The principal reason we stayed an extra night at May Lake was to have a shot at hiking Mount Hoffmann, elev. 10,850′, which lies just west of camp. There’s a steep use trail that guides one up open slopes toward the summit, but the final 200′ are a Class 2-3 scramble up jumbled rocks…
This trip’s longest hike was Day Two, a net 1,500′ climb from Glen Aulin up to May Lake over 8 miles. This was the second day of our 2016 hike as well, and the one during which we both ran out of water, having taken only two liters apiece – we didn’t make that…
While backpacking the full High Sierra Camp loop in Yosemite two years ago, we had made formative plans to come back and do a mini loop with Cynthia and Pedro – in fact, we had won a lottery spot last year to do one night at Glen Aulin followed by two at May Lake,…
For three years in a row now, we’ve had a backcountry permit to visit Gem Lakes in Little Lakes Valley, and for three years straight we’ve had to cancel because of lingering snow (the lesson here is to not book a LLV permit for June dates). Needless to say, the place has been on…
So, this hike (if we can even call it that) was a total wimp-out. After leaving the Marvin Pass TH, we picked our way back to General’s Highway, starting to get nervous about having enough fuel in the Jeep to get down to Three Rivers, some 70 road miles away. We knew there was…
Like on Saturday, we awoke to a cool and shady morning, and we ate our sumptuous breakfast looking west over the Horse Corral Creek drainage, spying on the far ridge the lone sequoia one can see from the camp. We had lost some sleep during the night due to some rustling sounds Jane thought…
So, one of the recommended hikes out of Sequoia High Sierra Camp (SHSC) is a one-way excursion from the camp into Kings Canyon – the camp notes what time your party leaves in the morning and sends a car to pick you up at Cedar Grove some 5-6 hours later to bring you back….
After our High Sierra Camp loop hike in Yosemite last summer, we immediately made plans to return this year, expecting to do a shorter trip with one night at Glen Aulin followed by two at May Lake (with a Mt. Hoffman summit hike planned for Day 3). We did the whole lottery thing, being…
Friday was Jane’s birthday, and we had a small celebration and an early dinner at the cabin in preparation for a drive back north to Glacier Point, where there were some ranger talks scheduled both before and after sundown. Sentinel Dome, a destination that had been on Chris’ radar since early in our trip…
Early on in our Yosemite trip planning, we had asked the kids if they wanted to do a day hike to the top of Half Dome, and the answer was an overwhelming yes. So, we submitted a permit application into the annual lottery, fully expecting to not be selected since our group size would…