July 11th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 23 + 1.5 to town Start Location: Mile 1172 End Location: Mile 1195 End Location GPS: 39.56628, -120.63565 Good miles today on a gradual decent for much of the day towards Sierra City. The mountains are surely changing now. They are lower and roll and the forests have become bigger […]
July 10th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 19 Miles Start Location: Mile 1153 End Location: Mile 1172 End Location GPS: 39.42513, -120.44763 We slept in and had breakfast at the lodge. The chef wore sunglasses and had shaky hands and crooked teeth but the pancakes and eggs were not bad. We passed on the bacon but it
July 9th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 10 Start Location: Mile 1143 End Location: Mile 1153 End Location GPS: 39.31796, -120.35110 We woke up in the dark and were hiking by 5 AM as the sun was just starting to crawl over the horizon. The sky was dim purple and blue and the mountains were outlined in
July 8th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 23 Start Location: Mile 1120 End Location: Mile 1143 End Location GPS: 39.21781, -120.27704 Good views today once we got out of the 10 mile forest walk. We passed a few ski resorts, one of which was Squaw Valley. The trail traversed the back sides of the mountains where the
July 7th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 22 Start Location: Mile 1098 End Location: Mile 1120 End Location GPS: 39.03219, -120.23111 Woke up early and saw the mountain across the lake illuminate as the sun crested the morning sky. The first part of the day was spent climbing Dick’s Pass at 9,400. Suprisingly there was a lot
July 6th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 11 Start Location: Mile 1087 End Location: Mile 1098 End Location GPS: 37.86392, -120.12826 Town day in South Lake Tahoe. We walked a quick 3 miles to the highway and snagged a ride within 5 minutes of thumbing. It turned out our friends Beardoh and Sweatpea were in town. They
July 5th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 22 Start Location: Mile 1066 End Location: 1088 End Location GPS: 38.78786, -120.04235 Absolutely gorgeous day. I can always tell when I’ve found the day scenic by the number of pictures I took. I’ll let them explain the day. We are camped 3 miles from HW50 which goes into Lake
July 4th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 17 Start Location: Ebbitts Pass Mile 1048 End Location: Mile 1066 End Location GPS: 38.62344, -119.90832 Happy Independance day! Gina and Danny drove us back to the trail in the morning after an amazing weekend at the cabin. They decided to walk a few miles with us along with the
July 3rd, 2016 Zero Day in Arnold Another fantastic day at chalet Biocini. A lot of relaxing and walking the dogs and Chinese food. It will be hard to hit the trail again tommorrow ?.
July 2nd, 2016 Zero Day in Arnold, CA We had a lovely day at chalet Biocini. It started off leisurely with a wonderful egg scramble and coffe. Soon after the power went out, but since the refrigerator wasn’t working to begin with, all the food and beer were kept nice and cold via coolers and