Trail check Montecito

Cold Spring Trail (East Fork)

Out and back to Montecito Peak. Hard.

No closure order

No Forest Service closure order covers this trail.

Round trip
6.6 mi
Climb
2,420 ft
Trailhead
780 ft
Top
3,210 ft
Time
3½ hrs
Effort
Hard
1,500 ft2,500 ft3,500 ft Trailhead Montecito Peak
Feet above sea level, one way. Touch or hover to follow it on the map.

Status: Los Padres National Forest alerts, read each morning. Route: the trail as mapped on OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) from the trailhead to Montecito Peak. Heights: USGS 3D Elevation Program, smoothed. Time: 3 miles an hour plus an hour per 2,000 feet of climbing, round trip. A clear status doesn't mean a trail is safe or in good shape.

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