7/30/25 W6/SC-357 (Cerro San Luis Obispo)
I was on a business trip to San Luis Obispo and feeling like taking a morning hike, so I picked Cerro San Luis Obispo. I'm trying to get myself back in shape and I figured this one was going to be challenging, but not too much so. After studying the routes I decided to park at the Marsh/101 trail head and take the route from the east. It was mostly the "M" trail. As you can see, the "M" trail is quite clearly marked with a giant "M" on the side of the hill that I'm sure you can see for miles. Gaia GPS has a new feature that gives you trail elevation and difficulty, so I knew I'd have a little bit of trouble on the far east side once I got up to about 800 feet and made the westward turn. The trail was fairly uneventful until I missed that turn because I didn't even see the trail. If you take this route and get to this bridge, you've already passed the trail about 100 feet back. It got a little challenging from there. The trail was na...