Pfeiffer vs. Pfeiffer

Being that there are a lot of trails closed in Big Sur...and when I say Big Sur I mean everything north of Rageed Point and South of Carmel, I want to clear up some confusion.

As of June 6th, 2009, the Ewoldsen trail and all trails starting at the east of Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park are closed. The McWay Falls trail that is on the west side of Hiway 1 is open.

Since I was there in September 2008, there has been some progress heading to Ewoldsen trail. The trail at least extends 30 yards farther. But at the new railing where the closed sign is, there are huge stumps and trees piled up from what looked like a mudslide.

Now, Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park is open. This is the one with the camping that is located in the town of Big Sur. Also, surprisingly, I was able to get Verizon mobile phone bars here. I did not check if the trails are open. You may want to call first.

The reason I am posting this is that I did research online that I thought told me that the Ewoldsen trail was open, but I did not realize that there are two Pfeiffers in the area. I met a woman at the closed Ewoldsen trailhead that told me that she researched the same thing and was under the assumption that the trail was open.

Hope this helps. Happy Trails!