Yerba Ridge Trail
This is Yerba Buena Road. Technically I believe that for a short while it is also the Backbone Trail. There is a place to park off of Yerba Buena Road not too far from the beginning of the trail.
There I am at the beginning of Yerba Buena Trail. It was a mostly clear and bright day - great for a hike.
Before too long we began going uphill.
We got up to a point where we could see back down on to Yerba Buena Road in the approximate area where we parked.
To the north there was a nice vista.
Then the trail tracked along the southern side of the ridge.
The trail was open and popular with mountain bikers.
In the distance the trail is visible.
Looking to the south there were great views.
We could often see the trail way ahead on the ridge.
It was slightly uphill for a good part of the way.
OK, so I took a lot of pics of the trail off in the distance.
This pic shows the ridge ahead but also the view of the backcountry. Every now and then we could see the ocean in the distance.
We saw this biker coming from a long way off so I was ready to take a pic when he came around the bend.
The trail started to head around the ridge to the north and in the distance we could begin to see Boney Ridge.
Wow! We made it around to the other side of Yerba Ridge and we had a great view of Boney Ridge.
And even more of Boney Ridge!
This pic is looking back at the trail as it tracked along the northern side of Yerba Ridge.
We were still treated to great vistas of Boney Ridge.
Here is Matt at the end of the trail.
GPSification
Here is the GPS showing our hike of the Yerba Ridge Trail. The red line shows where we hiked and the yellow line shows Yerba Buena Road.
Looking Ahead
There is one hike left for us to complete the 69-mile Backbone Trail. One long hike. We will be climbing to the tallest peak of the Santa Monica Mountains and then hiking down app. 3,000 feet to Point Mugu. Should be fun!
Cheers,
Bruce
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