We hike Beck Lakes Trail right after it is opened. It had been closed for much of the summer because of the Lions Fire. Then it is more cross country over Nancy Pass and beyond.

Kerrie and Ray's thru hikes, packraft loops, and other adventures
We hike Beck Lakes Trail right after it is opened. It had been closed for much of the summer because of the Lions Fire. Then it is more cross country over Nancy Pass and beyond.
Stanton Pass is perhaps the trickiest part of the Sierra High Route. Can we make it?
Sky Pilot Col is tougher then I thought it would be
I am clinging to a refrigerator-sized boulder in an almost vertical crack. My feet slide a little on the sand and small sized talus stacked at angle of repose. Ray is up higher in the crack trying to see if we can get up. My thoughts vacillate between
Getting off Mammoth Crest and down to Reds Meadow Resort in the shadow of the fire
On day 17 of our Sierra High Route hike we had to change our plan because of the Lion’s Fire…..