Caliente Mountain

Best hike of them all! We camped over night nearby and got on the trial early am. Amazing hike! Would do this one on repeat!

To put in perspective this was the longest hike I’ve ever done. The trail started off as a wide road and then transitioned to a

Road into Carrizo plains to the trailhead is long and bumpy but we were fine in a sedan. We stayed in New Cuyama the night

The trailhead is pretty remote with an hour of driving on dirt roads if approaching from the 166 via Soda Lake road. I didn’t arrive

In reverse order: The Ugly I left Oceanside on Friday afternoon and drove almost 3 hours to stay the night near Lebec. Then, I got

Super bloom on steroids! Incredible display of flowers including the desert candlestick which is pretty rare.