Big Sur Batties 🦇🦇🦇

Meet: Village Fountain @ 2:30 pm on Friday 10/25

Return: Around 7:00 pm on Sunday

Member: $73 Non member: $94

Participant Driver (1): $34

Participant drivers will also have all gas reimbursed!

Activity: Backpacking, stargazing, scary-story telling

Difficulty: 6/10 (Medium) Distance (miles): 10.5 mi Elevation (ft): 2500 ft

Recommended Prior Experience: Some backpacking experience recommended, but not required

Location of Trip: Big Sur

Native Land: Salinan

Pre-Trip Meeting: 7:00pm on Oct 23rd @ Shack (2647 Orchard Ave)

Baddies + Bats = Batties! Fly away with us to Big Sur on this 10 mile “bat-packing” trip. Meet us on Friday afternoon after class to drive along the Pacific Coast Highway and car camp above SLO with beautiful opportunities for star-gazing. Caroline and Jordyn will gourmand a meal on Friday night before getting a good night’s sleep (upside down, like a bat), and heading out to Vicente Flat Trailhead in Big Sur on Saturday morning. There, we will backpack for about 5 miles, stopping for lunch with views of the coast. We will hike to our final campsite where we will eat another divine meal, tell scary stories, and have a costume pageant under the canopy of the Coastal Redwoods. Sunday morning, we will hike back down to the cars and arrive back at campus around 7:00 pm (possibly earlier), and say goodbye to our fellow batties.

Backpacking experience would be helpful as there is a good bit of elevation gain / uphill hiking, but not required. If this is your first time, we will show you everything you need to know and answer any questions you may have. We highly recommend wearing LONG PANTS to hike in, as the trail has poison oak along the sides in some parts.

Contact the Guides:

Caroline Dworken: dworken@usc.edu

Jordyn VanOrman: jvanorma@usc.edu

What to Bring:

*REMINDER (overnights only) : if you do not have a sleeping bag, sleeping pad, backpacking pack, or other technical gear (non-clothing), do not panic, SC Outfitters has these items for you! Your guides will send out a gear-request form the week of your trip where you’ll let them know what gear you need!

• Backpacking backpack (can borrow from SCO)

• Sleeping bag (can borrow from SCO)

• Sleeping pad (can borrow from SCO)

• 2 liters of water (at least)

• Warm layers

• Clothes for 2-3 days

• Long pants to hike in

• Hat

• Sunglasses

• Sunscreen

• Toiletries

• Personal medications

• Headlamp

• Raincoat

• Sturdy shoes (Trail runners or hiking boots highly recommended)

• Mess kit (plate or bowl and utensils to eat in)

• Your best ghost story and halloween costume

Price of the trip includes (and we will provide):

• Snacks

• Breakfast, lunch, and dinner will be provided when a trip occurs during meal-times

• Any technical gear required (ie. kayaks, snowshoes, snorkels, backpacking packs, sleeping bags, fishing rods, etc.)

• All group / shared gear (tents, stoves, bear cans, first aid kit, etc.)

• Any permits or campsite reservations needed

• Cost of gas reimbursed for participant drivers

• Amazing guides who love the outdoors and do this for free!
  

Please Review Our Cancellation and Refund Policy:

All SC Outfitters trips have a no-refund policy unless a substitute participant can be found. In the event your trip requires added reporting measures of participants (plane tickets, external providers, rental services, etc.) dropping the trip close to the date of the trip will not allow for the spot to be re-filled. See the details on trip pages for specific deadlines and reference our complete cancellation/refund policy here.

TRIP DIFFICULTY RATING SYSTEM

• Difficulty rating for trips

  • 1: No physical activity.

  • 2: Leisurely walk.

  • 3: 2-5 miles less than 1000 ft of total elevation gain on well maintained trails. About 2-3 hours continuous activity

  • 4: 4-6 miles, about 1000 ft of elevation gain, well maintained trails. About 3 hours of continuous activity.

  • 5: 6-8 miles, about 1500ft of elevation gain on maintained trials. 4-5 hours continuous activity

  • 6: 8-10 miles, about 2000 ft of elevation gain, well maintained trails. 4-6 hours of continuous activity.

  • 7: 10-14 miles, over 2500 ft of elevation gain, variable trail conditions possible. Full day of continuous activity.

  • 8: At high altitude. 12-16 total miles, over 3000 ft of elevation gain, variable trail conditions possible. Full day of continuous activity.

  • 9: Technical skills may be necessary. At high altitude with physical elevation gain. Scrambling over rocks likely involved.

  • 10: u gunna die

**If you have any questions or concerns about the physical activity, recommended prior experience, or gear needed on any kind of trip please contact the guides as soon as possible!!