Pinnacles National Park Mapping Party and Hike

GPS units available for loan, along with instructions for use.

What's a mapping party? (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Pinnacles_National_Monument_Mapping_Party)

Hike Level:Moderate

Cost:Park entrance fee $15 per car. Donations (http://sierraclub.org/loma-prieta/donate-options) to chapter welcome.

Instructions:All participants on Sierra Club outings are required to sign a liability waiver at the trail head which can be viewed at https://content.sierraclub.org/outings/sites/content.sierraclub.org.outings/files/forms/local-outings-sign-in_waiver.pdf (https://content.sierraclub.org/outings/sites/content.sierraclub.org.outings/files/forms/local-outings-sign-in_waiver.pdfBring:Bring)

Bring: Bring lunch, water, water resistant hiking boots and flashlight.

Location:Pinnacles National Park 5000 CA-146, Paicines, CA 95043, USA

Carpool:8:00 AM at Los Gatos Municipal Parking Lot (Highway 9 between University Ave & Santa Cruz Ave, behind Chase bank). Or at 8:30am at the McDonalds parking lot in the Gilroy Outlets. The outing begins and ends at the trail head. Carpooling is not the responsibility of the Sierra Club

Click Here for Additional Information (http://www.nps.gov/PINN/index.htm)

This hike will start at the visitor center/campground store, taking the bench trail through the caves, to the reservoir. 8 miles and 800 foot elevation gain.

Hike Leaders:

Shawn Britton - 408-242-5092 smbritton@comcast.net

Co-listed Sierra Club, Loma Prieta Chapter, Guadalupe Regional Group. (http://sierraclub.org/loma-prieta/Guadalupe-Regional-Group)

No post-hike data transfer and uploading because of the remote location. Data can be e-mailed to participants, along with instructions for using the OpenStreetMap wiki (http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=5/51.500/-0.100)