Visitors are now able to access Esalen as well as other businesses and trails in northern Big Sur via twice-daily convoys on Highway 1 operated by Caltrans.
Convoys run only at 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. each day. These are the only opportunities to travel into and out of Big Sur, so visitors must plan accordingly.
Craig Hart directs Pace University's Energy and Climate Center, and has advised governments and developers in clean and low-carbon energy and decarbonization technologies for two decades. He teaches for Pace and Johns Hopkins University. He holds a PhD from MIT.