Mount Pinos Highway is an approximately 10.2-mile rural corridor located in the Transverse Ranges of Los Padres National Forest. This corridor is named after Mount Pinos which is piece of the Salinian Block located at 8,831 feet above sea level. Modern Mount Pinos Highway was constructed in the late 1950s as a functional replacement for Mill Canyon Road. The modern paved highway is eight miles long and fully maintained as Kern County Road 349 despite briefly dipping into Ventura County. The paved segment terminates at 8,300 feet above sea level at the Mount Pinos Nordic Base. The remaining 2.2 miles of Mount Pinos Highway is a dirt surface corridor annexed from Mill Creek Road which continues to the summit of Mount Pinos and the Tumamait Trail. This dirt portion is generally closed to automotive access but is popular with hikers and cross-country skiers. Mount Pinos is the highest point in Ventura County and Los Padres National Forest. Part 1; t...
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