Nighttime Soberanes Wildfire
in NO BACKCOUNTRY FIRES season
Black Butte Pano photo
to find your own adventure
Printed map screenshot
the print/PDF/Garmin maps ...
Metrics calculation screenshot
the route planning tools ...
Trail Conditions screenshot Trail Conditions screenshot overlay
the trail conditions map ...
Interactive map screnshot
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. 
[User experiences+testimonials]
  Big Sur Trailmap provides accurate trail and camp locations based on local knowledge (GPS'd), also 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 photo challenge

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"
Wilderness trails may not be signed or passable or followable
Know the current trail conditions 
The trails want YOU
Smokey Bear
Do good for the outdoors
 
Average Forest Trail Conditions = 65% 
[Pre2016Wildfire=74%]   
0% 
 ImpassableClear 
65%
 100%


CURRENT
STATUS
now ends July 24
Most trails re-opened
Many roads still closed
Flash flood and debris flow warning for 2020/21 burn areas effective Saturday   More info
Sunday Route 1 closure
Apr. 30 4am-1pm
south of Carmel for Big Sur Marathon
Level 1 fire restrictions:  Campfires & stoves allowed in National Forest  
Rte.1 Big Sur closure  Map  (IS shown on trailmap)

CLOSURE INFO
Trails & Roads
USFS & State Parks

TRAIL 60-day NEWS:
(click for details/older)
May 27  Old Coast Road opened
May 26  Route 1 southern closure moved 21 miles northward…
to Limekiln State Park
May 25  USFS Forest Closure order extended to July 24…
largely same as previous order, two Day Use Areas opened
May 10  Milplitas Road culvert fixed, re-opened
Apr.16  JP Burns State Park Partington Cove Trail opened
Apr.14  Revised and extended USFS Closure order…
opens Pine Ridge Trail and South Coast Ridge Road between Cruikshank and Salmon Creek Trails BUT road closures now extended to June 13 to allow road maintenance
Apr.14  Pine Ridge Trail fully open…
after clearing slide beyond Ventana Camp Trail


SITE 60-day NEWS:
(click for details/older)
May 31  Added hazard criterion to Big Sur River conditions webpage
Apr.15  Fixed GoogleEarth page broken download links


Latest blog post: 
Latest forum post: 












Trails, camps, USGS names
Gives map & description

[Search for words in webpages] 

Personal-use-only (copyright)
Not for sharing on public site
such as OpenStreetMap

Big Sur Trailmap, USGS
topo, wilderness areas, …

Lat/Lon OR UTM OR
Section/Township/Range



[what icons & line colors show] 

[have given time or information] 

[culled from other websites] 


























Trails, camps, USGS names
Gives map & description

[Search for words in webpages] 

Personal-use-only (copyright)
Not for sharing on public site
such as OpenStreetMap

Big Sur Trailmap, USGS
topo, wilderness areas, …

Lat/Lon OR UTM OR
Section/Township/Range



[what icons & line colors show] 

[have given time or information] 

[culled from other websites] 















CURRENT
STATUS
now ends July 24
Most trails re-opened
Many roads still closed
Flash flood and debris flow warning for 2020/21 burn areas effective Saturday   More info
Sunday Route 1 closure
Apr. 30 4am-1pm
south of Carmel for Big Sur Marathon
Level 1 fire restrictions:  Campfires & stoves allowed in National Forest  
Rte.1 Big Sur closure  Map  (IS shown on trailmap)

CLOSURE INFO
Trails & Roads
USFS & State Parks

TRAIL 60-day NEWS:
(click for details/older)
May 27  Old Coast Road opened
May 26  Route 1 southern closure moved 21 miles northward…
to Limekiln State Park
May 25  USFS Forest Closure order extended to July 24…
largely same as previous order, two Day Use Areas opened
May 10  Milplitas Road culvert fixed, re-opened
Apr.16  JP Burns State Park Partington Cove Trail opened
Apr.14  Revised and extended USFS Closure order…
opens Pine Ridge Trail and South Coast Ridge Road between Cruikshank and Salmon Creek Trails BUT road closures now extended to June 13 to allow road maintenance
Apr.14  Pine Ridge Trail fully open…
after clearing slide beyond Ventana Camp Trail


SITE 60-day NEWS:
(click for details/older)
May 31  Added hazard criterion to Big Sur River conditions webpage
Apr.15  Fixed GoogleEarth page broken download links


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


View the interactive
Big Sur Trailmap

Cool Grin   Trails and POIs,
shaded topo gives context
[map updated: Jun 5]
View the interactive
trail conditions map

Cool Grin   Colors show trail
conditions and closures
[conditions updated: Jun 5 ]
Compute route metrics
between two locations 

Cool Grin   For mileage &
cumulative gain+loss
[routing updated: May 31]
Download one-page
printable Trailmap sections

PDF with options for
background & trail condition
[map updated: May 24]
Download a PDF-format
Trailmap for a smartphone

For Avenza, can add
searchable "Features" layer
[pdf updated: Jun 2]
Use the Trailmap in a
smartphone GPS app

Multiple options available,
depending upon the app
Download a Garmin-format
Trailmap for a GPS

Routable, so along-trail
distance-to-go accessible
[map updated: May 31]
Download a "Google
Earth" Trailmap

Display trailmap line/icon
overlay on 3-D terrain
[kmz updated: Jun 5]

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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(if not reported, errors don't get fixed!)
please post to my forum.

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(also builds good trail karma)

Commmunication/Feedback
I welcome feedback on the information provided by this website on the Big Sur Trailmap Forum, which will benefit all Big Sur hikers.  But I am not a personal trip advisor so do not provide individual trip guidance.  If the information provided in these webpages is insufficient for your trip planning or if you want personal trip guidance, please use the VWA Discussion Forum, which is read by many Big Sur hikers.

Copyright
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