2013 Expedition
Posted: Thu May 30, 2013 8:46 pm
So Saturday is the day and I once again wonder off into the Sierra not knowing what will await me. For some reason this year feels different. I have been excited to get back out there and I just have a good feeling about this summer. Hell maybe that means I wont be coming back. Regardless at least this year I am 20 pounds lighter than the other years when I hit the trail and I am in pretty decent shape since I was working 7 days a week leading up to this trip so things should go better from the start even with the added camera gear weight which is about 8 pounds.
I'll make a post when possible but I think this year it will be along time between posts. The first one probably wont be until I reach VVR 41 days in. I'll check to see what sort of information comes out with the search for Larry and if he is found before I am out there looking.
My final itinerary is below. I made a couple last minute changes while adding routes to my GPS. The two main ones are I decided why should I go down to Mono Resort at Twin Lakes when I am not going to resupply there? That is allot of altitude loss and gain and is it even worth it? Instead I am going to take Burro Pass and then Matterhorn Pass. Doing this left me with some extra days since I need to get to Reds Meadow no earlier than the 28th so I figure i'll take a stab at Matterhorn Peak. Then I will cross Stanton Pass and climb Stanton Peak then Grey Butte and stay at Soldier Lake. I thought about taking a shot at Virginia Peak but with a class 5 summit block it's probably not worth the effort. Then when plotting along the SHR I thought that it looks more boring on that section so I decided to go around to Upper McCabe Lake and then across Don't Be A Smart Pass to the Young Lakes. Then climb Mt. Conness and onto Tuolumne. Still having one extra day I am going to take a stab at Mt Lyell which I have had my eyes on for 4 years now. I also want to throw in a day and take a shot at Black Kaweah later in the trip.
June 1 - 1 - Eleanor Creek
June 2 - 2 - Edith Lake
June 3 - 3 - Twin Lakes
June 4 - 4 - Bonnie Lake
June 5 - 5 - Twin Lakes
June 6 - 6 - Layover
June 7 - 7 - Cow Meadow Lake
June 8 - 8 - Lord Meadow
June 9 - 9 - Flora Lake
June 10 - 10 - Lake Eleanor
June 11 - 11 - Laurel Lake
June 12 - 12 - Bearup Lake
June 13 - 13 - Tilden Lake
June 14 - 14 - Lake 8920
June 15 - 15 - Benson Lake
June 16 - 16 - Layover
June 17 - 17 - Piute Creek
June 18 - 18 - climb Matterhorn / Spiller Creek
June 19 - 19 - Soldier Lake
June 20 - 20 - Upper Mccabe Lake
June 21 - 21 - Upper Young Lakes
June 22 - 22 - Climb Mt. Conness
June 23 - 23 - Tuolumne Meadows
June 24 - 24 - Layover
June 25 - 25 - Upper Lyell Canyon
June 26 - 26 - Climb Mt. Lyell
June 27 - 27 - 1000 Island Lake
June 28 - 28 - Reds Meadow
June 29 - 29 - Trail Work
June 30 - 30 - Trail Work
July 1 - 31 - Trail Work
July 2 - 32 - Trail Work
July 3 - 33 - Trail Work
July 4 - 34 - Trail Work
July 5 - 35 - Trail Work
July 6 - 36 - Pika Lake
July 7 - 37 - Cecil Lake
July 8 - 38 - Little Mcgee Lake
July 9 - 39 - Climb Red & White Mountain
July 10 - 40 - Pioneer Basin
July 11 - 41 - VVR
July 12 - 42 - Layover
July 13 - 43 - Big Margaret Lake
July 14 - 44 - Climb Sharktooth & Silver Peaks
July 15 - 45 - Climb Saddle Mountain
July 16 - 46 - Devil's Bathtub
July 17 - 47 - VVR
July 18 - 48 - Layover
