That proposal map included cherished Big Sur spots that fell under the jurisdiction of the forest service, like the Santa Lucia Highlands, Tassajara Hot Springs and Pfeiffer Beach.

Hwy. 1 on Big Sur coast won’t fully reopen this year, Caltrans says. Here’s why “The new slide caused cracking below and above, so they had to begin excavation above the new slide.

Keep Big Sur Wild maintains “all capacity has already been exhausted” when it comes to the build-out of Big Sur according to the land use plan. It allowed for a maximum of 300 units to be built.

The original slide in February 2024, about 450 feet above the highway, released about 300,000 cubic yards of rock and dirt onto and around the Great American Road that travels through Big Sur and ...

Good to Know Before You Go Caltrans and local officials say Highway 1 is fully open through Big Sur this summer (a big relief after several years of weather-related closures).

The original Regent’s Slide, about 450 feet above the highway’s pavement, oozed about 300,000 cubic yards of rock and dirt onto and around the Great American Road that travels through Big Sur ...

Work is continuing at the site of the Regent’s Slide on Highway 1 between Cambria and Carmel, California, which has kept the road closed for more than a year.

Though Highway 1 to Big Sur is open, the coastal highway remains closed 40 miles south of Carmel due to the Regent’s Slide — post mile 27.8 — which occurred March 9, 2024, and where top-down ...