Cone peak 3                               29 - 31  March 2017


This was my 3rd (and perhaps last) hike to the Big Sur Cone Peak area.  Our intent was to choose a route that would have us staying at the top of Cone Peak for 1 night.  We felt that isolated peak would be a great place to view stars. (The stars were indeed bright and beautiful, but the fact we were freexing to death in a 40 MPH wind dimed their luster a bit) 

 The last trip there, we hiked down the Stone Ridge Trail.  Coming down that extremely steep trail I remember thinking, you would have to be crazy to hike “up” this trail.  This time we hiked up that trail, and it was a bad as I thought. For this web page, I will break the hike up into the three days we were on the mountain. 


 For the pictures and description of the 3 days are click the links below:

 Day 1

 Day 2

 Day 3

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© Jerry Pilson 2013 email- jerry.pilson@comcast.net