Category: Hiking

High Sierra Trail: Day 2 + 3

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This guide details Day 2 of hiking the High Sierra Trail from Nine Mile Creek, to Hamilton Lakes, and Day 3 from Hamilton Lakes to Big Arroyo, past Precipice Lake.

High Sierra Trail: Day 0 + 1

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Follow our journey from Orange County to the Sierras, to hike the High Sierra Trail. This guide details how we got there via the Greyhound, along with Day 1 of our trek on the High Sierra Trail. The trail begins in Sequoia Park and travels across the Sierras to Mount Whitney, at and elevation of 14,501 feet.

4 Peaks in a Day

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So here we were, at the South Fork Trailhead, just three days before we would leave for the High Sierra Trail, doing a shakedown hike. We were starting late, and that was my fault. But I wanted to go ahead with the shakedown hike anyway, since we were running out of days to do this, before the Sierras. I wanted to have one day to recover before we headed up there. We arrived just after 4pm, and had just a few hours of sunlight left. The parking lot was completely empty of cars, which was not what I was expecting.

Mount San Jacinto from the Tramway

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I would hike 11 miles roundtrip to Mount San Jacinto from the tramway. It was not the first time I had climbed Mount San Jacinto. In fact I had climbed this mountain from Idyllwild once, a year ago, as a birthday present to myself. I love challenging myself, and with the temperatures down in Palm Springs into the triple digits, it was a perfect time to escape the desert heat, on a tram ride.