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.
Dean Ornish is founder and president of the nonprofit Preventive Medicine Research Institute in Sausalito, California. He is a clinical professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco and a leading expert on fighting illness with dietary and lifestyle changes.