Bottchers Gap (sometimes spelled Bottcher's Gap) (closed ) is a day use area, campground, and trail head. It is located from the Big Sur Coast Highway at the end of Palo Colorado Road on the northern border of the Los Padres National Forest and Ventana Wilderness. From Bottchers Gap, there is an long private access road that leads to Camp Pico Blanco. Beginning at Bottchers Gap, it is a difficult hike via the Skinner Ridge and Ventana Double Cone trails to the Ventana Double Cone, making it one of the more distant locations in the wilderness.