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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.”
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Tag Archives: Sespe Wilderness
Mountain Pools
Several pools along a tributary of Sespe Creek.
Posted in Ventura County
Tagged Creeks, Hiking, iPhoneography, Los Padres National Forest, Nature, Photos, Pics, Sespe Wilderness, Streams, Swimming Holes, waterfalls
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Whiteacre Peak, Fossilized Bones, Cougar Prints and Condors
California condor soaring over Whiteacre Peak. Stillman (DavidStillman.blogspot.com) had a good idea, which by the end of our day turned out to be an excellent idea, to find a route to the summit of Whiteacre Peak in the Sespe Wilderness. … Continue reading
Posted in Ventura County
Tagged backcountry, Condors, Fossils, Hiking, Los Padres National Forest, Mountain Lions, Nature, Peaks, Sespe Wilderness, Whiteacre, Wildlife
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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
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Pine Mountain Lodge Camp
Last November I set off in late afternoon on the punishing climb up the Gene Marshall Trail from the Piedra Blanca trailhead to the top of Pine Mountain and the camp near the old Pine Mountain Lodge site . Don’t … Continue reading
Potrero John Camp (Sespe Wilderness)
1.7 miles from Potrero John Trailhead to Potrero John Camp in the Sespe Wilderness Trailhead located on HWY-33 at Potrero John Creek Elevation: Trailhead 3696 Camp 4152 The trail leaves HWY-33 plunging instantly into the spectacular gorge cut through the … Continue reading
Posted in Backcountry
Tagged Haddock Mountain, HWY 33, Potrero John, Reyes Peak, Sespe Wilderness, waterfalls
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