Pinnacles, Gabilan Range Climber's Log
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| phydeux | Great & Unique Geological Gem  Date Climbed: Apr 15, 2011 | |
| Spent an entire day hiking the area. Started at the east side vistors center, up to Chalone Peak, back to the reservior, then up the High Peaks Trail through the weird & wonderful 'pinnacles' before returning to the car. Very unique landscape that's worth taking a day to explore. FWIW: The gates into the park from the campground (east side) don't open until 7AM. FWIW #2: The place is a 'zoo' of dayhikers on spring/fall weekends - go midweek if possible. | |
| Posted Jun 8, 2012 10:30 pm | ||
| Baarb | Good times Date Climbed: Jan 1, 2010 | |
| New Years Day hike circuit from Bear Gulch round the High Peaks trail and back, great weather and views, lots of interesting exploring to be done along side routes, though atmospheric caves and round tranquil lakes. Lots of other people had the same idea much to my surprise. | |
| Posted Sep 24, 2011 6:40 pm | ||
| moohead | Lots to do Date Climbed: Jan 21, 2011 | |
| Hiked Moses Spring, Bear Gulch Cave, Rim, High Peaks, and Condor Gulch Trails. Had fun exploring Bear Gulch Cave. Will be back to go climbing someday! | |
| Posted Feb 13, 2011 1:28 am | ||
| justing | Fun climbing Date Climbed: Nov 15, 2009 | |
| Dec 5, 2009. My first three leads: Big Bad West (5.5), Corona (5.6), Walk The Plank (5.6) ----- Nice day following Rob. Lots of familiar faces from Pacific Edge also on Discovery Wall. Quite a bit cooler than that hike I took on high peaks trail summer before last! | |
| Posted Nov 18, 2009 11:03 pm | ||
| rhyang | Discovery Wall, Tourist Trap Date Climbed: Nov 15, 2009 | |
| Climbed with Justin on a warm autumn day. I led Swallow Crack, Portent, Ordeal and Rat Race. Classic routes and good times ! -- Date climbed: 3-December-2005 Route climbed: Machete Ridge Traverse (Old Original) Climbed with Matthew Holliman. The day was cool, and atop the ridge windy at times, but warm in the sun. Pretty much an all-day outing, since we spent some time bushwhacking looking for the start, and rapped seven times. Most of these were with a single 10.5mm x 50m rope, but I carried an 8.5mm x 50m in case we wanted to double-rope rappel. Turns out the second rope was the ticket on the last rap, and if we had broken it out sooner we could have avoided two of the raps. Not a whole lot of technical climbing (probably a good thing, because I was quite leery of the rock quality), but a fun adventure nonetheless. The morning and evening were cold (hard frost on everything). -- Route Climbed: Discovery Wall, Tiburcio's X Date Climbed: 29-April-2005 Another great day climbing with John. Followed several routes including Cleft (5.6) -- still moist in the shady interior; interesting stemming / chimneying. Stupendous Man (5.10a) was a lot of fun, though had to aid on rope to get over mantel move. Coyote Ugly (5.9) - good bit of high-stepping required above the X. -- Route Climbed: Discovery Wall Date Climbed: 15-April-2005 Climbed with John. Fantastic day. Followed Swallow Crack (5.6), Ordeal (5.8), Wet Kiss (5.9), Portent (5.6). | |
| Posted Nov 15, 2009 10:09 pm | ||
| TripoliRick | West Coast Motorcycle Adventure | |
| After getting out of the Air Force I took a month (?) long west coast trip doing many hikes and climbs. I had heard about this place and stopped by for a day and did a few climbs on the way up to Klamath. | |
| Posted Jul 2, 2008 7:45 pm | ||
| lcarreau | Great place amid the fault zone Date Climbed: May 15, 1996 | |
| I remember the parking lots filling early with rock climbers. I saw a lot of huge condors, and itty-bitty frogs hopping around on the upper reaches of the Condor Trail. Yes, I think I did glimpse a wild pig just east of the park. The "Tunnel" is pretty crazy!!! | |
| Posted Dec 18, 2007 9:16 pm | ||
| McCannster | Nice range | |
| Been to Pinnacles Ntl Monument many times since I was little. | |
| Posted Dec 12, 2007 9:02 pm | ||
| lisae | Many Visits | |
| I've lived in Santa Cruz, Ca for 23 years, so have visited the Pinnacles many times, to hike and to climb. My plans for the near future include checking out the Neglected Valley and the Deserted Valley. | |
| Posted Dec 7, 2006 2:40 am | ||
| tarol | Beautiful Place Date Climbed: Nov 8, 2003 | |
| Hiked the following trails over a 3 day weekend: Bear Gulch, Condor Gulch, Moses Spring, Rim, Chalone Creek, Juniper Canyon, Tunnel, & High Peaks | |
| Posted Dec 6, 2006 10:32 pm | ||
| Fredd C Dobbs | Route Climbed: Condor Gluch-High Peaks-Bear Gulch Trails Date Climbed: Mar 22, 2006 | |
| Fine spring day for a hike through some interesting geology. In the middle of the week there were very few people about. Will return ASAP to tag North Chalone Peak! | |
| Posted Mar 24, 2006 3:45 am | ||
| plume | Route Climbed: Various sundry routes Date Climbed: 1997-present | |
| Too many to mention or remember, but mostly on the east side. Most enjoyable climbing is found down low, while most scenic climbing is fouind in the peaks. The question becomes, at least from the Santa Cruz area, should you just push on to Yosemite, Tollhouse, or Castle Rock for that matter, for entirely sweeter climbing or play around on the Pinnacle choss. Nevertheless, it's always a fun, sporty outing. | |
| Posted Jan 3, 2006 3:00 pm | ||
| hundy | Route Climbed: Trails Date Climbed: July 1995 | |
| I am new to the group. I have been to the Pinnacles many times in the mid 90's. I have been in every cave, hiked all the trails and been as high as you can go without free climbing. On a side note I used to be a firefighter in Monterey county. In the early 90's there was a brush fire there. I drove a Airport crash truck to the Pinnacles, not to protect the firefighting aircraft. I was used to wash the firefighting retardant off some of the rock with the high power turret nozzle. | |
| Posted Jan 1, 2006 4:51 pm | ||
| Matthew Holliman | Route Climbed: Machete Ridge traverse Date Climbed: Dec 3, 2005 | |
| Great, varied day out! Easy but enjoyable climbing on unusual rock, some fun rappels, and a cool descent into the fascinating Balconies Caves. Highly recommended. | |
| Posted Dec 20, 2005 11:21 am | ||
| rice | Route Climbed: high peaks trail Date Climbed: november 12, 2005 | |
| super nice day. started in afternoon to catch sunset. spoted 7 california condors on top of hawkins. very large birds. fantastic evening colors. great time of year to visit | |
| Posted Nov 16, 2005 6:46 pm | ||
| NewDayRising | Route Climbed: trails Date Climbed: several times | |
| fun hike and close to the bay area. | |
| Posted Oct 21, 2005 3:50 am | ||
| Richard McJagger | Route Climbed: High Peaks Loop Date Climbed: Spring Break - 2005 | |
| Nice sunny day. Brought the Boy Scouts with us: Charlie, Ben, Colin, Nico, Joe, Felix, Craig, Bob. | ||
| Posted Aug 16, 2005 8:43 pm | ||
| QuailBS | Route Climbed: From Chaparral Trailhead Date Climbed: July 27th 2005 | |
| Turned out to be an extremely hot day. "Yesterdays high: 102 F". Dayhiked from chaparral TH to Balconies caves, down W fork Chalone Creek to cholone TH and back to Chaparral. Climbed up some large rocks and boulders for fun. I will totaly have to return here some day for some more hiking and climbing. Chalone peak is also looking like a nice winter dayhike. Get an early start. The parks opening time at 7:30 is almost still too late to beat the summer heat on long hikes. | |
| Posted Jul 27, 2005 5:42 pm | ||
| SeanReedy | Route Climbed: High Peaks Loop via Bear Gulch Caves and Returning Condor Gulch Date Climbed: March 12, 2005 | |
| I went twice in March of 2005 with my brother and law and our wives. The wives did the caves and then waited for us to return from the High Peaks Loop. The shuttle is worth taking when the upper parking lots are full during the peak season as we were passed by a few shuttles while hiking up to the Bear Gulch Visitor Center from the overflow parking area (a scenic 1-2 miles extra). Pinnacles is an exhilerating and scenic place to be on a nice Spring day with a variety of hikes and climbs to satisfy all ability levels. Bring sandals for the caves in the Spring as there is often running water/creekbed (ankle deep in one spot) through the talus caves. | |
| Posted Jul 27, 2005 12:40 pm | ||
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