The Grotto at Circle X ranch: ROCK SCRAMBLING and maybe waterfalls

PHOTOS and MAPS: http://rexhikes.blogspot.com/2016/01/waterfall-wonderland-below-sandstone.html

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SUMMARY:

LET'S GET WET--HIKE AND CLIMB DOWN THE NUMEROUS WATERFALLS AT THE GROTTO AT CIRCLE X RANCH-- OUR LOCAL WATERFALL PARADISE!

The Grotto is an UNDERGROUND WATERFALL, ABOUT 20 FEET TALL, LOCATED IN A ROOM UNDER A GIANT BOULDER

EXPECT LOTS OF BOULDERING!!!! AND BEAUTIFUL SCENERY

HIKE IS FOLLOWED BY DINNER AT NEPTUNE'S NET LOCATED AT PCH AND YERBA BUENA ROAD

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DETAILS:

DRIVING TIME: Typically it takes 1.25 hours from downtown or west L.A to get here.

ELEVATION LOSS AND GAIN: We will descend 400 feet to the grotto in around 1.5 miles

--50 persons maximum, and 12 cars, according to park service rules.
IF YOU DO NOT CARPOOL, I am legally required to make funny faces at you.

RESTROOM: at ranger building just off Yerba Buena road

BRING: 3 QUARTS OF WATER, A HAT, SUNSCREEN, COMFORTABLE SHOES WHICH YOU DON'T MIND GETTING WET, AND SNACKS

LEGAL STUFF: THIS HIKE INVOLVES CLIMBING DOWN BIG BOULDERS. SO-- by going on this hike, you agree to assume all risks of this hike, and that no one at Meetup including the organizer is responsible for your safety. See the Meetup terms of service especially paragraph 6.2:

https://www.meetup.com/terms/