July 19 - 49 - Climb Volcanic Knob & Camp West of Recess Peak
July 20 - 50 - Hilgard Lake
July 21 - 51 - Climb Mt. Hilgard
July 22 - 52 - Seven Gables Lakes
July 23 - 53 - Big Moccasin Lake
July 24 - 54 - Three Island Lake
July 25 - 55 - Climb Seven Gables camp at Sandpiper Lake
July 26 - 56 - VVR
July 27 - 57 - Layover
July 28 - 58 - Florence Lake
July 29 - 59 - Red Rock Basin
July 30 - 60 - Climb Mt. Shinn & Ward
July 31 - 61 - Hell For Sure Lake
August 1 - 62 - Lake Confusion
August 2 - 63 - Lake Ambition / Climb Reinstein
August 3 - 64 - Cathedral Lake
August 4 - 65 - Climb Finger Peak
August 5 - 66 - Tunemah Lake
August 6 - 67 - Layover
August 7 - 68 - Climb Tunemah Peak
August 8 - 69 - Lake 10,232
August 9 - 70 - Climb Scylla camp at Lake 12,080
August 10 - 71 - Muir Trail Tarns
August 11 - 72 - Upper Dusy Basin
August 12 - 73 - Parchers Resort
August 13 - 74 - Layover
August 14 - 75 - Dusy Basin
August 15 - 76 - Lake 11,120
August 16 - 77 - Climb Giraud Peak camp on Palisade Creek
August 17 - 78 - Lake 10,960
August 18 - 79 - Climb Mt. Shakespere camp at Lake 10,565
August 19 - 80 - Lake 10,240
August 20 - 81 - Layover
August 21 - 82 - Dumbbell Lakes
August 22 - 83 - Marion Lake
August 23 - 84 - Lake 10,240
August 24 - 85 - Climb Marion Peak camp at Marion Lake
August 25 - 86 - Leconte Canyon
August 26 - 87 - Dusy Basin
August 27 - 88 - Parchers Resort
August 28 - 89 - Layover
August 29 - 90 - Upper Dusy Basin
August 30 - 91 - Lake 11,676
August 31 - 92 - Climb Mt. Sill
September 1 - 93 - Lake 11,475
September 2 - 94 - Climb Goodale & Striped Mountains
September 3 - 95 - Lake 11,607
September 4 - 96 - Lake 11,388
September 5 - 97 - Layover
September 6 - 98 - Lake 11,680
September 7 - 99 - Climb Mt. Wynne & Pinchot
September 8 - 100 - Below Arrow Pass
September 9 - 101 - Climb Arrow Peak camp at Lake 11,000
September 10 - 102 - Paradise Valley
September 11 - 103 - Roads End
September 12 - 104 - Layover
September 13 - 105 - Bubbs Creek
September 14 - 106 - Upper Vidette Lakes
September 15 - 107 - Below Mt. Tyndall
September 16 - 108 - Climb Mt. Tyndall
September 17 - 109 - Whitney Creek
September 18 - 110 - Kern Hotspring
September 19 - 111 - Layover
September 20 - 112 - Forester Lake
September 21 - 113 - Crystal Lake
September 22 - 114 - Climb Sawtooth Peak camp at Columbine Lake
September 23 - 115 - Redwood Meadow
September 24 - 116 - Lodgepole
September 25 - 117 - Layover
September 26 - 118 - Lonepine Creek
September 27 - 119 - Lake 11,710
September 28 - 120 - Climb Lawson & Kaweah Queen
September 29 - 121 - Lake 11,600
September 30 - 122 - Lake 10,600
October 1 - 123 - climb Picket Guard Peak
October 2 - 124 - Chagoopa Plateau
October 3 - 125 - Lake 11,800
October 4 - 126 - Layover
October 5 - 127 - Climb Red Kaweah
October 6 - 128 - Climb Black Kaweah
October 7 - 129 - Hamilton Lake
October 8 - 130 - Lodgepole
October 9 - 131 - Crescent Lake
October 10 - 132 - Lake 9840
October 11 - 133 - Ferguson Creek
October 12 - 134 - Connector Creek
October 13 - 135 - Lake 11,280
October 14 - 136 - Josephine Lake
October 15 - 137 - Layover
October 16 - 138 - Glacier Lake
October 17 - 139 - Climb Triple Divide Peak
October 18 - 140 - Junction Meadow
October 19 - 141 - Crabtree Lakes
October 20 - 142 - Primrose Lake
October 21 - 143 - Horseshoe Meadows
I think this route takes me over about 65 passes and I have like 35 mountains planned to climb.
