NOTE TO ANYONE FOLLOWING THIS GPX: YOU WILL GET AWFUL POISON OAK RASH BY FOLLOWING MY BUSHWHACK TO MONTARA SOUTH. I wrote this before it showed up, and boy did it ruin my next few weeks.

Big trip to finally conquer Montara Mountain. Sunny at the top, with a wide expanse of ocean fog a few hundred feet below. The road hike itself is easy, but the bushwhack to Montara South is not. I would say Montara South is not worth the effect required to summit it legally. If you do, be prepared for navigating a wet jungle. I'm just over six foot and the foliage came up to my chest for a longer than desired stretch of the climb. Montara and Peak, on the other hand, make for a low stress day hike with great views of the shore, the ocean, and the Bay... if you can find a day when the fog isn't rolling in. However, being a little bit above the fog is always cool too, and I imagine this a more common scenario for the top of this hike. Lots of wild rabbits darting in and out of the trail made it fun on the lower slopes.