Reyes Peak via Chorro Grande Trail

Los Padres National Forest, CA
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Info

Distance
14.4 mi
Elevation gain
4,100 ft
Route type
Out & back
Duration
5.5 hr
Crux
Class 1
Quality
6/10
Vehicle type
Car
Ecoregion

Peaks bagged

1
Reyes Peak
HPS
CaWHP
7,517 ft / Rise 2,101 ft
HPS
Hundred Peaks Section
CaWHP
California Wilderness High Points

Trip report

Trip report photo for Reyes Peak via Chorro Grande Trail
Chorro Grande Trailhead.
Trip report photo for Reyes Peak via Chorro Grande Trail
The landscape is studded with sandstone formations.
Trip report photo for Reyes Peak via Chorro Grande Trail
Gradual incline the first couple of miles.
Trip report photo for Reyes Peak via Chorro Grande Trail
Passing Oak Campsite around the 2-mile mark.
Trip report photo for Reyes Peak via Chorro Grande Trail
Entering a meadow.
Trip report photo for Reyes Peak via Chorro Grande Trail
Trip report photo for Reyes Peak via Chorro Grande Trail
Trip report photo for Reyes Peak via Chorro Grande Trail
View back as the trail begins to climb a southern spur of the Pine Mountain Ridge.
Trip report photo for Reyes Peak via Chorro Grande Trail
Trip report photo for Reyes Peak via Chorro Grande Trail
View from a switchback.
Trip report photo for Reyes Peak via Chorro Grande Trail
Trip report photo for Reyes Peak via Chorro Grande Trail
Entering forested terrain.
Trip report photo for Reyes Peak via Chorro Grande Trail
Trip report photo for Reyes Peak via Chorro Grande Trail
Trip report photo for Reyes Peak via Chorro Grande Trail
View back.
Trip report photo for Reyes Peak via Chorro Grande Trail
Joining Pine Mountain Ridge Road. Reyes Peak is seen ahead.
Trip report photo for Reyes Peak via Chorro Grande Trail
Following the road for about a mile to the Reyes Peak Trailhead.
Trip report photo for Reyes Peak via Chorro Grande Trail
Trip report photo for Reyes Peak via Chorro Grande Trail
Reyes Peak Trailhead.
Trip report photo for Reyes Peak via Chorro Grande Trail
A bathroom and some informational signs about the Sespe Wilderness at the Reyes Peak Trailhead.
Trip report photo for Reyes Peak via Chorro Grande Trail
Starting along the Reyes Peak Trail, which initially follows an old road.
Trip report photo for Reyes Peak via Chorro Grande Trail
Starting up Reyes Peak's west ridge. The trail was difficult to find beneath the snow.
Trip report photo for Reyes Peak via Chorro Grande Trail
Trip report photo for Reyes Peak via Chorro Grande Trail
Trip report photo for Reyes Peak via Chorro Grande Trail
Approaching a cluster of boulders that make up summit of Reyes Peak.
Trip report photo for Reyes Peak via Chorro Grande Trail
Reyes Peak summit. View east toward Haddock Peak (barely visible between the trees).
Trip report photo for Reyes Peak via Chorro Grande Trail
View west.

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