The High Peaks - Pinnacles National Park
HIGH PEAKS TRAIL LOOP PINNACLES NATIONAL PARK DECEMBER 7, 2020 The High Peak Trail - is accessible both from the East and West entrance of the park, there is no road that will connect the two entrances. At the west side gate, the Chaparral parking area is where the trail head a launching pad to the Juniper trail, the main trail that will converge with the Tunnel trail that leads hiker up to the High Peaks. It's a series of switchback going up and with more than 2000 feet of elevation gain. It's an arduous hike but it's all worth the effort, beautiful scenery and challenging uphill. During the trek, I have taken more than 200 photos that includes the condors flying overhead, plants and flowers and some other wild animals. This year our climb started at the trail head on the junction of Bench Trail and Sycamore, it's called the Manzanita parking lot. At the junction near the trailhead is the Old Pinnacle trail, we follow that trail going up north and then we turned