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Big Sur
- Thread starter Leaverite
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Well sucks. Big Sur turning into a bigger sh!t show than I ever imagined it could.
Do you remember the fire at Carpo back in the early 90s that burned the lone tree on the beach. That big beautiful tree was awesome. Bunch of 20-sometimes partying and tenting on the beach at night. They got drunk and lit a fire right under the tree and it got way to big. Firetrucks in middle of the night. Total shitshow.
After that night, they closed off all of the cliffs, took away parking, put up new fencing, redid the trail and took away all possible camp spots on the cliffs. For me that seemed like the beginning of big changes for the whole area. It's never been the same since.
It was nuts down there this weekend. Never seen so many people in the water at Willow and Sand Dollar. The amount of cars parked along the side of Hwy 1 at all the known spots was sickening.
I don't remember the fire but remember you used to be able to park in that turnoff on the south bluff off of the highway and walk out through the trees to access the south end of the beach. That's long gone. Back in the 80's there used to be a little
road on the south side of Willow Creek Cove that accessed a couple of camp spots right on the bluff. The outer one was right at the point going out to Cape San Martin rock. My brother and I camped there a couple of times. All blocked off and overgrown now.
Apparently the OD's happened up Plaskett Creek road. A CAlSTAR helicopter was called in to evac. It took 15+ minutes to clear out 20 vehicles at the site in order for the helicopter to make a landing.
The straw that broke the camel's back.
The straw that broke the camel's back.
Not just the Lockdown. The Monterey Board of Tourism. A slew of "free campsites" websites. Over Tourism. Too many creeps who have no scuples promoting that which they should not.
The almighty $$$$
What was once sacred is now profaned.
All's its gonna take is a GWS attack, which is inevitable, especially late summer, and people will bail.
That and the time change after November with winter usually makes people retreat too.
Been trying to get a site at Plaskett for months now and nothin'. Don't even want to go up hearing of all this crap going on.
Had Lots of fun in the 90's all over but hard to take my family back when it's a shitshow like this. Over it.
Yes, that ended with that fire. From the river south, that's all Hearst property. The river marks the northern boundary. They had traditionally left the south trail open although it was constantly overgrown with poison oak. But the trees were epic to camp under, directly above the beach with the sound of the waves all night and fun surf in the morning. Unfortunately the homeless people and party goers ruined that too, leaving toilet paper and junk all over. It was filthy and disgusting. The trail down to the beach from there was also destroyed by storms so not able to walk up or down that cliff any more. But now it's all fenced off so the only place you can park is at the bottom of the hill next to the bridge.
How about the north Molera trail that goes by the cabin? Sucks they closed that too. Now everyone has to park in the dirt parking lot and pay the fee. Last time I went, parking lot was packed, so I went somewhere else.
Area between Big Sur and Cambria, has changed immensely over the years and it will never be the same. I'm over it as well. Only time without big crowds is Dec/Jan
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Our whole presense. What makes us what we are, Peace bro. A million tears.... It will never be the same..
Some moved to the mountains for snowboard lifestyle. Others moved to Oregon, some gave up surfing, etc. Great place to live for a little while. But after some time, it gets boring. Not many trails because Hearst Castle and surrounding property takes up 83,000 acres, onshore wind for large part of the year, super fickle waves, mold problem on many of the older homes from dampness, etc. Same thing with other spots on CC though.
The reality of every site between Cambria and Big Sur on every weekend, for 10 months out of the year
