FLOWER POWER (BASECAMP)

Meet: TroGro @8am Sat 4/8

Return: Campus ~2pm Sun 4/9

Member: $50 Non member: $63

Participant Driver (1): $17

Activity: Hiking, flower admiring, car camping

Difficulty: 4

Distance (miles): ~6 Elevation (ft): <1000ft

Recommended Prior Experience: None

Location of Trip: Ojai / Carrizo Plains

Native Land: Chumash

This rain is insane!! Which means the flowers will be as well!! Join us for a beautiful hike through this year’s SUPERBLOOM. It’s predicted to be one of California’s biggest blooms in decades and could possibly be a once in a lifetime experience. We’ll enjoy a day hike through valleys and hills painted with beautiful wildflowers and then meet up with the rest of the basecamp trips in Carrizo Plains for a fun night of cooking competitions, music, and tomfoolery.

Contact the Guides:

John Bush - johncbus@usc.edu

Sibelle O’Donnell - seodonne@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!

• 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)

• 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!!