Busy Day on the Mishe Mokwa Trail

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Local wildlife at Echo Cliffs

New signage at the Mishe Mokwa Trailhead.

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Benjamin Chapman

Dec 28, 2014

“Busy Day on the Mishe Mokwa Trail”

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Map of Echo Cliffs and its climbing areas. April 2017

Charles & Echo Cliffs

Nearing the end of another fine day of climbing at Echo Cliffs.

Sunrise on the Mishe Mokwa trail. Hiking in early to beat the heat.

Photo of Echo Cliffs without the map, April 2017

Climbers at Echo Cliffs

Joe Wysznski keeping cool on Crash and Burn, 5.12d

Dudleya pulverulenta, or chalk lettuce, photographed in The Grotto area.

Expect to find this rope/rebar ladder after Treasure Towers. After the ladder, you'll find The Alcove, Kamikaze Cave, Dream Street, and Easy Street.

Almost to the bottom of the creek bed

Humboldt Lily, photographed along the trail to Echo Cliffs (listed rare or endangered by CNPS)

Echo Cliffs, as seen from the Mishe Mokwa trail. The approach trail reaches the Grotto first. The other walls are approached by hiking right (south) along the base of the cliff.

Litter recently gathered from the base of Echo Cliffs. Please help keep our crag clean.

Balanced Rock. Just one more earthquake...

Echo Cliffs TrailHead

From the main trail, head down the steep gully. Will be wet after the rains.

Sunset at echo cliffs after some nice rains

Tired climber relaxing after a long day at Echo Cliffs??

Echo Cliffs from the Mishe Mokwa approach trail.

Echo Cliffs closed! 12/02/18

The Echo Cliffs

NPS sign marking the turn off for the descent down the wash into Carlisle Canyon and Echo Cliffs.

New NPS signs near the Grotto as a result of a rash of parties camping and building fires at Echo Cliffs.

Access Fund, NPS, and SCMA volunteers geared up for trail maintenance on the Echo Cliffs access trail from the Mishe Mokwa Trail. on May 21, 2022.

kamakazie cave 12d

Be careful of succulents while you are climbing!

The final descent to the cliffs.

Looking down the ladder - now that's an approach!

Ventura County Search & Rescue buzzing the "White Wall."

A really busy day at the parking area for Echo Cliffs and the Mishe Mokwa Trail.

Wildlife on the Backbone Trail.

After the ladder, go through a narrow tunnel to enter the Kamikaze Cave. Once through the tunnel, I felt we had entered the real climbing of Echo.

Echo Cliffs, with climbers visible on Easy Street

Echo Cliffs from Sandstone Peak.

On the road to Echo Cliffs. Turn right and up the hill at this sign.

Looking down the valley to the northeast? from the trail. Beautiful country.

The Upper Tier from the Mishe Mokwa Trail.

Views from the Wasteland

Local climbers collaborate with NPS rangers to clean up Echo Cliffs.

The streambed of Carlyle Canyon, in the Grotto, at Echo Cliffs in full flow after a week of wet weather.

Left end of Echo Cliffs, with some climbs on the Left Flank marked.

Where are some serious groves of poison oak surrounding the approach to Echo Cliffs. Be careful out there!!

What wall is this? It appears to have 3 routes on it and it is before the rebar ladder

Sunrise by Yerba Buena Road in the summer.

What wall is the one at the left?

The hanging draw garden of the Kamikaze Cave.

A busy afternoon on the upper tier. Climber is Cory on Welcome to Echo.

It is a long way from The Grotto over to the Kamikaze Cave. You're getting close when you reach the four rung downclimb.

Echo Cliffs post fire. Taken May 18th, 2019.

Morning mist below the Mishe Mokwa Trail

The approach slabs to the Grotto in the rainy season.

The right way to go! The sign off of Yerba Buena Rd

Looking down Annihilator, 5.11d. The chalked holds (left) are on Immaculate, 5.12a. Both are just past the Kamikaze Cave on the next section of wall called Dream Street. The sharpness of the holds on upper Annihilator made me think Immaculate looked a lot nicer.

Spring flowers with Easy Street in the background.

VCSAR Copter at Echo - Be careful out there.

Echo Cliffs parking area 12/02/18

After the ladder, the trail leading up to the tunnel.

Local wildlife at Echo Cliffs

Busy Day on the Mishe Mokwa Trail

New signage at the Mishe Mokwa Trailhead.