Everyone backed out of the trip except for one guy I have not met who wants to come along for the Kaweah Basin trek and my dad wants to come along for the 5 day loop out of VVR which I certainly have mixed feelings about. I feel like for his own good I should not let him come when the first day is 14 miles up over 3000 feet when he has not hiked since the 2011 trip with me.
I'll make a post when possible but I think this year it will be along time between posts. The first one probably wont be until I reach VVR 41 days in. I'll check to see what sort of information comes out with the search for Larry and if he is found before I am out there looking.
My final itinerary is below. I made a couple last minute changes while adding routes to my GPS. The two main ones are I decided why should I go down to Mono Resort at Twin Lakes when I am not going to resupply there? That is allot of altitude loss and gain and is it even worth it? Instead I am going to take Burro Pass and then Matterhorn Pass. Doing this left me with some extra days since I need to get to Reds Meadow no earlier than the 28th so I figure i'll take a stab at Matterhorn Peak. Then I will cross Stanton Pass and climb Stanton Peak then Grey Butte and stay at Soldier Lake. I thought about taking a shot at Virginia Peak but with a class 5 summit block it's probably not worth the effort. Then when plotting along the SHR I thought that it looks more boring on that section so I decided to go around to Upper McCabe Lake and then across Don't Be A Smart Pass to the Young Lakes. Then climb Mt. Conness and onto Tuolumne. Still having one extra day I am going to take a stab at Mt Lyell which I have had my eyes on for 4 years now. I also want to throw in a day and take a shot at Black Kaweah later in the trip.
June 1 - 1 - Eleanor Creek
June 2 - 2 - Edith Lake
June 3 - 3 - Twin Lakes
June 4 - 4 - Bonnie Lake
June 5 - 5 - Twin Lakes
June 6 - 6 - Layover
June 7 - 7 - Cow Meadow Lake
June 8 - 8 - Lord Meadow
June 9 - 9 - Flora Lake
June 10 - 10 - Lake Eleanor
June 11 - 11 - Laurel Lake
June 12 - 12 - Bearup Lake
June 13 - 13 - Tilden Lake
June 14 - 14 - Lake 8920
June 15 - 15 - Benson Lake
June 16 - 16 - Layover
June 17 - 17 - Piute Creek
June 18 - 18 - climb Matterhorn / Spiller Creek
June 19 - 19 - Soldier Lake
June 20 - 20 - Upper Mccabe Lake
June 21 - 21 - Upper Young Lakes
June 22 - 22 - Climb Mt. Conness
June 23 - 23 - Tuolumne Meadows
June 24 - 24 - Layover
June 25 - 25 - Upper Lyell Canyon
June 26 - 26 - Climb Mt. Lyell
June 27 - 27 - 1000 Island Lake
June 28 - 28 - Reds Meadow
June 29 - 29 - Trail Work
June 30 - 30 - Trail Work
July 1 - 31 - Trail Work
July 2 - 32 - Trail Work
July 3 - 33 - Trail Work
July 4 - 34 - Trail Work
July 5 - 35 - Trail Work
July 6 - 36 - Pika Lake
July 7 - 37 - Cecil Lake
July 8 - 38 - Little Mcgee Lake
July 9 - 39 - Climb Red & White Mountain
July 10 - 40 - Pioneer Basin
July 11 - 41 - VVR
July 12 - 42 - Layover
July 13 - 43 - Big Margaret Lake
July 14 - 44 - Climb Sharktooth & Silver Peaks
July 15 - 45 - Climb Saddle Mountain
July 16 - 46 - Devil's Bathtub
July 17 - 47 - VVR
July 18 - 48 - Layover
July 19 - 49 - Climb Volcanic Knob & Camp West of Recess Peak
July 20 - 50 - Hilgard Lake
July 21 - 51 - Climb Mt. Hilgard
July 22 - 52 - Seven Gables Lakes
July 23 - 53 - Big Moccasin Lake
July 24 - 54 - Three Island Lake
July 25 - 55 - Climb Seven Gables camp at Sandpiper Lake
July 26 - 56 - VVR
July 27 - 57 - Layover
