Thanks for the stereo image. Love it! I had to make it smaller before my eyes could manage the stereo.by Frank - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
"The whole problem with the bear can is b/c peeps are SO unexperienced with it. They buy too much food, bring too much food, buy "Backpacker" packaged food gunk, rent a can and then have no idea how to pack it" Check!, Check!, Check! Bought instead of rented, and Check! Thankfully, I bought one at home and practiced and reconsidered the whole situation. I still broughtby Frank - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Ditto the usefulness of buying or trying out a cannister like the ones they rent prior to arriving. I had all my food planned out. Then my cannister arrived in the mail, and I excitedly set about practicing putting my food in it. My entire food plan had to be altered. This would have been a disaster, and an expensive one at that, had I arrived to get my permit and cannister and then discoverby Frank - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I think this is great advice. I did not follow this approach, however, and had an awesome experience. I must say though, longer stays = heavier packs. Anyone contemplating such a thing, having never done it, should ask themselves a lot of hard questions. For example: what kind of physical shape am I REALLY in? What am I use to doing regularly? What is my pain / discomfort threshold? Howby Frank - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I asked the Ranger about the used TP in the cannister thing, and his face twisted up and he looked at me like I was crazy and then proceed to tell me I was crazy. Perhaps it depends on to whom one is speaking. So, I just kept it triple bagged in an Opsak in my pack.by Frank - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
What sign? I'm guessing you would be referring to a sign that said "Merced Pass". If so, I did not see any sign there when I passed over it on July 29th.by Frank - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I had the national geographic maps, and paper quads for some areas I hiked through. I was using GPS primarily for tracking, and as a way to quickly confirm my location. This worked well generally, except for 2-3 areas where the Delorme map veered briefly from reality. The USGS quads on the GPS though were accurate, and had I been looking at those at the time (I mistakenly thought I was), all wby Frank - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Hi Bill, Sorry for the delay in responding. I actually have been intending to summarize my trip on here, but have been quite busy since getting back, but I will get to that soon hopefully. Briefly, My nephews (17 and 15) and I were in Yosemite from July 18 through July 30. Our itenirary: July 18: Arrived in Valley midday and after tending to various errands hiked up the mist trail to Nby Frank - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Thanks Bill-e-g! Your descriptions were helpful and the pictures a surprising bonus. Crescent was not quite what I had imagined, based on guidebook descriptions of that lake. I like your suggested route, swinging north and then west past Royal Arches, Buena Vista and Chilnualna Lakes. Do you think it is possible (though perhaps not desirable if one wanted to linger) to hike the distance froby Frank - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
After hiking past Red Peak and the Ottoway Lakes, I was considering, instead of continuing northwest back to Glacier Point, heading south at Merced Pass, east of Moraine Mountain and Givens Lake and then following west what I think is called Buck Creek Trail, which passes the Buck Camp Ranger Station, a trail that heads up to Royal Arches Lake, and Crescent Lake on the way west to Chilnualna Falby Frank - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Thanks mrcondron. Basically you are saying that the path one takes to get to the trailhead specified in the wilderness permit can be whatever you wish so long as it is not along another trailhead used in the wilderness permit granting process, and so long as you can make it to the appropriate camping zone that day. So, as you say, one could get to the Glacier point trailhead by four mile trail sby Frank - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Thanks for the replies. I did call the Yosemite Association and inquire as suggested by qumqats. The response was unambiguous. The two critical elements of the permit are the trailhead entry location, and first night camping location. I MUST enter at Glacier Point. As was apparent from my original post, that this would be the case was not obvious to me, since the alternative would be simplyby Frank - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I will be in Yosemite soon, but I am not familiar with the trailhead rules for specific wilderness permits, and so am looking for some advice and clarification. I have a permit for the Glacier point to Illilouette entry trailhead. My understanding is that this means, practically, that I must spend the first night in the Illilouette drainage. My question is: Does it matter how I get there? Muby Frank - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion