20 May 2022 Big Whitney Meadow to Horseshoe Meadow (7 miles, +1,500/-1,300 feet). Although I camped in a good spot last night, I had trouble sleeping again. I feel like all of a sudden I don’t know what to do with my arms on the sleeping pad! It’s weird because usually I feel quite cozy…
Category: Golden Trout
Day 2: Volcano Meadow
19 May 2022 Overholster Meadow to McConnel Meadow to Tunnel Meadow to Volcano Meadow to Little Whitney Meadow to Big Whitney Meadow(20.1 miles, +3,600 / 2,900 feet). Today was beautiful but lonely. I don’t know exactly why I’ve been struggling so much with solitude lately, but it is what it is. I was originally planning…
Day 1: Off Trail in Golden Trout
18 May 2022 Horseshoe Meadow to Dutch Meadow to the PCT to East Potholes to Freckles Meadow to Overholster Meadow (14 miles, + 2,000/-2,900 feet) It’s been an exceptionally dry winter in the Sierra, so I have been eyeing the weather to take advantage of the premature snow melt. The southern Sierra always melts first,…
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….
Cottonwood Pass and then some
23 June 2020 Horseshoe Meadows to Sequoia National Park boundary on the PCT (7 miles, +2,000/-600 feet). I was on my way home from Mineral King when I got two calls. MixMaster called saying he felt bad about ending the trip early, and he urged me to consider going back into the wilderness for a…
Frosty Delights
Ridge above Wet Meadow to Shake Camp (12 miles, +1,000/-4,300 feet). It stayed crystal clear last night, and my tent walls were also covered in crystals inside and out from frost and the freezing of my own breath. The thermometer inside the tent said 30 degrees, but outside it felt closer to 20. Once again,…
A Dark and Stormy Night
Ridge above Wet Meadow to Bullion Flat and back (15 miles, +3,300/-3,300 feet). Last night was the craziest weather I have ever experienced in a tent. The storm started out with wind and drizzle but it soon stepped up its game, adding lightning and thunder to the mix. MixMaster and I yelled out to each other,…
1,000 Miles!
Shake Camp to Ridge above Wet Meadow (14 miles, +4,600/-1,300 feet). I needed one more trip to make it to 1,000 miles of hiking since I started this blog (woo hoo!). I also wanted one last view of the Sierra before winter set in. So I thought about doing the Mineral King Loop in southern Sequoia National…
Lower Soldier Lake
Cottonwood Pass Trailhead to Lower Soldier Lake (11 miles, +1,400/-600 feet). Today was day one of a planned three-day trip with MixMaster and BarnFinder, and the first day either of them have spent in the Sierra backcountry. It’s a little late in the year to be so high up, but so far we have had…
The JimmyJam Hiking Club 