{"id":4990,"date":"2021-07-23T22:46:57","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T22:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whitethaiger.net\/hikers\/?p=4990"},"modified":"2023-07-12T04:35:30","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T04:35:30","slug":"piute-pass-july-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whitethaiger.net\/hikers\/2021\/07\/23\/piute-pass-july-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Piute Pass, July 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Looking for a new-to-us area of the Sierra with nice lakes and some interesting peaks I found Piute Pass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Day 1:<\/strong>
We drove up to the North Lake trail head hiker’s parking lot. All the while we saw big clouds grow over the mountains. As we started out hiking dark clouds were looming above us. We put the rain covers over our packs since rain seemed guaranteed. It took only 15 minutes before we heard the first thunder. We had just made it to the North Lake campground and decided to wait out the thunderstorm in the wooded area there. The storm was right above us, thunder and lightning occuring almost simultaneously. After the lightning and rain stopped we continued on our hike. Just before the switchbacks below Loch Leven it started to rain again and we sheltered under some trees. A couple out for a 8 day hike was doing the same thing. Just when we were ready to get going again a small mule train (4 mules) came down the trail. The remainder of the hike to the pass became a bit of a slog with rain showers on and off. From the pass we had a great view west and Summit Lake about 200 ft below us. Given the time of day we decided to find a campsite there. After setting up camp und cooking dinner under head lamps we quickly crawled into our tents for the warm sleeping bags.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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