Pinnacles National Park

Hike Host: Mark S.

Some 23 million years ago multiple volcanoes erupted, flowed, and slid to form what would become Pinnacles National Park. What remains is a unique landscape. Travelers journey through chaparral, oak woodlands, and canyon bottoms. Hikers enter rare talus caves and emerge to towering rock spires teeming with life: prairie and peregrine falcons, golden eagles, and the inspiring California condor.

THE HIKE

Hike Details: Climb to the highest point in the monument, North Chalone Peak, and be rewarded with views of the surrounding valleys. We will be starting from the Moses Spring parking lot up the High Peaks trail to the Moses Spring trail to the Bear Gulch Cave trail to the Bear Gulch reservoir and on up the North Chalone peak trail to our meeting site at the peak.

Difficulty: Level 4 Difficult | Miles: 9.0 | Elevation: 2040 ft

Getting There
(Click for directions)

Take hwy 101 South to hwy 25 towards Hollister east and past the town of tres pinos should be the entrance on your right on to hwy 149 down to the Moses spring trail parking lot where we will park and meet as a group.

Know Before you go

Parking is $30 per vehicle so carpooling is highly recommended and encouraged, as it is $15 per person to walk in or bike in. no dogs allowed unfortunately due to the endangered wildlife in the park. We will be entering the park from the east entrance if you would like to use Google maps.