June 24th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 16 Start Location: Mile 927 End Location: Mile 943 End Location GPS: 37.87241, -119.35353 We woke early and made our way over Donahue pass at just over 11k feet. There was a bit of snow and some cross country travel and route finding but it wasn’t very difficult. After the […]
June 23rd, 2016 Miles Hiked: 16 Start Location: Mile 911 End Location: Mile 927 End Location GPS: 37.74939, -119.22006 Pretty uneventful 16 miles, although we did let ourselves sleep in. We followed the valley for a while and then started back up again. Near the end of the day we rounded a series of neat
June 22nd, 2016 Miles Hiked: 5 Start Location: Reds Meadow End Location: Mile 911 End Location GPS: 37.65339, -119.07978 We woke up after another pleasent night’s rest in the VIP suite not knowing whether we should spend another night in town or get back to the trail. We are meeting up with my sister Gina
June 21st, 2016 Zero Day in Mammoth Lakes Laundry. Grocery shopping. McDonalds. Library. Home Cooked Pasta. What more could you want?
June 20th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 17 Start Location: Mile 890 End Location: Reds Meadow Mile 907 End Location GPS: 37.61270, -119.07978 Easy day going mostly downhill to Reds Meadow, a small general store and restaurant where you can also pick up a shuttle to Mammoth Lakes. There were a lot of day tourists milling about
June 19th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 13 Start Location: Vermillion Valley Resort End Location: Mile 890 End Location GPS: 37.50134, -118.92419 We caught the “ferry” out of VVR, a small motor boat that carries 5 hikers across the mirror like surface of Lake Edison. We got started hiking around 9:30 and the goal for the day
June 18th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 19 Start Location: Mile 864 End Location: Vermillion Valley Resort End Location GPS: 37.37646, -119.01302 We were up again before sunrise to get an early start on our way to Vermillion Valley Resort. We opted to take the longer alternate instead of the ferry because we were afraid we wouldn’t
June 17th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 19 Start Locaton: Mile 845 End Location: Mile 864 End Location GPS: 37.27068, -118.87630 Today was the easiest day in a long time. We followed the valley all the way down to less than 9000 feet, an elevation we have not seen for some time. We followed some beautiful rivers
June 16th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 20 Start Location: Mile 825 End Location: Mile 845 End Location GPS: 37.17716, -118.70583 Today was much better on the nerves. We went up and over Muir Pass and did not feel like we were going to die during any part of it. It was actually a lot of fun
June 15th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 14 Start Location: Campsite Mile 811 End Location: Campsite Mile 825 End Location GPS: 37.05299, -118.54217 Today was downright scary. Mather pass was the worst of the passes so far for us. Ascending there is an almost vertical section near the top which is the only way through at this