Pt Reyes Wildflower Photo/Slow Hike, April 10 (Sat)

[Guest guest]

For those who are interested in doing an easy dayhike

to see the spring wildflower blooms, I'll be co-leading

this hike to Pt Reyes this Saturday. This is a good trip

especially if you're into nature photography. If you are

interested, please let me know where you plan to meet so

we can look for you.

 

Erhhung

 

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Pt Reyes Wildflower Photo/Slow Hike

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Hike Intensity: Leisurely

Length of Hike: 3 hikes totaling a whopping 5.8 miles

Elevation gain: 300 feet gain/loss

 

When: Saturday, April 10

Meet: 9AM at Bechtel--leave at 9:15AM.

11AM at Bear Valley Visitor Center

(email us first so we know to look for you)

Return to Bechtel around 11PM!

Directions: http://tinyurl.com/yw4sg

Drive: 70 miles or 1.5 hours each way to Visitor Center;

60 mile more driving inside park

Cost : ~$40 per car for gas and $5 bridge toll

 

Rain (unlikely) cancels trip.

 

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Want to see wildflowers, the ocean, a lighthouse, tule elk, sea lions,

harbor seals, and possibly gray whales. Join us for the Point Reyes

Wildflower Photo/Slow Hike. We will hike at a leisurely pace along

the Kehoe Beach Trail, take some photos, picnic, hike some more on

the Abbotts Lagoon Trail, take a siesta, visit the lighthouse, hike

to Chimney Rock, wait for sunset, eat a late dinner (optional), and

head home to get back to Bechtel around 11pm.

 

If you plan to join us, we recommend that you

 

- Bring a camera, be it a point-and-shoot, SLR, or your view camera

(okay, maybe not a view camera); film or digital

- Bring an extravagant lunch and a pre-dinner snack. We won't be

having dinner until after 8PM.

- Bring 1+ liters of water. We are never more than 1.5 miles from

the trailhead.

- Dress warmly and bring a jacket; extra clothes if you get cold

easily.

The coast can be cold and windy and we will be hanging out until

sunset.

 

- Protect from sun exposure. Wear sunglasses, a hat, long sleeve

shirt, and put on sun screen.

- Bring a blanket. We will take an afternoon siesta.

- Bring binoculars to better see wildlife.

 

Note that for this trip, drivers will get $.20 per mile, instead

of $.15 per mile as normal Stanford Outing Club policy because

of current gasoline prices and to give drivers more incentive

to volunteer.

 

Here are some links:

 

Point Reyes National Seashore

Weather: http://tinyurl.com/2o49a

Visitor Center - 415 464-5100 (Hit #2 & #5)

Lighthouse conditions - 415 669-1534

 

Wildflower report: http://www.coastaltraveler.com/spr04_cover.html

http://www.calphoto.com/wflower.htm

 

Kehoe Beach Trail

- photos: http://tinyurl.com/28yv7

- 1.2 miles, 100' elevation change

- Some wildflowers, beach

 

Abbotts Lagoon Trail

- trail info: http://tinyurl.com/3dnxa

- 3 miles, 100' elevation change

- Elk, wildflowers, beach

 

Chimney Rock Trail

- trail info: http://tinyurl.com/3ayle

- 1.6 miles, 100' elevation change

- Wildflowers, sea lions, possibly gray whales

- Sunset at 7:43PM

 

 

Your Hike Buddies:

Eng-Shien (eswu (at) alumni.stanford.org)

Erhhung (erhhung (at) alum.mit.edu)

 

 

* For all trips, carpools will form at the Bechtel International

Center unless stated otherwise. No pre-registration for day trips.

(If you don't know where the Bechtel Center is, look at our Web

site at http://www.stanford.eduouting/ for driving directions.)

* Carpool passengers, please reimburse your driver 15 cents per mile.

(For example, a 100-mile trip would cost $15, divided amongst all the

members of a carpool, including the driver.)

* For all trips, wear boots or sturdy shoes, and bring lunch, lots

of drinks, sweater, jacket and some money (parking fees, gas, perhaps

dinner).

* Trips are canceled in the event of rain (check with the trip leader

the day before, or just assume it is canceled if it's raining in the

morning). Trips may go as scheduled in light showers.

* The trip " leader " is a volunteer and no real leader (i.e. not

liable for the whole group). Think of it as hiking with a group

of friends.

* If you have questions, ask the trip " leader " listed or Craig

Foster (cfoster01), phone (650) 497-7010.

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