With the news of this weekend's big landslide on Highway 1 in southern Big Sur, many Californians are wondering if Big Sur is still accessible at all.

Yes, you can still get there. But to get to some parts of Big Sur, it will either be really tough or really expensive.

If you've got the money, you can go via the air and stay at the Post Ranch Inn. The hotel is offering a helicopter package for guests that costs anywhere from $4,291-$13,518 depending on the room and number of nights. Guests take off from Monterey and take a 15-20 minute flight to get to the hotel.

Once you get there, the Post Ranch Inn sits on a stretch of highway that's currently cut off from the south and north. The hotel offers helicopter guests the use of a Lexus to drive around the area, and some local businesses like the famed Nepenthe restaurant are still open.

There are two cut-off stretches of Highway 1, and between them sits a 10-mile stretch that's still open and accessible via the winding Nacimiento-Fergusson Road.

The northern cut-off stretch is on track to open in June, though the new Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge at the northern end won't be open until September.

"As my grandmother used to say, you have to be a rugged individual to sustain a lifestyle here," Nepenthe co-owner Kirk Gafill told the Chronicle. "I think a lot of us are starting to figure out how rugged we are — or not."

There is no timetable for re-opening the southern stretch of Highway 1 impacted by this weekend's landslide. It was estimated that more than a million tons of debris fell over the highway and into the sea.

The stretch had been scheduled to open in June. But it looks like more tough months ahead for Big Sur visitors, unless they want to hop a helicopter.