Probably this same guy: http://yosemitenews.info/forum/read.php?3,44468,44517by druid - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
I hiked from Red Devil Lake down the Red Peak Fork with a full pack in 2011. There is one short steep section down near the Merced which was not overly difficult. More difficult was climbing over all the downed trees on the way to the footbridge upstream. 2011 was a high water year and I didn't look very hard for an alternate crossing.by druid - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
This is shaping up to look just like Jan 1997. A lot of early snow followed by a very warm, very wet storm: Merced River at Pohono Bridgeby druid - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Statement of the missing hiker: http://dig.abclocal.go.com/kfsn/PDF/MiyukiHarwoodOfficialStatement.pdf More info about the rescue: http://www.noozhawk.com/noozhawk/article/santa_barbara_search_rescue_team_members_help_rescue_missing_hiker_in_sierrby druid - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
According to this link which I found on highsierratopix, she was found just west of Horsehead Lake, here, i.e. not off somewhere near the Ionian Basin as the Fresno Bee map would imply. Still very impressive that she survived that long with two broken legs.by druid - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Quotebalzaccom Any other names you can think of Yosemite that have a similar confusion? Tresidderby druid - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
A good portion of the Desolation Wilderness is currently closed due to the King Fire. Maybe plan C? Quotettilley A backup plan likely is required. From an email I received today regarding a reserved permit: QuoteYosemite Permit Reservations The John Muir Trail between the Half Dome trail junction and Sunrise High Sierra Camp is expected to remain closed for the rest of the season.by druid - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
QuoteBee I was tying to decide what it would be like to hike in Grizzly country. Is it always in the back of your mind that a phantom bear can jump out of the bush and ruin your life? Is it stressful? I don't claim to be an expert by any stretch of the imagination, but I've spent enough time hiking in various parts of Alaska to have seen a couple dozen or so grizzlies. Fortunately, inby druid - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotechick-on If you go to Summit and then head south you are really missing out the best part of Virginia Canyon (hint: the further you go up nearly every canyon... the more open it gets and the better the views and the nicer it is ... imo) What chick-on said. Here's how it looked a few days ago:by druid - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
I just finished reading Brewer's journal. It does indeed include lots of discussion of grizzlies but in the four years (1860-1864) he spent riding and hiking all around the state he never saw a single one, even though he did a fair number of long solo hikes in remote regions. Perhaps many of them had been killed already and the rest were understandably wary. That being said, I agree with wheby druid - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteCatalonian Burro A while back there was a video of a bear jumping repeatedly on his front legs on top of a Ursack trying to break it. After seeing that I decided the Ursack has no real use unless you want powdered/pulverized meals. They also don't seem to be very effective at habitualizing bears. Quoting one of the backpackinglight.com forum posts: "Think about it. A bear gets toby druid - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
There is a lot of interesting info about Ursacks and the various bear canister types and approval agencies here, including an unsettling picture of a mangled Bearikade (scroll to 05/11/2012) that will definitely make me think twice before taking mine where the bears are bigger and meaner than in California.by druid - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Dadburn skeeters!by druid - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteTedbay Not sure what the 3 spires r in the middle or the other mountains but they were pretty! There's some discussion of this feature hereby druid - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteDave QuotedruidNote that the fire has reached the BOF entrance on 120. I'm hoping the two hot spots in the lower right are deliberately set fires to try and protect the Aspen Valley cabins instead of being some sort of new record for long-range spotting.Yes, that is Aspen Valley. They started that today. The north side of Tioga Road from White Wolf to Crane Flat will be lit tomorrow. That'sby druid - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
The latest MODIS data as shown in Google Earth: Note that the fire has reached the BOF entrance on 120. I'm hoping the two hot spots in the lower right are deliberately set fires to try and protect the Aspen Valley cabins instead of being some sort of new record for long-range spotting.by druid - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
They are apparently actually trying to push it to the east, at least in the northern section. South of HH there are still quite a lot of trees in that direction, though, before they hit that much granite. This scary view from crane flat is actually looking WNW, despite what the caption says.by druid - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Captured google earth image:by druid - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
If this MODIS IR hotspot map is accurate, the fire is already well into the park (the following is a .kml link that can be read by google earth and probably other programs as well). It shows hotspots on both sides of Cherry Lake and Lake Eleanor, at Miguel Meadows, etc. If this is accurate, it is very sad. I hope it's some sort of data anomaly (smoke plumes?, huge campfires?). If it isn't, Iby druid - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
An Advisory Evacuation for all of Pine Mountain Lake has been issued.by druid - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Wa wona I?by druid - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Me tree!by druid - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotetomdisco Day three was a 3,000' ascent to Bernice Lake, the prettiest part of the entire hike. Bill-e-g, thanks for telling me not to miss Bernice Lake. I honestly thought I might have the whole place to myself only to discover half a dozen tents with a party of 10 from Sierra Club who were there for 5 days and had their stuff toted in by mules. This brings to mind a question. Are commby druid - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Not to mention that he must have built quite a bonfire at dusk to still have all those embers at dawn. And perhaps the very first human visitor to Red Devil Lake would have been able to gather that much firewood (not that it's legal now), but the second would have had to wait a few decades just to find a few scraps. Ah well, artist license....by druid - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Try here.by druid - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
+2 Matthes is very nice, too. Sublime, even.by druid - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I've hiked from Ostrander Lake to Buena Vista Lake via Hart Lakes in the reverse direction you're considering. It's easy cross country hiking. You don't need to go as far north as Edson unless you want to. To do the reverse of my route, you'll want to leave the trail north from Buena Vista around here and then continue to Hart Lakes. When I hiked from Ostrander to Hart, I traversed around toby druid - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Thanks for the pictures. Last year near the end of July there was snow all the way from where your daughter is sitting at the top of the pass down to the edge of Red Devil. It's nice to be able to see what was under all that snow.by druid - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I was looking at Google Earth myself awhile ago after viewing the video and came to the same conclusion that you did. I've got a permit for that area for next month and was thinking of day hiking up from Matthes Lake to see if I can find it.by druid - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I just returned from doing a variation of a route Peter B. Scott describes here. Perfect weather, skeeters a non-issue. During the Ansel Adams Wilderness portion of the hike, I saw no people whatsoever, despite visiting several lakes serviced by trails and even hiking on trails myself once or twice. Once upon a time almost all of this portion of the Wilderness was part of the park itself. Thby druid - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion