I'm an east coast transplant, and this was my first solo climb in the Sierra. Picked an easy one as it turns out. I drove up from Oakland on Friday, camping...
Bob, Abe, & Micheel heading toward Green Lake on the 1st day of the '03 Sierra Challenge hikes: http://www.fedak.net/albums/virginiapass-P8091049-standard.html...
A friend of mine and I summitted Middle Palisade on Sunday after packing in the rain all Friday up to Finger Lake. Saturday was off and on but it did give us...
Nice feature from Yahoo: automatically obscuring email addresses. Of course, that made my email address in the previous message unreadble. In any case, if you...
I'm looking for one or two people who want to attempt with me a "day" climb of Mt. Russell on August 9th. The plan would be to drive there from the Bay Area...
Is anyone familiar with Glacier Ridge in Kings Canyon? I was thinking of hiking out of Wolverton to Deadman Canyon & climbing the high point Pk.12240'. I head...
I'm new to the Sierra, but I understand that Dana/Gibbs is a popular loop. The route looks simple enough, but what is the best way to descend Gibbs? It looks...
I have never done Dana, and I plan to do it next Saturday. I will be leaving SJ late on Friday. Any advise on places to sack out or camp Friday and Saturday...
Howdy Sierra Scramblers: Monty and I couldn't get a wilderness permit for Upper Lyell Canyon for this weekend, so we day hiked Mt. Lyell on Saturday. We...
I posted photo galleries of Banner Peak (7/11-7/13) and Mt. Lyell (7/17-7/20) climbs at http://www.cybermont.com/trips.html for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy! ...
I thought the contrast between these photos of Vogelsang's East Face interesting. Quite a bit of snow has melted in the intervening 4 weeks. I know, this is...
Is the water at horse camp good to drink from the spring or do we need to teret it? I heard that it needed to be treated. Also what is the best route over the...
I got a chance to take off by myself last weekend and do a couple of climbs that are no where near each other. On Morrison, I did the NE Gully/East Face on...
I climbed Crater Peak Sunday, July 20, on a backpack trip into Thousand Lakes Wilderness. From car to top of Crater peak, I estimate eight miles and 3300 feet...
Hello John, Monday, July 21, 2003, 9:24:35 AM, you wrote: JF> Looks like we picked the right day to do a Tahoe area hike :) The JF> weather Saturday was hot...
We are camping at Huntington Lake August 15-17 and as I've never been to the area I would like to do a half day hike while I'm up there. I checked Topozone and...
Fellow scramblers: I'm considering going to have a look at Mt. Lyell in a couple of weeks, starting on Saturday. Here's the problem: all of the permit ...
A great prompt, hikemonkey. I have NEVER seen a ranger in Yose offtrail - that's clue No 1. I have never seen a ranger on trail before 8 or after 5. Clue No 2....
Has anyone been to the Rae Lakes area recently? I'm interested to know what the snow conditions are like on the north side of Glen Pass and the East Face of...
So I was just about to buy "Sierra Classics" by Moynier and found that it is out of print. There is a new "version" called "Climbing California's High Sierra"...
PHOTOS: http://community.webshots.com/album/81102390dQwIru I applied for a wilderness permit for 5 but it was denied. I didn't know until I called about not...
I had a meal in Nicely's last summer before starting a backpacking trip from Walker Lake to Happy Isles. I agree with Adam and Misha's assessment of this...
Hello folks, Thank you all very much for your suggestions for fun hikes over the 4th of July! After a lovely day wine tasting in Murphys on Monday (if you're...
This past weekend I climbed the Swiss Arete on Mt. Sill with my friends Tom and Jeff. Neither had ever used crampons or ice axe, climbed an alpine route, or...
Yesterday, my friend Tom and I did a day hike to Alta Peak, using the "Burd Variation". I sure hope Bob doesn't mind me asserting his name with the route, but...
