Rocky Ridge, Garrapata State Park

Rocky Ridge, Garrapata State Park - Photo of the Week
Having the chance to live in Santa Cruz for a number of years brought plenty of wonderful bike rides and of coarse, lots of great hiking and photography. I made a number of trips down to Big Sur, one of my favorite areas was Garrapata State Park which lies just south of Carmel Highlands. The Rocky Ridge trail had plenty of challenges as well as great views. From this point you can see all the way from Point Sur to the Monterey Peninsula and beyond to the Santa Cruz Mountains. The trail is around 3.5 miles with and average of 19% grade for the 1450'gain to the top. At the top there's a bench that I have had lunch a number of times, on a foggy day you are above the marine layer overlooking a sea of fog, with warm sunny conditions at the high point. One other note, Garrapata is Spanish for tick.
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