I reserved a permit to head up George Creek on May 10th (a long time from now). My objective if the snow doesn't exhaust me is to try to climb Barnard. I...
I know Mount Shasta is not in the Sierras. But I was curious if anyone in this group has any information on the Avalanche Gulch route. I am trying to plan my...
I drove out yesterday to climb Foerster Peak yesterday from the Isberg Pass TH. It was yet another beautiful day in the Sierra, cold in the early morning hours...
Matthew, Steve, and I went out to Florence Lake yesterday to climb Mt. Hooper, a peak Matthew and I gave up on after climbing Mt. Senger a few weeks earlier....
Friday I made a one-day trip to Tahoe to attempt to climb both Pyramid Peak and Mt. Price from Twin Bridges. With the new snow they had received earlier in the...
Does anybody know if road closed signs are up for the roads to South and/or North lakes?? Im considering hiking to Mt Lamarck out of North Lake on 11/3...
I hiked from South Lake to Mount Johnson yesterday – I went up/down the SE slope – a lot more big rocks/boulders to deal with than I had expected. The sky...
Matthew and I went out to duplicate Michael Graupe's fine dayhike of these two peaks yesterday out of the the Florence Lake TH. We didn't leave the Bay Area...
The few weak storms that passed over the state in the last few weeks dropped only a modest amount of snow in the Sierra from what I can tell. I was in Kings...
Day 5 of the 2002 Challenge - Aug 22. This is a tough dayhike. After failing last year on the same hike, I was quite determined to make it this time. Once on...
My co-worker Jim loaned me his Oct 2007 issue of Backpacker. It included an article titled "The Last Mountain Man". Interesting to compare contrasts and...
Some of you may know of 4wheelbob, he's a good friend of mine who hikes in a wheelchair and he's made a name for himself because he's a very strong hiker, not...
We did a nice trek to Mount Conness on Saturday. We went up via the White-Conness Saddle and pretty much down the east ridge. It's getting cold out there and...
Yeah I was up on Gould yesterday. I think I was back to the pass a little before 1:00 and then I headed back to onion valley so it may have been me. I was...
Has anyone paid a trip to this peak. I was thinking of heading up to Kearsarge pass this weekend and bagging this peak. Secor says the north ridge is class...
Im going to kind of winging it and drive up to Yosemite Sunday AM leaving Reno about 4am. Should get to Park by 9am . Whats the possibility of finding a tent...
I just got back from Whitney. I did Whitney in 2005 via the traditional portal route. This time we started at Cottonwood Pass and came up the back way, and...
Hey Jay, sounds like a great trip! I am scheduled for whitney in october... if its freezing now yikes i better bring my antarctic gear for october! ... other...
I've posted 34 images from my climb of Birch and The Thumb at http://www.fineearthphotography.com/gallery/3433725#192937549 . They look best in original size;...
Hi all, I'll be in the area this weekend, say hello if you run into us. I'm leading a 4-day backpack trip with three other friends of mine who have yet to...
Heading out tonight to try Mt.Goode's North Buttress on Sun. Anyone know the conditions of snow @ base North Buttress start. Any idea if can mainly be avoided...
Heading over to Palisades for long weekend. May try traverse from Thunderboldt to Sill, or do routes on North Pal, Starlight, Sill. We were planning on camp...
I'm certainly less of a peakbagger than most on this list, I'm sure. In fact when I set out to spend 9 days with 2 friends hiking JMT from Kearsarge Lakes...
I have been to the summit of Whitney before. Always on Class 1 routes. I am going there via Cottonwood Pass in September. How hard would it be to decend the...
I'm trying to get in another long dayhike or 2 before schools starts, I was thinking either this coming saturday, the 25th, or possibly another weekend in the...
Hi, I have a question. I'm planning to get back to the sierras this summer after a few years distracted by surfing. I spent a lot of years rock climbing, but...
