Hiking Soberanes Canyon Trail Loop at Garrapata State Park near Big Sur, California

[@melt1630]

One of my favorite hikes in Big Sur. The views are amazing!

[@natlovell122]

Awesome video! I can tell you put a lot of time, thought, and effort into your videos and that really shines through! I definitely want to do this hike this spring, I live in Fresno so I get a good mix of Coastal and Sierra Nevada hiking year round, Happy Trails! Thanks again

[@waterfallw]

beautiful place. I enjoy your videos, they're so calm and thoughtfully composed. Thank you for you time, keep it up!

[@fredbenjamin7072]

Thanks, Nikko. Useful information. Nice video.

[@mdwood87]

Thanks Nikko! I just moved to Monterey so I'll be exploring all these places. Great video editing, and awesome prep info at the end! Going on this hike today.

[@NCGTravel]

Nice, I hope you're enjoying Monterey so far! Thanks and I hope all went well on the hike.

[@ninameow6984]

Hiking is natures therapy .. good for your soul 👍

[@carolvu8929]

Thanks so much for great video & helpful tips; especially parking spots. We’re planning to hike this trail. It’s beautiful & thanks!!

[@rachelklassen3459]

So helpful! Thanks so much for doing this!

[@NCGTravel]

glad it was helpful!

[@jessebell2918]

As others have said - thanks so much for this video! Incredibly helpful!

[@jeffingels4480]

I used to hike here a lot. It can be strenuous to do the loop up the canyon then up to the ridge top and down. Spring time for the best wildflowers. Great views from the top. These days be carefull parking and pulling out into traffic speeding by on the highway. Expect lots of people hiking here.

[@Gainixmelody006]

Thank you SO much for this video!! Planning on going this weekend so this is super helpful :)

[@eliamararquilada7665]

thanks nikko parang nakapamasyal narin ako sa magandang forest at beautiful na dagat.

[@thelonehiker4698]

I love the creek crossings

[@RadRan69]

Nikko, I’m linked from your post on Yelp. Just thought you should know.

[@user-xk2hn5rs4f]

Thank you for the video! At what point are you @ 3:48? Would this be where Rocky Ridge and Peak Trail meet?

[@NCGTravel]

That is at the summit along the Rocky Ridge trail, closer to the furthest west point of the trail before you start the descent down on the Rocky Ridge trail. When you're at the Rocky Ridge/Peak Trail crossing, you have to continue west on the Rocky Ridge Trail and you'll come across these patches of rocks.

[@user-xk2hn5rs4f]

Thank you! This is the closed trail just for clarification correct?@@NCGTravel

[@NCGTravel]

@@user-xk2hn5rs4f Yes, it was closed at one point! Don't know if it is anymore. I'm sure many people still hike it.

[@Monterey-J]

You said 2nd favorite, what is your first? You know of any other good hikes between 6-20 miles? In from Monterey aswell.

[@NCGTravel]

My other favorite is the loop at Andrew Molera, both of these trails are pretty much tied as my favorite. I like this trail because it's closer to Monterey. I'd suggest backpacking to Syke's, I haven't done it yet but it's on my to-do list!

[@ericwade8056]

I don't know if anyone has the same issue with me. Whenever I play this video on my Samsung tv, the video will just pause at 0:21 but the audio is still playing... and then the screen becomes black and the KZbin app won't work anymore. This is really an interesting bug because I've tried other videos and they all worked fine except this one.

[@NCGTravel]

thanks for that, i've reported the issue. hopefully youtube actually does something about it.

[@Slim20C]

Is there a way where you can just hike the Rocky Ridge trail and back down??

[@NCGTravel]

Look at the "Doud Peak" trail map: www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/doud-peak?u=i&sh=hpmnk4 I believe the Rocky Ridge trail is technically now closed. There's a fence that people crawl under or if you enter through the Soberanes Canyon trail, there's a trail split to the Rocky Ridge trail in the beginning.

[@andreww9202]

What is your first favorite trail? Great videos!!

[@Life_Improbable]

Upper Yosemite Falls is also my favorite. Was looking for a new trail, since I've worn out Toro Park, Garland Ranch, and several other local spots. Was lead here by your review on AllTrails. Thank you for sharing this content :)

[@daspradeep]

what's the best hike in the big-sur area?

[@NCGTravel]

hey! i’d say this hike and then the best easy hiking is in point lobos (also have a video for that place)

[@jmei8295]

what is the first favorite trail in big sure?

[@andreww9202]

I think the rocky ridge trail is closed now….😢