For the National Recreation Trail in Whitman County, Washington, see Kamiak Butte.
Pine Ridge Trail
Length
23 mi (37 km)
Location
Monterey County, California, USA
Trailheads
China Camp, near Tassajara Hot Springs Big Sur Station, USFS
Use
Backpacking, hiking, trail running, trail riding
Difficulty
Moderate
Months
Year Round
Sights
Santa Lucia Mountains, Carmel River, Big Sur River
Maintained by
Los Padres National Forest, Ventana Wilderness
The Pine Ridge Trail (USFS 3E06) is the most popular hiking trail in the Ventana Wilderness of the Los Padres National Forest, California.[1] The 19.5 miles (31.4 km) trail traverses the Ventana Wilderness from the Big Sur Station near sea level to China Camp on Tassajara Road at 5,000 feet (1,500 m). Built in 1916 by the Post family of Big Sur, the Pine Ridge Trail offers hikers and equestrians an array of backcountry camps to enjoy.
It transits a broad variety of ecosystems, including mixed hardwood forested ridges, dense chaparral, riparian woods, and redwood forests. The western portion was initially closed in July 2017 due to damage from the Soberanes Fire and subsequent rains, which caused multiple landslides, wiping out the path, and left more than 100 trees blocking the trail. In January, 2020, the Forest Service announced that the trail was being reconstructed.[2] In late 2022, the trail was reopened but in March 2023 the portion from Ventana Camp to Terrace Creek was closed again.[3]
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^"Trail access to Sykes Camp could be restored this summer, but the hot tubs are gone". Archived from the original on 2020-01-02. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
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