July 28 - 58 - Florence Lake
July 29 - 59 - Red Rock Basin
July 30 - 60 - Climb Mt. Shinn & Ward
July 31 - 61 - Hell For Sure Lake
August 1 - 62 - Lake Confusion
August 2 - 63 - Lake Ambition / Climb Reinstein
August 3 - 64 - Cathedral Lake
August 4 - 65 - Climb Finger Peak
August 5 - 66 - Tunemah Lake
August 6 - 67 - Layover
August 7 - 68 - Climb Tunemah Peak
August 8 - 69 - Lake 10,232
August 9 - 70 - Climb Scylla camp at Lake 12,080
August 10 - 71 - Muir Trail Tarns
August 11 - 72 - Upper Dusy Basin
August 12 - 73 - Parchers Resort
August 13 - 74 - Layover
August 14 - 75 - Dusy Basin
August 15 - 76 - Lake 11,120
August 16 - 77 - Climb Giraud Peak camp on Palisade Creek
August 17 - 78 - Lake 10,960
August 18 - 79 - Climb Mt. Shakespere camp at Lake 10,565
August 19 - 80 - Lake 10,240
August 20 - 81 - Layover
August 21 - 82 - Dumbbell Lakes
August 22 - 83 - Marion Lake
August 23 - 84 - Lake 10,240
August 24 - 85 - Climb Marion Peak camp at Marion Lake
August 25 - 86 - Leconte Canyon
August 26 - 87 - Dusy Basin
August 27 - 88 - Parchers Resort
August 28 - 89 - Layover
August 29 - 90 - Upper Dusy Basin
August 30 - 91 - Lake 11,676
August 31 - 92 - Climb Mt. Sill
September 1 - 93 - Lake 11,475
September 2 - 94 - Climb Goodale & Striped Mountains
September 3 - 95 - Lake 11,607
September 4 - 96 - Lake 11,388
September 5 - 97 - Layover
September 6 - 98 - Lake 11,680
September 7 - 99 - Climb Mt. Wynne & Pinchot
September 8 - 100 - Below Arrow Pass
September 9 - 101 - Climb Arrow Peak camp at Lake 11,000
September 10 - 102 - Paradise Valley
September 11 - 103 - Roads End
September 12 - 104 - Layover
September 13 - 105 - Bubbs Creek
September 14 - 106 - Upper Vidette Lakes
September 15 - 107 - Below Mt. Tyndall
September 16 - 108 - Climb Mt. Tyndall
September 17 - 109 - Whitney Creek
September 18 - 110 - Kern Hotspring
September 19 - 111 - Layover
September 20 - 112 - Forester Lake
September 21 - 113 - Crystal Lake
September 22 - 114 - Climb Sawtooth Peak camp at Columbine Lake
September 23 - 115 - Redwood Meadow
September 24 - 116 - Lodgepole
September 25 - 117 - Layover
September 26 - 118 - Lonepine Creek
September 27 - 119 - Lake 11,710
September 28 - 120 - Climb Lawson & Kaweah Queen
September 29 - 121 - Lake 11,600
September 30 - 122 - Lake 10,600
October 1 - 123 - climb Picket Guard Peak
October 2 - 124 - Chagoopa Plateau
October 3 - 125 - Lake 11,800
October 4 - 126 - Layover
October 5 - 127 - Climb Red Kaweah
October 6 - 128 - Climb Black Kaweah
October 7 - 129 - Hamilton Lake
October 8 - 130 - Lodgepole
October 9 - 131 - Crescent Lake
October 10 - 132 - Lake 9840
October 11 - 133 - Ferguson Creek
October 12 - 134 - Connector Creek
October 13 - 135 - Lake 11,280
October 14 - 136 - Josephine Lake
October 15 - 137 - Layover
October 16 - 138 - Glacier Lake
October 17 - 139 - Climb Triple Divide Peak
October 18 - 140 - Junction Meadow
October 19 - 141 - Crabtree Lakes
October 20 - 142 - Primrose Lake
October 21 - 143 - Horseshoe Meadows
I think this route takes me over about 65 passes and I have like 35 mountains planned to climb.
Everyone backed out of the trip except for one guy I have not met who wants to come along for the Kaweah Basin trek and my dad wants to come along for the 5 day loop out of VVR which I certainly have mixed feelings about. I feel like for his own good I should not let him come when the first day is 14 miles up over 3000 feet when he has not hiked since the 2011 trip with me.