TR: Snowshoeing in the Eastern Sierra
Here is our latest trip report – lots of photos of snowy mountains: Blog post This is a sample photo – this is the Bishop Creek area, with Mt. Tom on the right side: Click For Full-Size...
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Dan, nice trip report. I know all these places from our backpacking days and it's good to see what is (maybe) the end of the wettest season on record for the northern and central Sierra. My son Matt told me as of 4/15 there was still officially eighty (80) feet of snow in the Leavitt Lake Basin, a spot that has the the PCT running right through it. Yes, I've been with gaiters and a ice axes making our way across some crusty, bottomless and steeply angled hard snow field with a dropoff into the lake just south of Mt. Whitney, and I don't care how young you are it puts the fear of God in you. I can't imagine doing this on a major part of the PCT. We haven't used our snow shoes for the length of the CA drought so it's good to see someone on the shoes.
regards, as always, jefe
This a view from Hwy 395 just No. of Lee Vining, looking SW on April 16th. That distinct valley has the Tioga Pass road leading to Yosemite.
regards, as always, jefe
This a view from Hwy 395 just No. of Lee Vining, looking SW on April 16th. That distinct valley has the Tioga Pass road leading to Yosemite.
