{"id":618,"date":"2016-06-07T00:28:28","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T00:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intothewideopen.com\/?p=618"},"modified":"2016-10-13T16:53:10","modified_gmt":"2016-10-13T16:53:10","slug":"pct-day-46","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intothewideopen.com\/?p=618","title":{"rendered":"PCT: Day 46"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>June 5th, 2016\n

Miles Hiked: 20 + 2<\/p>\n

Total Miles: 640<\/p>\n

Start Location: Mile 724<\/p>\n

End Location: Murkry Pass Mile 744 to Horshoe Meadow<\/p>\n

End Location GPS: 36.42976, -118.16566<\/p>\n

Another beautiful day hiking through the South Sierra en route to higher elevations. We had talked about maybe going into the town of Lone Pine today since we haven\u2019t had a true town stop in a while, and we were quite tired from everything that had happened during the past week.\u00a0<\/p>\n

We made a final decision at lunch and decided to exit via a 1.7 mile spur trail that went to Horshoe Meadows campground. We arrived at the campground around 5:30 and were able to snag a ride down the long windy road to Lone Pine by a very nice gentleman named Peter. He was heading down to the valley to get some shots of the Milky Way Galaxy later this evening.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Peter was a great tour guide as he pointed out bits and pieces of interesting knowledge about the valley and the Alabama Hills, which are famous for being in a lot of western movies. He was in the area for a week volunteering at the film museum in Lone Pine and invited us to come by tommorrow to check it out, which I think we will.\u00a0<\/p>\n

We are going to take a day off here tommorrow and relax, something that we both really need before heading back up into the Sierra and tackling Mt. Whitney (14,000+ feet) and Forester Pass (13,000+ feet).\u00a0<\/p>\n

We got really nice views today of where we are going, and the snow doesn\u2019t look all that bad. A lot has melted this past week with the heatwave so hopefully it won\u2019t be too big of an issue when we head back out on Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Good Morning<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Rock Tower<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Owens Valley<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Lunch<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Going There<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Horseshoe Meadow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

June 5th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 20 + 2 Total Miles: 640 Start Location: Mile 724 End Location: Murkry Pass Mile 744 to Horshoe Meadow End Location GPS: 36.42976, -118.16566 Another beautiful day hiking through the South Sierra en route to higher elevations. We had talked about maybe going into the town of Lone Pine today 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