Request a 2-nighter trip in Sierra that have lake camps
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 12:25 am
Hey Everyone,
A while ago I tried to go King's Canyon for a 2 nighter trip and post a similar request. And you guys suggest against it since it was too early(April) and I don't have mountaineering experience. Now there shouldn't be too much snow problem and I have gained some experience backpacking on both high altitude area and low altitude area. So please bare with me and allow me to post the same question again.
Here is the suggest bulletins for my dream trail:
- Backpacking Experience: Level 2.
- Terrain Preference: On trail. I am Ok with some snow and rive crossing
- Main interest: Lakes are my favorite. Campsite near a lake with a great view of mountains is literally my life-long dream.
- I wish it to be a 2-nighter. I plan to leave at Thursday afternoon and be back at Sunday night. So maybe we can stay in campsite on Thursday night and start backpacking Friday morning. Is this a good idea?
- Maybe 7 miles-ish per day.
- No dogs.
And here are some aggregated information from my previous post that also involving camping by a lake. I hope this can save you guys some trouble and provide some extra information if this thread pop-up in the search items.
- Chain Lakes (this is a 14 miles overnighter judging from this. I will leave this as a backup but I would prefer Aloha Lakes if I end up with a one nighter)
- Ostrander Lake (one way 12.7 miles. It is either a two day trips or we can't camp at lakes right?)
- Buena Vista Loop. (I haven't find an official map for this. I get the basic information from this. This is a bit long for me but I will keep this as a candidate)
- Vernon Lake Loop, (this looks like a two day hikes for me as well. 8.6 miles from Hetch Hetchy backpackers campground. This will be my another backup route)
- Lake Aloha (Saved as backup for reason same as above, I think I would prefer this one because the pictures looks pretty sick).
- Hamilton Lakes ( If I go there, it will REALLY REALLY hurt me since I will be SO close to precipice lake but it is just too far for a 2-night trip. Also I can't camp by a lake)
- Twin Lakes with the middle day doing exploration on Silliman Pass ( There is no Campfire allowed at Twin lakes. What is the fun of camping without campfire? Ok just joking I have been there so I prefer another route).
Please help me. This will be the last backpacking trip before I leave California so I want to make it count. You guys are the best! Thanks!
A while ago I tried to go King's Canyon for a 2 nighter trip and post a similar request. And you guys suggest against it since it was too early(April) and I don't have mountaineering experience. Now there shouldn't be too much snow problem and I have gained some experience backpacking on both high altitude area and low altitude area. So please bare with me and allow me to post the same question again.
Here is the suggest bulletins for my dream trail:
- Backpacking Experience: Level 2.
- Terrain Preference: On trail. I am Ok with some snow and rive crossing
- Main interest: Lakes are my favorite. Campsite near a lake with a great view of mountains is literally my life-long dream.
- I wish it to be a 2-nighter. I plan to leave at Thursday afternoon and be back at Sunday night. So maybe we can stay in campsite on Thursday night and start backpacking Friday morning. Is this a good idea?
- Maybe 7 miles-ish per day.
- No dogs.
And here are some aggregated information from my previous post that also involving camping by a lake. I hope this can save you guys some trouble and provide some extra information if this thread pop-up in the search items.
- Chain Lakes (this is a 14 miles overnighter judging from this. I will leave this as a backup but I would prefer Aloha Lakes if I end up with a one nighter)
- Ostrander Lake (one way 12.7 miles. It is either a two day trips or we can't camp at lakes right?)
- Buena Vista Loop. (I haven't find an official map for this. I get the basic information from this. This is a bit long for me but I will keep this as a candidate)
- Vernon Lake Loop, (this looks like a two day hikes for me as well. 8.6 miles from Hetch Hetchy backpackers campground. This will be my another backup route)
- Lake Aloha (Saved as backup for reason same as above, I think I would prefer this one because the pictures looks pretty sick).
- Hamilton Lakes ( If I go there, it will REALLY REALLY hurt me since I will be SO close to precipice lake but it is just too far for a 2-night trip. Also I can't camp by a lake)
- Twin Lakes with the middle day doing exploration on Silliman Pass ( There is no Campfire allowed at Twin lakes. What is the fun of camping without campfire? Ok just joking I have been there so I prefer another route).
Please help me. This will be the last backpacking trip before I leave California so I want to make it count. You guys are the best! Thanks!