Mount Conness has been on the top of my ‘mountain bucket list’ for a while now. There is no particular reason this peak is on this list, other than that it is a Yosemite classic and I felt like I was missing out on something by not climbing it (oddly enough, I don’t feel this [...]
Tioga Peak is a really nice little peak found near Tioga Pass just east of the Yosemite boundary. I climbed it on Friday, August 20th on my way out to Bishop to meet my friend Sooz for a nine-day backpacking trip. I had the whole day to make the 6-ish hour drive, so I decided [...]
We spent last Friday through Sunday in the Sierra. There was an overnight backpack in Cottonwood Basin scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, so on Friday morning we decided to do a short acclimation hike somewhere near Tioga Pass (around 10k feet). It was the perfect opportunity to get up a peak I’d been wanting to [...]
I was holding out hope that the epic overnight trip covering a lot of miles and some cross-country travel I had planned for this weekend would work out, but this year’s late snow cover would make it more epic than I wanted. So, at the last minute I trolled my Yosemite friends for conditions and [...]
Last weekend I headed into Yosemite for an overnight backpack along Chilnualna Creek. There were eight of us and it was great fun. I’m not going to write out a full trail report since I did it approximately one year ago. However, I wanted to drop in a quick post here with a link to [...]
It’s a big weekend in Yosemite. It has been announced on the park website that: The Tioga Road (Highway 120 through the park) will open on Saturday, June 5, 2010 at 8 am, conditions permitting. This is good timing since this weekend is also free admission to Yosemite, as well as more than 100 other [...]
When you think about backpacking in Yosemite, you generally think of the summer months. The high country isn’t clear of snow until June at the earliest, and backcountry travel during the fall to spring months requires snow skills and gear. Although I enjoy all kinds of outdoor activities in any kind of weather, my favorite [...]
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