana Creek, San Rafael Wilderness
- When Rains Fall, Will USFS Close Our Forest? The Coming El Niño
- Language of Forest Closure; Assault on an Ancient Right
- March of the Mustard; The Spread of Noxious Weeds
- Mark of Conquest II: Benchmark and Mortar
- Save Old Mission Sycamore … __ __ __ …
- Raking the Forest: Anderson, Trump, Kuyper
- Initials of J.D. Reyes (1907)
- Last California Grizzlies Seen In Santa Barbara National Forest? (1926)
- Eccentric Artifact, San Marcos Foothills Preserve
- Fog Drip Morels
- Naming Santa Barbara’s Modoc Road
- Mark of Conquest: Benchmark and Mortar
Lunar Phase

Tag Archives: Pine Mountain Lodge Camp
Pine Mountain from Piedra Blanca
An iPhone’s-eye view of a day hike I took this last Sunday up the Gene Marshall-Piedra Blanca National Recreation Trail to Pine Mountain Lodge Camp. It’s about six miles to the top with some 3000 feet of elevation gain. Gene Marshall-Piedra … Continue reading
Posted in Ventura County
Tagged Backpacking, Camping, Gene Marshall Trail, Hiking, Hiking (2), iPhoneography, Nature, Outdoors, Photos, Pics, Pine Mountain, Pine Mountain Lodge Camp, Sespe Wilderness
3 Comments













