Exploring Thousand Island and Garnet Lake in the Sierra Mountains by Packraft
Tag: hiking
Sierra High Route Day 25: Reading Landscape Between Northern Twin Island Lake and Foerster Creek
Hiking cross country between Twin Island Lakes and Blue Lake Pass on the Sierra High Route is all about navigating on a micro scale.
Sierra High Route Day 24: Iceberg Lake to Twin Island Lakes, It Can All Change in a Second
Total Miles: 8.72 Cumualtive Miles: 244 Elevation Gain: 2819 ft Elevation Loss: 2948 ft Camp: Twin Island Lake I watch the helicopter overhead and it
Sierra High Route Day 21: Cascade Lake to Soldier Lake, One Step Forward and Two Steps Back
Sky Pilot Col is tougher then I thought it would be
Sierra High Route Day 20: Tuolumne Meadows to Cascade Lake, Chute, Can we Get Out?
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
Sierra High Route Day 19: A Zero Day at Reds Meadow Resort and a “Flip Flop” Decision
A Zero Day at Red’s Meadow Resort and a “Flip Flop” Decision