Towslay Canyon!

Meet: Saturday 4/8 9:30am @ TroGro (Starbucks under Birnkrant)

Return: Sunday 4/9 5:00pm

Member: $42 Non member: $53

Participant Driver (2): $16

Activity: Hiking & Flowerssssss

Difficulty: (4/10) Medium Distance (miles): 6.0 mi Elevation (ft): 1600

Recommended Prior Experience: None required!

Location of Trip: Santa Clarita Woodlands Park and Carrizo Plains

Native Land: Chumash

Come hang out with Katie and Nathan for a gorgous gorgous basecamp trip to Towsley Canyon and Carrizo Plains! We will start strong on Saturday with a 5.6 mile hike through Towsley Canyon where we will pass rolling hills, rushing rivers, and get a sneak peak at some wildflowers. We will have a picnic lunch on trail before hitting the road again to make it to Carrizo Plains for BASECAMPPPPP WOO! Here we will enjoy the company of 5 other SCO trips for an intense outdoor cooking competition and marvel at the miles of flowers that should be blooming better than ever with the past months of rain. We will get to see the sun set over the flower fields and stargaze in the open plains. The next morning we will head to Soda lake to get even more views of the bloom and take a relaxing mile-long stroll. Finally we will head back Sunday afternoon with just enough time to edit your flower pictures and finish any homework that you procrastinated. :)

Contact the Guides:

Katie Randall kqrandal@usc.edu

Nathan Wu nywu@usc.edu

What to Bring:

*REMINDER : 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!

• Hiking boots or sturdy sneakers

• Day hiking clothes

• Warm layers for the evening (sweatshirt, hat, jacket, pants)

• 2L of water

• Mess kit (fork, knife, spoon, plate / bowl)

• sleeping bag

• sleeping pad

• small / medium day pack (most school backpacks work)

• Hat/Sunglasses/Sunscreen

• Camera (optional)

Please Review Our Cancellation and Refund Policy:

All SC Outfitter 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!!