Welcome to the Darkside
Ojai, California
Free — you'll pick up right here.
No verdict for this climb
We won't guess. Here is exactly what we do and don't know.
What we do know
Inside Los Padres National Forest
2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
Boundary data
What's missing
No access route mapped
We don't yet know which road reaches this trailhead, so we can't tell you if it's gated.
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At a glance
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Welcome to the Darkside
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Directions & GPX
About this route
This represents the upper limit of the 38 climbs catalogued at Enlightenment Ridge, where the grade span extends from V0 to V10.
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