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Trip Notes - The Pinnacles: High Peaks Trail

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Time: February 27, 2016 from 10:30am to 5pm
Location: The Pinnacles National Park
Street: Hwy 25 to Hwy 146
City/Town: Hollister
Website or Map: http://www.nps.gov/pinn/plany…
Phone: 209-649-6682
Event Type: day, hike
Organized By: Becky L. Teberg
Latest Activity: Apr 3, 2016

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Event Description

Photo: Poppies on the Juniper Canyon Trail by Nick.

Photo Album: #169.

Weather: Sunny with a high of 74 degrees.

Trail Head: The Pinnacles National Park East Entrance. Bear Gulch Day Use Parking Lot for the earlier arrivers. Overflow parking was behind the Visitor Center. We used the shuttle service to get to the trail head.

Fee: $15.00/car entrance fee paid at the visitor's center, or national park or Geezer pass.

Description: Moderate 6.1-mile loop through Bear Gulch Cave and up High Peaks Trail, completing on Condor Gulch Trail.

Trail Head Elevation: 1260 ft. The highest point is 2628 ft.

Flora: Indian Warrior, Indian Paintbrush, Milkmaids, Padre's Shooting Stars, Blue dick, California Saxifrage, Bush Poppy, Fiddleneck, Plantain-leaf Pussytoes, Lupine, California Poppies.

Fauna: California Condors, Turkey Vultures, Ravens, Falcons, California King Snake, Wild Turkeys, Black-tailed Deer.

Transportation: Carpool and caravan to the visitor's center. Shuttle from Visitor's Center to Bear Gulch parking lot.

No dogs allowed on the trail.

Dinner: Build-A-Burrito Trail Gate at the park campsites.

Participants: (30) Connie & Tom, Sam & Barb, Tracy & George, Debbie & Bob, Becky & Steve, Monica, Nick & Nina, Jackie & Dave, Christina, Cathy, Cynthia, Tim & Duncan, Rachel & Josh, Sierra & Berkley, Jesse, Marycollette, Alyssa & Robert, Ashley & Davyd.

Comments: Now that The Pinnacles is a National Park it has gotten a lot more popular internationally. We listened to groups of men speaking French and Italian on the trail. The downside is that parking is at a premium. The lots were full and the shuttles were busy. But the trails didn't seem exceedingly crowded. The Condors were putting on a show. We saw four pair the entire time we were on the High Peaks trail.

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Comment by charlene daly on February 24, 2016 at 10:23pm: Have fun everyone

Comment by Christine Santos on February 23, 2016 at 9:08pm: Had to move into the "might attend" slot.. back is out, walking and breathing are difficult at this point and there's an issue of a family baby shower BBQ that my presence has been requested…

Comment by catherine clay on February 22, 2016 at 3:44pm: lol, Becky!

Comment by Becky L. Teberg on February 22, 2016 at 3:40pm: Everybody knows how much I hate wildflowers. I'll have two cameras with me.

Comment by catherine clay on February 22, 2016 at 3:05pm: Should be fun with some interesting indigenous flowers in bloom!

Comment by Monica Rose Casey on February 22, 2016 at 12:35pm: For Saturday's hike to the Pinnacles, could I be picked up in Turlock, perhaps at the parking lot of Walmart?