The National Park Service has hired a private company to operate the Point Reyes Hostel, ousting the nonprofit group that has been managing the operation since it opened 51 years ago. The hostel will also get a new name: the Limantour Lodge.
Pinnacles Recreation, the small family-owned company that won the 10-year concession contract, operates the campground and store at Pinnacles National Park east of the Salinas Valley. It will operate here as the…