Doud Peak, Garrapata State Park: A Surprisingly Uncrowded Hike in Big Sur
Doud Peak is a far-flung mountain in the hinterlands of Garrapata State Park. It's a nice alternative to the more congested hikes of Big Sur.
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Doud Peak is a far-flung mountain in the hinterlands of Garrapata State Park. It's a nice alternative to the more congested hikes of Big Sur.
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Continue reading ...It’s been a while! My last adventure updates were in March 2022 from my New Mexico trip. Since then I’ve kept to mostly local adventures. They’ve been fun but not necessarily worth posting about. Good things in family and career have kept me from peakbagging lately. This unique opportunity to “summit” the high point of...
Continue reading ...I cover a lot of obscure mountains and hikes on this website. Often I hike a mountain because it lands on an equally unknown peakbagging list, such as the Bay Area Nifty Ninety Peaks. Peakbagging is a relentless though highly questionable pursuit of tagging summits in a systematic way. Though heavily ridiculed by “serious climbers”,...
Continue reading ...Burra Burra Peak, Vasquez Peak and Rock Springs Peak form a difficult hike through the exquisite backcountry of Henry Coe State Park.
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