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Shaun Hunter
Photo Date:
01/17/2024
The trail begins at Frenchman's Gulch Campground, where a path follows the creek downstream.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date:
01/17/2024
While the use trail generally remains clear, changing stream conditions have rerouted the path, however continuing downstream will eventually lead to the right route.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date:
01/17/2024
Piru Creek runs beside the trail, though the thick brush generally keeps the creek out of view from the trail.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date:
01/17/2024
Heading downstream along Piru Creek.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date:
01/17/2024
Views of the San Emigdio Mountains.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date:
01/17/2024
The trail follows a scenic course through a couple small meadows and clearings.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date:
01/17/2024
At a narrows, the trail merges with the creek, before eventually coming to an end.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date:
01/17/2024
When the streep landscape becomes too confining to continue, the trails comes to a bit of an anticlimactic turnaround point.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date:
01/17/2024
Piru Creek Trail in the San Emigdio Mountains.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date:
01/17/2024
Scenic southern California landscape surrounding the Piru Creek Trail.