Backpacking Guides and Trips
Trips
High Sierra Trail across the Sierra Nevada
Mineral King, California, United States
Backpacking | 66 miles
Backpacking | 66 miles
We headed off for a 6 day, 5 night backpacking trip across the Sierra that starts in Crescent Meadow in Sequoia National Park, crosses the Great Western Divide, summits Mount Whitney, and ends at Whitney Portal.
Arroyo Seco River Adventure
Tassajara Hot Springs, California, United States
Backpacking | 19.1 miles
Backpacking | 19.1 miles
A fun little adventure that started at midnight when we started hiking 14mi down Indians Rd to Escondido campground. There we had a chance to sleep for a couple of hours before starting the Arroyo Seco river adventure. The Arroyo Seco water level varied from the trecherous ankle deep to full on swimming. We deveoped new techniques for swimming with a backpack on, such as the "bicycle" and the "crawdad".The highlight of the hike was definitely...
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/
Our hike started at Wright's Lake, over Rockbound Pass, past Lake Schmidell, and finally to 4-Q Lakes. The high was fairly mellow with moderate elevation gain. The trail is mostly granite so your feet end up hurting fairly bad by the time you're done.
