ADVICE: 1st Sierras Trip! North/South Lake Loop + Fishing
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2014 10:07 pm
Hi!
I'm excited to have such a great source of advice. Thanks in advance for your time!
I and my partner are experienced backpackers, (level 4) looking to plan our first Sierras trip! We have 7 days/6 nights the 3rd week in September. We are comfortable with Class 3 Terrain/pass/x-country. Though for this trip we are looking to keep it mostly trail and straightforward x-country as it's our first time in this range. Would prefer to keep the large river crossings to a minimum, though smaller streams are fine, (assuming it probably won't be a big issue in Sept). Would also like to avoid the gear for Glacier/snow travel but easy snowfields are fine. No pups for this hike.
Our main goals for the trip are BIG MOUNTAIN SCENERY sprinkled with some lakes/fishing. We are also looking to hopefully not see a lot of people, at least for part of the trip. We'd like to do 7-12ish miles a day and we don't require a layover day but we're totally down for one if recommended! A loop would be awesome but we're willing to pay for a shuttle or hitchhike for a superior experience.
As we've only been in the frontcountry we are completely open to parts of the Range, we really just want to have our minds blown with that incredible high alpine mountain scenery and maybe catch some fish. As I said crowd avoidance is high on our list, hence the late season trip. But if there's something we NEED to see we know how to share for a day or two.
Thanks again and happy trails!
I'm excited to have such a great source of advice. Thanks in advance for your time!
I and my partner are experienced backpackers, (level 4) looking to plan our first Sierras trip! We have 7 days/6 nights the 3rd week in September. We are comfortable with Class 3 Terrain/pass/x-country. Though for this trip we are looking to keep it mostly trail and straightforward x-country as it's our first time in this range. Would prefer to keep the large river crossings to a minimum, though smaller streams are fine, (assuming it probably won't be a big issue in Sept). Would also like to avoid the gear for Glacier/snow travel but easy snowfields are fine. No pups for this hike.
Our main goals for the trip are BIG MOUNTAIN SCENERY sprinkled with some lakes/fishing. We are also looking to hopefully not see a lot of people, at least for part of the trip. We'd like to do 7-12ish miles a day and we don't require a layover day but we're totally down for one if recommended! A loop would be awesome but we're willing to pay for a shuttle or hitchhike for a superior experience.
As we've only been in the frontcountry we are completely open to parts of the Range, we really just want to have our minds blown with that incredible high alpine mountain scenery and maybe catch some fish. As I said crowd avoidance is high on our list, hence the late season trip. But if there's something we NEED to see we know how to share for a day or two.
Thanks again and happy trails!