Friday:           30 September

Est. Time        Location                                                Notes                                        

4:00 am             Meet at Citrus Library Parking lot                        Please pack vehicles quickly

5:00 am             Leave Citrus (or earlier)                          Eat quick road breakfast (pop tarts, etc…)

9:00 am             Arrive Lone Pine Visitor Center                bathrooms

9:30 am             Leave Visitor Center

11:00 am            Bristlecone Pine Forest                           Drink water, eat quick road lunch, bathrooms, hike

12:00 pm            Leave Bristlecone Forest

2:00 pm             Arrive Mono Lake Visitor Center               bathrooms

2:30 pm             Leave Visitor Center

3:00 pm             Arrive Mono Lake                                    Ranger Tour – South Tufa - hike

4:30 pm             Lee Vining Campground                             Set up tents (cold weather) and dinner

10:00 pm            Quiet time

Saturday:       01 October

Est. Time        Location                                                Notes                                        

6:00 am             Wakeup and breakdown camp                      Quiet time, quick breakfast

7:00 am             Leave Camp (or earlier)                            Clean camp!

7:20 am             Mono Craters Monument                           Photographic opportunity

7:30 am             June Loop (no stop)                                 Driving view from car -- glacier scaring

8:30 am             Yellow Forest / Obsidian Dome                 Photographic opportunity

9:00 am             Leave Obsidian Dome

10:00 am            Arrive Mammoth Area                              Lunch (please make it quick)

11:00 am            Leave Mammoth for Devils Postpile

11:30 am             Arrive Devils Postpile/Rainbow Falls         We will drive to both, then hike to each

3:00 pm             Leave Postpile and Rainbow Falls

3:45 pm             Arrive Hot Creek Geological Site              No Swimming – water hot!

4:00 pm             Leave Hot Creek

4:45 pm             Horton Campground                                  Set up camp quickly group dinner (maybe Gorge)

10:00 pm            Quiet time

Sunday:          02 October

Est. Time        Location                                                Notes                                        

6:00 am             Wake up and breakdown camp                     Quiet time, quick breakfast

7:00 am             Leave camp (or earlier)                            Clean camp!

7:30 am             Owens River Gorge overlook                     No rock climbing!

8:00 am             Leave Gorge overlook

10:00 am            Fish Springs Hatchery

10:30 am            Tinemaha Wildlife Viewpoint                     Binoculars – Tule Elk

12:00 am            Lone Pine Area                                        Lunch (please make it quick)

12:45 pm            Leave Lone Pine

1:15 pm              Alabama Hills                            

2:15 pm              Whitney Portal                                       Quick stop / visitor center

2:45 pm             Leave Whitney Portal

4:00 pm             Arrive Fossil Falls / Red Hill                    Short Hike

4:45 pm             Leave Fossil Falls

5:30 pm             Arrive Ninemile Overlook                         Photographic opportunity

6:00 pm             Head home                                              Stop for dinner

9:00 pm             Arrive Citrus College Parking lot