The Condor Trail (Leg One)
One day Janet and I were bikepacking some remote trails in the Los Padres National Forest and we met a couple who told us they were hiking the Condor Trail. Once we got home...
Category: Creek Walking
Traveling up a creek by foot.
Little Sur River Fastpack Exploration
Just North of Point Sur, underneath a sweeping bend in highway 1, the Little Sur River dumps into the ocean. This river makes it’s beginning on the North flanks of Ventana Double Cone and...
Leor’s Devils Falls and Hellhole Falls Loop
After last weekend at Canogas Falls, Leor carefully studied the satellite imagery and he discovered several previously unreported waterfalls. The official approach to Canogas Falls is only open one day per year, and that...
Kandlbinder Peak, Ventana Falls, and the Window.
We wanted to do some more creek exploring, and Leor had a “tip” about a cool, rarely visited waterfall hidden amongst loose red rocks up Ventana creek. Starting point was Pfeiffer Big Sur –...
Ventana Cone from Los Padres Dam
*This route was designed by Leor Pantillat. You can find his report here Leor said something about exploring a creek in the Ventana Wilderness, so I found myself awake at 3:30AM, driving the winding...
Suchá Belá
Suchá Belá is a park located near Hrabušice in Slovakia in the Slovenský Raj National Park. For about $5US per person, you can enter the park and hike along the Sucha Bela trail that...
Arroyo Seco Gorge Narrows
The Arroyo Seco Gorge has some stunning terrain if you are willing to creek walk / swim. The narrows section of the route is unbeatable, and the cool water is refreshing from the heat...
