Guides and Trips
Trips
To view trip report visit: Lady on a Rock "Mount Baden Powell Snowshoe"
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LENGTH 13.9 miles round trip (the miles the trip should have been)
ELEVATION 7841 feet
ELEVATION GAIN 3000 feet
TRAIL HEAD Intersection of the Pacific Crest Trail and Canebrake Road. Use T30 in Exploring the Southern Sierra: East SideDIFFICULTY Summit block is a difficult class 3 climb
BEST TIME TO HIKE Fall, spring (can be very hot during the middle of summer) and a great climb while the High Sierras are under snow
ROUTE Head south on...
Glacier Point Cross-country Ski
Yosemite National Park, California, United States
Cross-country skiing | 10.0 miles
Cross-country skiing | 10.0 miles
LENGTH 21 miles round trip, 2 daysELEVATION GAIN 2200 feetHIGH POINT 7830 feetTRAIL HEAD Starts at Badger Pass Ski area in Yosemite National Park on the snow covered Glacier Point RoadDIFFICULTY Moderate to StrenuousBEST TIME TO GO December through MarchROUTE Trip passes by Summit Meadow, Bridalveil Falls
Campground, Mono Meadow, and Sentinel Dome with picturesque sites of the
nearby Clark Mountain Range with a 1/2 mile descent into Glacier Point
NOTE: TEHACHAPI MOUNTAIN IS NOW CLOSED .44 MILES FROM THE SUMMIT AT THE PARK BOUNDARY SIGN.ELEVATION 7960’
ELEVATION GAIN 2215’
ROUND TRIP MILES/TIME approx. 4 miles – snowshoe 3 1/2 hours RT – hiking 2 hours RT TRAIL HEAD Campsite 34, Tehachapi Mountain Park, 6 miles southwest of Tehachapi
BEAUTY 5/10 (According to ME!)
DIFFICULTY 4/5 (best training mountain around)FUN FACTS Tehachapi Mountain is the
tallest mountain in the Tehachapi Mountain range. The name “Tehachapi”...
LENGTH 2.2 miles round trip
ELEVATION 5997 feet
ELEVATION GAIN 1155 feet
TRAIL HEAD From Highway 14, turn west on Jawbone
Canyon Road. Then turn right at Kelso Valley Road. Trail head is at the
second saddle after leaving Butterbredt Canyon, 14.2 miles on dirt road
after leaving Highway 14. Use T4 and T5 in Exploring the Southern Sierra: East SideDIFFICULTY Easy route finding, Easy to moderate, class 1 and 2 climbing
BEST TIME TO...
Five Fingers Peak
LENGTH 2.2 miles round trip
ELEVATION GAIN 1725 feet
TRAIL HEAD Head to Indian Wells Canyon off of State Highway 14
in the eastern southern Sierra Nevada, turn left going north just after
passing Indian Wells Restaurant, travel about 2.6 miles on a dirt road
to the trail head
DIFFICULTY Strenuous climbing on steep scree-covered slopes,
with some Class 3 climbing (steep terrain where handholds and footholds
are used, usually no rope)
BEST TIME...
Nightmare Gulch is a small, colorful, highly scenic canyon in Red
Rock Canyon State Park in Southern California. The area attracts many
raptors. To protect the raptor nesting sites, the gulch is closed to
hikers and vehicle travel yearly from February 1 to July 1.
The cross-country route starts just a half mile north of the entrance
to the park at a small turn out on the east side of the highway. The...
Kern Kaweah Circumnavigation - August 7-13, 2010
Three Rivers, California, United States
Backpacking | 50 miles
Backpacking | 50 miles
Our 7 day backpack started at Mineral King in Sequoia
National Park on the west side of the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range. Right from
the get go the trip proved to be an unforgettable adventure. Just to get to Mineral
King included 25 miles of driving on a long (90 minutes worth) and narrow road
that sported 698 curves, yep 698 curves. Mineral King Valley is an open glacial
canyon surrounded by peaks of the Great Western...
LENGTH 4 miles round trip with 2815′ elevation gain about 5 hours hiking timeTRAIL HEAD elevation 5640’, Southern Sierra Nevada, Highway 14, Indian Wells Canyon, detailed description in Exploring the Southern Sierra: East Side T50PEAK ELEVATION 8513’FUN FACTS The China Lake Mountain Rescue Group use the
Owens Peak east ridge as a "playground" and have identified over 75
routes with difficulty ranging from easy Class 4 to 5.10.
Fall Canyon - Death Valley National Park
Death Valley National Park, California, United States
Hiking | 3.7 miles
Hiking | 3.7 miles
On day 2 of our trip to Death Valley National Park we headed to Fall Canyon for a long day hike through canyon
narrows and to do some bouldering. We explored the first 4 1/2 miles of
the canyon gorge that lead us through spectacular deep, colorful, and
winding corridors.
