Adventure 008, Hike 081 - Salmon Waterfall Trail

Capture California, the Game-2012

Adventure: 008, Hike 081 - Salmon Waterfall Trail

Team: Thing One, Thing Two

Date:  August 31, 2012

Location: 2.2 miles north of Monterrey County Line off of Highway 1

Hike Info:

Trail: Salmon Creek Trail to Salmon Creek Falls

Distance: 0.3 miles

Duration: 0:19

Elevation Rise: 85'

Description:
After a great day driving down the coast we decided we had one more hike in us. We had wanted to do this hike last year but ran out of time and energy, but not this year. Thing One and Thing Two were on it. We had read about this trail in our Day Hike on the California Central Coast by Robert Stone. It was getting close to sunset and we had time for one more daylight hike. You go a well marked trail. When it forks we took the left fork to the fall. We could see the falls from the trail but we scrambled around boulders and view the fall above the base of the falls. The falls were gorgeous-the picture does not do it justice. It was a great way to end our day






From Day Hike on the California Central Coast by Robert Stone:



”The trail follows the first portion of the Salmon Creek Trail to a dynamic waterfall. A short hike leads to the base of Salmon Creek Falls, where a tremendous amount of rushing water plunges from three chutes. The water drops more than 100 feet off the Santa Lucia Mountains onto the rocks and pools. Under the shady landscape of alders and laurels, a cook mist sprays over the mossy green streamside vegetation.” Page 58