If you go, you might want to remember the hours of these two frontier outposts, lest you run out of food and start eyeing those cows:
Paicines mini-mart: M-F 6:30am - 6:30pm S-S 8:30am - 6:30pm
Pinnacles campground general store: M-F 4pm-5pm S-S 9am-5pm
Dist Grade Alti. Location ---- ----- ------ -------- 0.00 0% 240 4:09am, AVS 17.9, Nat'l 9 Inn, (760' sofar) -MMPE- 3.19 0% 200 L on HWY 25 towards hollister 9.4 0% 260 on HWY 25 - begin construction 10.6 0% 290 end construction 13.6 0% 330 Downtown hollister, AVS 17.4 13.8 0% 350 5:13am, 7-11 stop 15.1 0% 370 5:20am, Burger King in south Hollister (5:40) 17.65 0% 520 last stopsign outside hollister 18.7 0% 570 Best road 20.5 0% 570 Entering Tres Pinos 6:05am 21.1 0% 610 leaving Tres Pinos 21.8 0% 540 bottom of hill 23.3 0% 630 cresting 24.0 0% 660 another rise top 25.9 0% 700 6:33am, Paicines minimart 6:30am-6:30pm weekdays, S/S 8:30am-6:30pm, (6:50am) 26.7 0% 770 crest 27.0 0% 740 low point 29.48 0% 780 approaching hill 30.4 0% 880 cresting 31.53 0% 830 starting another hill 31.83 0% 890 cresting 32.3 0% 840 low point 34.4 0% 1000 7:31am 34.91 0% 950 low point - bridge over San Benito River 35.31 0% 1000 36.25 0% 1020 36.8 0% 1010 begin big climb 36.99 0% 1050 7:50am (stop to take off layer of clothes) (7:56) 38.2 0% 1430 top of climb 38.75 0% 1450 begin descent 41.4 0% 1330 43.4 0% 1190 turn R on entrance to pinnacles 8:27, 2400' sofar 45.36 0% 1060 turn around, gravel wipeout, 2400' sofar, AVS 15.7 8:37 - store hours: M-F 4pm-5pm, S-S 9am-5pm 47.32 0 1190 49.32 0 1330 51.97 0 1450 52.52 0 1430 53.73 0 1050 53.92 0 1010 54.47 0 1020 55.41 0 1000 55.81 0 950 56.32 0 1000 58.42 0 840 58.89 0 890 59.19 0 830 60.32 0 880 61.24 0 780 63.72 0 740 64.02 0 770 64.82 0 700 66.72 0 660 67.42 0 630 68.92 0 540 69.62 0 610 70.22 0 570 72.02 0 570 73.07 0 520 75.62 0 370 76.92 0 350 77.12 0 330 80.12 0 290 81.32 0 260 87.53 0 201 90.72 0 240