15 August 2022 Tarns above Guitar Lake to Whitney Portal (14 miles, +2,900/-6,500 feet). Well it happened again! Half Cookie’s sleeping pad deflated last night, just like it did on our last trip. So I offered to swap with her to keep her warm. My body temperature was fine, but the ground was quite hard…
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Day 21: The Spectacular Bighorn Plateau
14 August 2022 Tyndall Creek to tarns above Guitar Lake (12 miles, +2,800/-1,900 feet). I have to apologize: today was very scenic and we took too many photos! I should probably have culled this set a little better, but I couldn’t kill my darlings. Anyhoo, our campsite last night was super comfy and this morning…
Day 20: Forester Pass
13 August 2022 Bubbs Creek to Tyndall Creek (11 miles, +3,200/-2,200 feet). We all got good sleep last night and it looks like another dry day. But we have a very long 7 mile uphill climb ahead of us, so time to get started! We got a very nice break at some campsites near 11,200…
Day 4: Killer Trees
5 June 2022 Twin Lakes to Lodgepole (7 miles, +300/-3,000 feet). Today was an easy last day. We packed up our beautiful site at Twin Lakes and then headed into the woods for a three thousand foot descent back to civilization. About halfway down we entered a burn zone from the KNP Complex fire (we…
Day 3: Little Lakes
4 June 2022 Crescent Lake to Ranger Lake to Twin Lakes plus a day hike to Little Lakes (11 miles, +3,000/-3,300 feet). Crescent Lake was absolutely gorgeous this morning, and of course being so far off trail we had it to ourselves. After breakfast we made our way cross country to the north, dropping to…
Day 2: The Kings-Kaweah Divide
3 June 2022 Pear Lake to Tablelands Pass then Kings-Kaweah Divide to Crescent Lake (12 miles, +3,000/-2,800 feet). Wow! I mean, wow. Today was one of those days that I have been looking forward to for a very long time. I always knew I would love doing cross-country through the Tablelands after the snow melts,…
Day 1: Pear Lake
2 June 2022 Congress Trail to Alta Trail to Trail of the Sequoias, then Lakes Trail to Pear Lake(14 miles, +4,400/-2,200 feet). My backpacking buddies were not going to arrive until this afternoon, so I started this morning with another day hike in the Giant Forest, this time starting at the Sherman Tree and doing…
Giant Forest Wander
1 June 2022 Crescent Meadow to Eagle View to Moro Rock to Giant Forest Museum (5 miles, +700/-1,000 feet). Today I drove up to Sequoia National Park to get a permit for a trip I’m doing tomorrow with MixMaster and ChiaGlyph. We haven’t hiked together since before the pandemic so I am really looking forward…
Army Pass and the Earthquake!
24 June 2020 Sequoia National Park boundary on the PCT to Army Pass to Horseshoe Meadows (13 miles, +1,600/-3,300 feet). After being so depressed yesterday afternoon I awoke feeling somewhat better. But I still thought I should postpone a Miter Basin trip, so I packed up my things and made my way towards Army Pass….
The JimmyJam Hiking Club 