in NO BACKCOUNTRY FIRES seasonto find your own adventurethe print/PDF/Garmin maps ...the route planning tools ...the trail conditions map ...USE the interactive map ...
with Camps, Water Sources, and Points of Interest for Ventana/SilverPeak wilderness explorers
Get up-to-date local trail knowledge!
Trail and camp locations can be incorrect on online maps of the Big Sur Ventana & Silver Peak wilderness areas.
Big Sur Trailmap provides accurate trail and camp locations
based on local knowledge (GPS'd), with locally-known "use
trails", seasonal water sources, waterfalls, and other features in Big Sur state parks and wilderness areas.
Plus current wilderness and state park trail conditions and closures.
Created by a Big Sur explorer, updated weekly from local reports.
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"Experience nature in the wild"
"The wild is still there, just off a trail"
"Find your own adventure"
Wilderness hikers:
Wilderness trails are not park-like trails ! Pre-hike info/prep often needed "A line on a map is just a line on a map"
Know the current trail conditions !
A wilderness trail may not be signed or passable or followable
(Personal-use-only copyright - not to be promulgated to public source ala OpenStreetMap/GaiaCloud)
(USGS quads, wilderness areas, wildfire areas)
(Lat/Lon OR UTM OR Section/Township/Range)
(what icons & line colors show)
(those who have given time or data)
(culled from other websites)
Hiatus until June 25
The website will not be updated until I return from Iceland
CURRENT STATUS
Willow Fire Status Fire 100% contained Closure order in effect
Extreme-danger fire restrictions:no stoves or fires anywhere in National Forest
No−Fires Food (cold+hot)
Extreme-danger fire restrictions:no stoves or fires anywhere in backcountry
No−Fires Food (cold+hot)
Level 3 fire restrictions:no fires in National Forest
Level 2 fire restrictions: Stoves allowed in National Forest (with permit), but no campfires outside designated campgrounds.
Level 1 fire restrictions: Campfires & stoves allowed in National Forest
Fireworks are illegal: in the National Forest, year-round (especially with current fire danger)
Willow Post-Fire Closure:
for Marble Peak Trail
Dolan Post-Fire Closures:
for Nacimiento-Fergusson and South Coast Ridge Roads - also trails in J.P. Burns and Limekiln State Parks
Full USFS Forest Closure Entire Los Padres NF closed through September 22
Closed State Parks:
Limekiln SP (except for beach)
Recent trail closures:
Kirk Creek Trail, until end of July
Recent road closures:
Slides have closed Route 1 between Gorda and Ragged Point - may last til Nov. 3. Check CalTrans for latest info.
CLOSURE INFO Trail & Roads
TRAIL 90-day NEWS: (click for details/older)
May 27 Fire restrictions raised…
Fires only in designated campgrounds, gas stoves allowed
May 1 Escondido Campground now open…
and southern ArroyoSeco-Indians Roadungated
May 1 Andrew Molera Campground now open
May 1 Willow Post-fire closure ended…
Tony and Marble Peak Trails now open
May 1 Dolan Post-fire closure change…
Escondido Campground now open, closure for N-F and SCR Road extended to April 2023
SITE 90-day NEWS: (click for details/older)
No 90-day site news
Latest blog post:
Latest forum post:
Hiking closures are shown on:
Interactive Trail Conditions map
Interactive Big Sur Trailmap
Interactive Route Metrics map
Google Earth overlay map are not shown on:
PDF-format maps
Garmin-format maps
Smartphone tile maps are optionally shown on:
Printed maps
For mileage & cumulative gain+loss [last routing update: Jun 29]
Hiking closures are shown on:
Interactive Trail Conditions map
Interactive Big Sur Trailmap
Interactive Route Metrics map
Google Earth overlay map are not shown on:
PDF-format maps
Garmin-format maps
Smartphone tile maps are optionally shown on:
Printed maps
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Fireworks are illegal: in the National Forest, year-round (especially with current fire danger)
For mileage &
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