The trip desk . 14 Lyndon Ave

Tell us where your head is at.

Half an idea is fine. A month, a rough headcount and whether you would rather walk, paddle or ride is enough for a guide to start pulling permits.

Call (408) 555-0138Price a trip first
A phone compass app lying on two vintage paper maps

Mail it to the trip desk.

This goes straight to the guides, not a sales team. Whoever is in the office that day reads it, checks the permit calendar and writes back with real dates. Most replies go out the same afternoon.

Buying a trip as a gift? Pick "Gift a trip" and tell us who it is for. We mail a printed postcard with the dates in an envelope, so there is something to open.

we never sell your number

To: the trip desk, 14 Lyndon Ave, Los Gatos

Phone or email, whichever you actually check.

A guide reads every one.

Office hours

Mon to Sat
9am to 5pm
Sunday
Closed, we are on a trail
Drop by
14 Lyndon Ave, Los Gatos, CA 95030

The shop is a small room full of drying tents. Come in, try on a pack, look at the maps on the wall. Parking is on the street out front.

The best month for each trip

Weather and permits pick the season. Red stamps are our favorite months. Pencil dots still run, with a trade off we will tell you about on the phone.

TripJFMAMJJASOND
Sierraokaybestbestbest
Big Surokaybestbestbestokaybest
Islandsokaybestbestbestokay
Overlandbestbestokaybestbest
Lost Coastbestbestokayokaybest

Summer on the Lost Coast means fog. Spring in Big Sur means wildflowers and the odd wet morning.