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1. Outlet of Vernon was up to my ribz 2 weekends ago. Passable? ok.
Lots of peeps.
Everything will be down by now.
2. No. anything about 9K figure almost all snow
8700 ft. lakes were boatable last weekend. above that. not so much
3. No. But getting there. RPP looked fun. It'll hold snow thru labor day imo.
4. Pate bridge won't be fixed for awhile
Vernon:
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chick-on
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Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra As you know... Coe is a backpackers paradise.
Over 9K is snow. Conditions vary so much. I looked at your JMT from last year.
You had perfect conditions. You should do again in current conditions imo.
It's very different.
Be safe though.
We'll be out there somewhere too.
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chick-on
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Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra A - 41/42 is old? sigh
B - slog? sigh
C - I agree w/DavidK. To falls is pretty nice w/ not a lot of steep. After that... it varies.
I've done it many times. First time was just dayhike after doing Maripose Grove to the
old Museum. So not that difficult imo.
Also did almost exact same as what bper is asking. Camp near top of falls... next day..
I think... I don't think it was same
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chick-on
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Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra I'm gonna also assume you know that the Brown Peak Road will have poison oak along it.
Also plenty up around Cathewood Saddle.
Just saying.
And I'm saying this because you were gonna go Hite Cove …
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chick-on
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion Peeps do all kinds a things here. You can ask anything... Within reason.
Humor maybe doesn't convey too well over this thing.
Have fun
If you do it. Come back and say how it was. fwiw.... you MAY have trouble
finding the trail at points.. but you already said you were ok getting lost...
right?
So, back up Burma?
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chick-on
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion What "we" are about?
:lol:
Bummer that the OHV trail is closed.
For those interested.. this is interesting:
https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd606564.pdf
MAYBE they cleaned the trail from Cathewood Saddle to Canty Meadow
due to the fire. So it MAY be nice. It MAY be a nightmare.
It wasn't bad before the fire. We did it twice in early 2018.
By did it I
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chick-on
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion Wishful thinking.
Unfortunately few know you. So they will read your post and think you a sourpuss.
I waaaah na have a fire. Ranger said I could!
They don't know you. How much you care so very much.
It's only a wittle bitty fire. It's ok.
Sigh.
Look on bright side. It's going to be a short season for most.
It's a mindset I think. Perpetuated by media. Pristine area. Beautif
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chick-on
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion Ostrander will have snow.
You'd have to cross Chilnualna to get to Crescent.
Unless you resourceful … (I'm putting this here for the nit pickers
since I'm assuming you'd take all trail from the south and loop around
up and over BV Pass) (which is only what makes sense)
(and you only mentioned Ostrander b/c it's in the middle of it all)
You'd go over 10K to go over BV Pass.
I wouldn
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chick-on
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Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra Most people camp at the first 3 lakes. The one S of the trail … then the first two n of the trail..
The last big one is a climb back out … maybe not as picturesque.
In the past we have seen people way off the trail... (don't follow us btw)
So... make sure you are comfortable traveling without knowing exactly where trail is.
Probably there will be signs at the trailhead saying so... or
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chick-on
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Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra Sure. As you found out … not much burn after Bunnell Cascade...
The number of trees down over the trail above you was … yum...
JMTers gonna love...
Thought this was interestingly fun... on May 4 trip...
Have fun
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chick-on
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Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra Ok, I'll bite.
My best guess right now … with all my knowledge and power. (don't take me toooo seriously)
Is that Ten Lakes Basin will be nearly 100% snow covered into July.
Getting to Murphy from Ten Lakes involved cross SF Cathedral which will be interesting then
and the trail up from there (from the xing) will be covered in snow then and if you haven't
done before will probably be ve
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chick-on
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Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra It's gonna be around awhile...
I thought this one was pretty neat. Shows the cat trax from Olmsted. Then 5 booms on each spot.
Sunrise TH..
Tenaya outlet crossable currently. With a slide into the water and climb out …
Crazy amount of snow everywhere.
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chick-on
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion Right...
Maybe try poking around here if you want to waste some time:
http://www.dot.ca.gov/serp.html?q=project%20140%20ferguson
http://www.dot.ca.gov/d10/x-project-sr140ferguson.html
I don't recall seeing any movement last year at all.
Earlier this year "they" were unloading a backhoe.... so... was there anything even there?
They removed the temp housing / stuff on th
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chick-on
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion I was poking around this morning.. and was reminded why I wanted to go there...
early 1900s snapchat...
Getting this shot was much more interesting than what I was willing to do...
But I may go back ….
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chick-on
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion Since I know what you have done...
We were in the valley on the 8th...
It looked like this:
The red circle is probably the most problematic spot. If you get by there.. you probably good to go rest of way.
I'd look for how much water where I drew the blue lines...
Honestly, I'm going to really undersell this. I was really really wanting to do this. And then I did it and it was a �
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chick-on
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion Tuolumne Grove Bathroom:
Merced Grove Bathroom:
Mariposa Grove Old Museum:
Ostrander TH:
Taft Pt TH:
McGurk:
And... last weekend... Bearpaw
Yeah, the snow will be around awhile...
Have fun
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chick-on
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion