Community Trips
Three day backpacking trip with Boy Scout Troop 604. First day was an easy 3.5 miles from Crabtree Trailhead to Camp Lake. The lake was fairly busy during this Labor Day weekend, but we were able to find a nice hardened site for 13 people with a view of the lake. We got to camp early enough for a nice swim in the lake. There was a nice little granite island near...
Originally attempted to do a loop, but ended up doing a wishbone shaped trip. We made it out to Upper Relief Valley on the first night. On the second day we backtracked to summit Black Hawk Mountain, then camped near Saucer Meadow. We hiked out on the third day. Full trip report at:http://yip.webhop.net/pixpage/20080927-EmigrantWilderness/
This trip was in Emigrant Wilderness,CA, just north of Yosemite National Park. We began our trip at Kennedy Meadows trailhead and hiked almost ten miles to
Upper Relief Valley on the first day, returning by the same route the next day. The sky was clear blue and visibility seemed endless. Aspen leaves were turning golden yellow, and an end-of-summer dryness filled the air. Tall, narrow conifer trees (pine, fir, and cedar) accented the glacier-polished...
Backpacking Trip in Emigrant Wilderness
Kennedy Meadow, California, United States
Backpacking | 28.7 miles
Backpacking | 28.7 miles
Possible trip in the future!
This was my first backpacking trip in over a year and what a reintroduction. Life witth a 2-year-old is many good things but not terribly conducive to backpacking on a regular basis (at least, not my 2-year-old). My wife gave me a free pass, though, so off I went to Pinecrest on a Friday afternoon.The way to the trailhead is on a twisty maze of dirt forest roads, seemingly all alike. (This...
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A nice 2-day hike with a bit of cross-country!
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