On Friday evening Marisa, Quinn, Srisuda and I met at Gray’s Meadow’s campground west of the town of Independence in preparation for a 3 day / 2 night backpacking hike starting from Onion Valley. Our first trip to this area was in 2011.
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Mt. Shasta, California, Aug. 25th 2019
We have had our eyes on Mt. Shasta for a while and finally circumstances aligned for a quick trip up to Northern California to climb it.
Chocolate Peak, Aug. 13, 2019
After our hike the previous day we sat around the camp fire and contemplated our plans for the next day: Drive home right away or do a little hike in the morning?
Cloudripper Attempt, Aug.12, 2019
After our backpacking hike and a day’s rest we met up with Jack at the Willow creek campground just below South Lake on the South Fork of Bishop Creek. The intention was to climb Cloudripper.
Sawmill Pass, 4 Day Backpack, August 2019
Sawmill Pass is one of the more difficult passes from the east into the Sierra Nevada. This is mostly because it starts at 4600 ft in the desert and tops out at 11,347 ft, with some ups and downs this leads to almost 7000 ft elevation gain.
Ross Mountain via Mount Baden-Powell, August 3, 2019
I wanted to bag Ross Mountain for a while, but dreaded the up and over and back over Mount Baden-Powell. We needed another hike to get into Sierra season shape and were a little tired of our usual local higher elevation hikes. So Ross Mountain via Baden-Powell it was.
Above the Clouds, Monserate Mountain
Just a quick hike up Monserate Mountain for a little exercise. The weather conditions made it a little more interesting than usual. We started in fog and then climbed out of it to be above the clouds (marine layer). Not bad to get above the clouds with only having to climb up 1,250 ft. (HikeContinue reading “Above the Clouds, Monserate Mountain”
San Gorgonio with Dollar Lake Camp
We scheduled a San Gorgonio day hike from South Fork and during the preparations I learned that the lake levels for Dry and Dollar Lakes where as high as they hadn’t been in years. Since I had never seen Dollar Lake with water Srisuda and I decided to make it an overnight hike with aContinue reading “San Gorgonio with Dollar Lake Camp”
Seven Pines Spring Hike, April 24th 2019
Matt came to town for a visit and naturally we wanted to do a hike. Initially we planned to do a nice desert hike, but then temperatures for the available dates were forecast way too high. So we settled on a “classic”, 7 Pines Trail on San Jacinto.
Stops between Moab and Cedar City – April 13, 2019
After our White Rim Trail adventure we were faced with the long drive home to SoCal. We did it in 2 days and on the first day we took the slower route to take in some more sights and do a little hike.