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Santa Ynez Mountains > Montecito Peak > Climber's Log|
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| Robb | Good hike  Date Climbed: Nov 11, 2009 | |
| Took the West Cold Springs Trail up and the East Cold Springs Trail down. Nice trail, but it could use a few more signs, but we found our way around OK. Great views from the summit, as it was pretty clear, and could see the Channel Islands. | |
| Posted Nov 11, 2009 6:32 pm | ||
| David Rosenberg | Nice Family Hike Date Climbed: Jan 25, 2009 | |
| Hiked it with my family from Cielo as the cloud cover lifted with impressive views of the Channel Islands. Peak is obvious high point and the use trail we took, started right as you curve around the back of the peak. | ||
| Posted Jan 26, 2009 12:12 am | ||
| AdventureMonkey | A grand view Date Climbed: May 26, 2007 | |
| The high cloud cover kept us from seeing the view, which almost seemed like a let down. Regardless, the entire experience was really fun, and that's what makes this an epic trail. | |
| Posted Jul 14, 2008 4:55 pm | ||
| erykmynn | too much fun Date Climbed: May 26, 2007 | |
| My girlfriend and I had planned to hike Montecito peak for some time. We had only begun hiking regularly when we got together so this was our training goal for some time. We took the bottom route climbing all the way up from Cold Spring trailhead. Most of the Santa Barbara hiking guides and websites list the trail as 9 mi round trip from here. I've done enough 7 mi hikes to feel that 9 mi is accurate, but I'll have to confirm before posting a correction. Most of the hike past the normal cold spring loop is very consistently graded. Basically a long but pleasurable stroll up and up and up above the coastal area. It was cloudy at the time so it was nice to start in the muck and climb above the clouds. The only real challenge was the 500' scramble at the end. That was our first scramble and was a huffing-puffing affair. I was so beat at the top I managed to leave my pack open and lose my wallet somewhere near the summit. (which I only had with me because I needed to buy cat food on the way back) When I discovered my missing wallet at the trailhead I was NOT pleased and was NOT about to hike back up there, even if it had my tickets for the just release Pirates of the Carribean 3... We started at 8 or 9 and luckily had plenty of time to make some signs, get cat food, clean up, buy more tickets and make the matinée. Thankfully someone found my wallet and sent most of the contents along shortly. | |
| Posted Apr 17, 2008 4:23 pm | ||
| birdhead | Trail | |
| I've hiked this peak many times and there are great views from the top of this one. One nice variation is to tag the peak on the way to Camino Cielo, then head across the road and down the San Ysidro trail, finally looping back to Cold Springs trail through Hot Springs canyon on the Edison road. | |
| Posted Mar 22, 2008 10:44 pm | ||
| theronmoon | Fun! Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2004 | |
| One of the first peaks I did in this region when I moved here. Loved this peak and range. The views are pretty insane around here. | |
| Posted Jun 27, 2007 4:23 pm | ||
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