Mount Diablo State Park January 21-22, 2006 Come on!  We are gonna hike up Mount Diablo for the best view of the Bay Area!!!  We will be car-camping at Mount Diablo State Park for one night.      We will leave early Saturday morning and return early Sunday afternoon.  This outing will depart the zoo on SATURDAY MORNING at 8:00 AM and return around 2:00 On Sunday.   All permission slips are due at the troop meeting on  Monday January 16th.   There is lots to do--don't miss this campout!   Activities: 1.  Hike to the summit of the best and highest view of the Bay Area. 2.  Free climbing at Rock City.  Lots of scrambling through rock formations and wind caves.  Very cool. 3.  Excellent museum at the summit. 4.  If there is time, Mitchell Interpretive Center. 5.  Campfire FOOD- Pack a sack lunch that can be carried in a daypack. Patrols should plan a dinner and breakfast Bring money for lunch on the way home   BE PREPARED- Bring a daypack for a hike. Boots suitable for hiking and rock climbing. Each patrol should bring a few logs for the campfire.   What about the WEATHER??? Call 925-838-9225 for current weather conditions at the park.  Be prepared for cool and possibly wet in any event.   Costs:  $10/per scout, $5 gas  for driver,  and $8 to buy your own lunch on the way home.

Download the Mt. Diablo Permission Slip

Click here for information about  Mt. Diablo State Park

And you can check out the TOPO Map if you CLICK HERE

Directions-

• Highway 680 to Danville;

• take Diablo Road exit, then

• 3 miles east to
  Mount Diablo Scenic Blvd.  This turns into Southgate road.
  Approximately 1/2 mile beyond the Park entrance is Boy Scout Rock (rope
  climbing),

• another 1/2 mile up the road is Rock City (free climbing),

• another mile up the road is the Buckeye group campground where we will
  be staying.