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1) The Trails Illustrated map shows an old mine prospect on the south side of the canyon between Horse Meadow and Huckleberry Lake.
2) There's a sign along the trail south from Leavitt Meadows, before Roosevelt and Lane Lakes, saying that the route was, for one year, promoted as an emigrant wagon route by the town of Sonora, including engineering a permanent reduction in the Fremont Lake water
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ttilley
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Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra Nice report. Too bad about the camera, that sucks.
QuoteAnd we were not alone. Our first clue was the more than fifty cars at the trailhead.
There must have been cars stuck in every possible space, the Gianelli trailhead isn't a very large area, pretty much just wide spaces in the dirt.
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Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra Interesting. On Saturday it was around 4 to 5 that I was hearing occasional thunder off to the east, wonder if it was further south or if it was blowing off east of the crest.
Much further south it sounds like Death Valley really got hammered.
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Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra I spent the holiday weekend hiking from the Mono Meadows trailhead to Edson Lake, then cross-country to Ostrander, and back.
Water: All normal seasonal flows are running, none have excess water. The un-named stream between Mono Meadow and Illilouette Creek was crossable by stepping across rocks.
Insects: The flies were bad below 7000 ft., the mosquitoes were bad up to Edson - there were clo
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Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra I wasn't at Tuolumne, but I spent the weekend backpacking to Edson Lake (8100') then cross-country to Ostrander (8520'). There were clouds of mosquitoes at Edson, not bad at all at Ostrander (possibly due to a combination of campsite location and breezier conditions that day).
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Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra From the article it sounds like the damage at Death Valley hasn't all been cleaned up yet, that sounds like a good place for the "community service".
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General Discussion The bear finally gave the right-of-way...
There were actually two bears, by the time this picture was taken the one in back had already scrambled into the manzanita. This one kept walking towads me, didn't make any threatening gestures or anything, just walking. I stopped and, after taking the picture, started banging my poles over my head, the bear paid no attention. Finally he reached a nice
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Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra I hiked to Laurel Lake this past weekend...the weather was generally cloudy due to the incoming upper low, but I only had sprinkles Saturday night and Sunday morning. There were nearby thunderstorms when I got back to Hetch Hetchy, and while driving away on Evergreen Road there was heavy rain and hail.
The flowers were very nice on the entire climb to the ridge-top pond, at the pond and beyond
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Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra QuoteJKW
Re: posting pics.. You could post with Picasaweb, but if you've been pushed over to Google Photos, you are SOL, no embed links from that service.
Does it work for you to add the URL parameter "?noredirect=1" to the end of your Picasa URL? That's still working for me, if I don't have it I'm redirected to Google Photos.
It sounds like I need to find a new service soon anywa
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Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra Nice report.
QuotelilagrayThe ranger told us that access to Laurel Lake was still cut off from Frog Creek high water level, so that was not an option for lunch.
Water levels seem to be a little lower, I was at Laurel Lake this weekend (pics later) (6/11-12) and Frog Creek was full but not flooding. Mosquitoes were definitely out, though. The rangers had warning signs out for water levels at
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Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra There was snow covering Dana Meadow at the summit this past weekend, but there were a few bare patches opening up in the meadow. I didn't hike up to Gaylor so I can't report on the ridge, it's got trees which should help, but the temperatures have been warm.
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Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra Yosemite is not one of those places - there are no grizzly bears in California, apart from the state flag. JKW posted a link to the approved containers.
If someone is also considering trips to places like Alaska then IGBC certification can be a consideration. In the 48 states, western Montana and northwestern Wyoming, though Glacier NP requires storage in fixed bear lockers at backcountry camp
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Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra Quotebasilbop
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1) I've been contemplating upgrading from my BearVaults to the Bearakades. They are pricey for sure. Is the benefit lighter weight by comparison or is there more?
The main advantage of the Bearikades is the weight savings and the ability to get custom sizes. I also find them easier to open than the BearVaults, which can be tricky if sand or ice gets under the threads.
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Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra Nice pictures, thanks!
I hiked to the top of Snowdon, in Wales, in March, late 1990s. The clouds broke enough to get a view of the Welsh coast for about five minutes before they settled back in.
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General Discussion You may also want to follow progress on opening CA-108 over Sonora Pass. Hopefully Tioga (120) will open in time for you, but if it doesn't then 108 will be a bit longer but at least get you across the Sierra somewhere near Yosemite. Current projection appears to be May 18, but nothing's guaranteed there either.
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion Nice pictures and report, thanks.
Out of curiosity, did you park at Cherry and walk in, or was the road open to either the Eleanor trailhead or Shingle Springs?
I've enjoyed camping there twice, but on both occasions it was early season and I had the place to myself. Snow camp during the first drought year, and April of last year.
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Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra I wash my 40 and 20 degree sleeping bags each year with Nikwax, instead of using my own top-loading washer I use the front-loading washers at a neighborhood laundromat.
Drying the down 20 degree bag takes a bit of time, I've had folks at REI suggest putting an old sneaker in the dryer to break up the down and help it dry, I may try that next time, not sure.
My 0 degree bag doesn't get as mu
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General Discussion Just went to the Yosemite page to look up a permit reservation date...I like the new design. In particular, replacing the links on the right with hierarchical menus on the top means I can very quickly navigate to what I specifically want.
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General Discussion From last year's experience, this results in a huge line of JMT folks at the Tuolumne Wilderness Permit office. Fortunately, rangers did a pretty good job of managing the line during the "JMT crowding" periods, allowing those with reservations to go first and pre-sorting the JMT versus Others lines.
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Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra There is an infinite variety of "color" between "Orange" and "Yellow", as wavelengths. The question is...to which is it closer? The RGB codes do show that the bag is on the "yellow" side of orange, but they also show orange being dominant.
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion