While hiking up the cone peak road I stopped at a vista and the morning clouds were looking good. I started at Vicente Flat camp which is at 1700 feet.
This is near the peak which sits at 5155 feet. That’s a good climb with a full pack. I guess this peak is the steepest rising mountain near the ocean in the lower 48. After taking in the views I headed down to Trail Spring camp. This area had had a lot of huge pines that were falling all over the place. There was a standing dead pine near the camp that made me nervous while getting into my sleeping bag that night.