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Chalone Peak Trail (Pinnacles National Park, CA)

On By Andrew WojtanikIn California, Pinnacles National Park, Strenuous Hikes2 Comments

Rising to 3,304 feet, Chalone Peak is the highest point in California’s Pinnacles National Park and a worthy challenge for peak-baggers who seek to brave the exposed sun and 2,000 feet in elevation gain to reach the summit. The Chalone Peak Trail juts off from the end of Bear Gulch Cave in the eastern section …

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South Wilderness Trail (Pinnacles National Park, CA)

On By Andrew WojtanikIn California, Easy Hikes, Pinnacles National ParkLeave a comment

Every national park has one: a trail that, despite lacking any particularly notable beauty, exists seemingly to be hiked only by those seeking the satisfaction of completing every trail in the park. In Capitol Reef National Park, a former focus of this blog, it is the much-maligned Old Wagon Trail. In Pinnacles National Park, it …

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