A first look at the Ventana Cones (Left to right: South Ventana Cone, Ventana Cone, and Ventana Double Cone)
11/23/2006 12:39 PM
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Another reasonable picture of the Church Creek Divide junction sign. Thats two in a row.
11/23/2006 01:12 PM
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I walked right past Divide Camp w/o noticing it. (I do remember passing the ferns, I just didn't look down). This shot is Miller Mountain poking through the trees.
11/23/2006 01:23 PM
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The Pine Ridge trail was still in very good shape and there were only three deadfalls on this leg of the trail (two crawl unders, one step over)
11/23/2006 01:33 PM
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The reliable creek past divide camp had water today. This creek flows down to pine valley and is one of the earliest headwaters of the carmel river.
11/23/2006 01:37 PM
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Before the most recent trailwork this section of trail was completely overgrown but it was still looking good today.
11/23/2006 01:47 PM
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A break in the trees giving a glimpse at the Ventana Ridge. Puerto Suello Gap directly center. Uncle Sam and Elephant mountain to its right, Ventana Double Code to its left, and I think that Devils Peak visible above the gap.
11/23/2006 01:53 PM
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Bear Basin connector. Passed a lone Big Sur bound backpacker near here.
11/23/2006 02:03 PM
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Looking down at Pine Valley. Miller Mountain on the left horizen. This angle has a nice view of the approach I used to climb Miller last year.
11/23/2006 02:04 PM
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