I spent the earlier half of this holiday week in southern Yosemite on the High Passes Loop as accessed from the Quartz Mtn trailhead (sierra NF). It was a great hike - not many people were out there, the views were spectacular (I couldn't get enough of the banner/ritter/minarets views!) but the skeeters were just terrible. Hopefully they die out before my two weeks on the JMT in August...
Photos/trip report here: http://www.calipidder.com
Yosemite High Passes Loop Photos
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Nice Trip
Thanks for the update and photos. Will be doing almost the same trip in a little more liesurely fashion in two weeks with a couple of off trail days and some serious , no that's not the right word, fishing. The magazine articles almost made me not do this trip.
The jeffery shooting stars are a dead give away that the mosquitos will be around. Hope the skeeters thin out before our arrival.
Mike
The jeffery shooting stars are a dead give away that the mosquitos will be around. Hope the skeeters thin out before our arrival.
Mike
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Nice Trip
Thanks for the update and photos. Will be doing almost the same trip in a little more liesurely fashion in two weeks with a couple of off trail days and some serious , no that's not the right word, fishing. The magazine articles almost made me not do this trip.
The jeffery shooting stars are a dead give away that the mosquitos will be around. Hope the skeeters thin out before our arrival.
Mike
The jeffery shooting stars are a dead give away that the mosquitos will be around. Hope the skeeters thin out before our arrival.
Mike
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