Hiking - Pinnacles National Park - East Entrance

Hiking - Pinnacles National Park - East Entrance.

Date: Saturday, Mar 28th.

Meet: 10:30 a.m. by the picnic table next to the trailhead.

Note: It normally takes half an hour to travel from the gate at the entrance to the Bear Gulch Day Use Area parking lot. With any kind of delays, especially if they don't allow cars to proceed beyond the Ranger Station, it might take you a whole hour or longer. Also, there is generally no cell signal once you enter the park, so if you are late, you will have a hard time locating me. Get there as early as you can.

Carpool: Upon request.

National Park entrance fee: $30 per car.

Forecast: 79 degrees, mostly cloudy. Wind 10 MPH.

Shade: 0%.

Distance: About 7.5 miles.

Elevation gain: About 1,900 feet.

Difficulty: Moderate to strenuous.

Duration: About 5 hours.

Scenery: Bat caves, dramatic rock formations and a panoramic view of the Pinnacles area.

Bring: Water, lunch, sun protection and a small LED flashlight. Please do not bring any kind of lanterns!

Late? Lost? Call: 408-390-0722.

Host: Larry.

Note: By participating in this event, you acknowledge that this event carries inherent dangers, such as the risk of illness, bodily injury, disability, or death. You also agree that you have freely chosen to assume these risks and you agree not to hold us, the Organizer, and/or the Event Organizers, and/or the Event Hosts, responsible for anything that might happen to you during your participation of this event, including but not limited to, illness, bodily injury, disability or death.