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Jack Glendening

For clarification, the hike route described here, climbing Cone Peak via Vicente Flat Camp, while scenic, strenuous, and enjoyable is not what locals consider the "Sea-to-Sky Route", which instead climbs Cone Peak more directly, along Stone Ridge via usetrails. A link to an interactive map of the Sea-to-Sky route (from the same website as the original poster used for his "Map" link) is at: http://bigsurtrailmap.net/ROUTES/SEA-TO-SKY/sea-to-sky_route.html (which can be panned to show other Cone Peak trails, notably the ones described in the original post). The true "Sea-to-Sky route" is intended for extremely strenuous out-and-back day hikes, not suitable for a backpack. So backpackers wishing a "sea to sky experience" should take the route described here - after first using the trail at Kirk Creek Campground to put their finger/toe into the ocean to make it complete.