Our next hike will be Bog Thistle just West of Los Osos Valley Road in the Irish Hills.  It is partly shaded and has great views of the Los Osos Valley.  We have not done this hike before.  It is sort of a "work up" to the following hike also in the Irish Hills.  On Friday, November 20th at 8:30 AM will hike Bog Thistle which is an out-and-back 3.4 miles.  Has a 600 foot elevation change and a cumulative climb of 741 feet.  It has an HHI of 27.7, which is on the EASY side of Medium, but a pretty sustained climb nevertheless.  It the green line in the last map below. 

 

Then in two weeks, the plan is to hike out to Morro View (Sometimes confused with nearby Vista View) on December 4th.  That hike starts at the same trailhead as Bog, but heads further North.  Morro View has an HHI of  33.2.  You can see Morro View labeled on the last map below.  It is 3.8 miles and has an cumulative climb of 900 feet.

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TO GET THERE: Take Los Osos Valley Road West toward Los Osos.  Turn left onto Prefumo Canyon Road.  Drive 0.9 miles till you cross a small bridge.  After the bridge, look for a dirt parking lot on your left.  There are maps, and a picture of the bridge and parking lot below.  The trailhead is the RED dot on the map directly below.