Upcoming Meetings

 

Just a reminder that we will not be having a meeting on Monday, 11/22.  Instead, we’ll be meeting the following Monday, 11/29.  Wishing you and your family a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday!

 Details for Mitteldorf Preserve Hike - Saturday 11/13 at 10am

Looking forward to our hike this Saturday, 11/13 at Mitteldorf Preserve!  This will be an approx. 4 mile hike, so please bring lots of water, snacks and lunch if you want.  We will have time to stop and enjoy a picnic.  Please also dress in layers and bring hats and sunscreen.

We should all meet in the parking lot on the right just outside the Santa Lucia Preserve (SLP) gate. Once everyone arrives, we can caravan through the gate and to the parking lot at the trailhead. We will not have cell service once we pass through the SLP gate.

We will need to sign the waiver form before we can begin the hike.

Property Description

Mitteldorf Preserve (adjacent to the Santa Lucia Preserve in Carmel Valley) is often described as a magic place; home to the County’s largest redwood tree, site of a stream where steelhead run, and a place where a close human connection to nature happens almost instantaneously.  Hike to Lodge is a stunning 2-mile (one-way) hike on a dirt road winding through a dense redwood canyon carved by a beautiful steelhead stream. Enjoy a picnic on the back patio of a 1930’s era hunting lodge while you look out at the largest redwood tree in Monterey County. Nature Loop is a ¾-mile loop from the lodge that immerses you in the redwood forest ecosystem and crisscrosses Williams Creek on newly restored bridges since the fire.

 

Directions from Monterey

·      Take Highway 1 South towards Carmel

·      Make a left on Carmel Valley Road. Continue for 2.2 miles

·      Turn right onto Rancho Carlos Rd and continue for 1.1 miles to arrive at the Santa Lucia Gatehouse

·      Continue on Rancho San Carlos Road for 4.2 miles

·      Make a right on the dirt road with the sign that says “Williams Canyon.” Park on the left side of the road.

 

Directions from Salinas

·      Head west on CA-68 W

·      Turn left on Laureles Grade. Continue for 5.8 miles

·      Turn right onto W Carmel Valley Rd. Continue for 7.4 miles

·      Turn left onto Rancho Carlos Rd and continue for 1.1 miles to arrive at the Santa Lucia Gatehouse

·      Continue on Rancho San Carlos Road for 4.2 miles

·      Make a right on the dirt road with the sign that says “Williams Canyon.” Park on the left side of the road.

 

So we know who will be joining us, please sign up on the attendance spreadsheet on the blog at: http://pack93toro.blogspot.com/p/attendance-spreadsheet.html

 

We hope to see everyone on Saturday!

 Hike at Mitteldorf Preserve, Saturday 11/13 at 10am

 

Our next hike will be at the Mitteldorf Preserve in Carmel Valley on Saturday November 13^th at 10am.  The Mitteldorf Preserve has been closed the last few years and was recently re-opened for visitors.  It is owned by the Big Sur Land Trust and can be visited only with approval.  

 

We are working with our contact at the Big Sur Land Trust to iron out the details around parking and property access.  For now, please save the date on your calendars. 

 

https://bigsurlandtrust.org/mitteldorf-preserve-carmel-valley/

 

Please note that this is not in the Monterey Bay Trekkers series, so there will be no patch on this hike.