High Sierra Topix

First I want to say that I have an extra spot on my July 18 Crescent Meadow permit. If anyone is still in need of a permit, you can walk in with me. You'd need to let me know by this Friday, the 10th as I'll be offline after that.

Secondly it looks like at least two of us (Rocky Road and me) are meeting up in Nine Lakes Basin - the first lake, the heart-shaped one - on eve of the 19th for a morning start over Pants Pass on the 20th. Look for an Asian man in a Tilley hat (RR) and the white woman in bright royal-blue gaiters (me). Any and all welcome!

Here's my more refined itinerary (ridiculously detailed when you consider what the weather is capable of messing up):

18: Crescent Meadow to Buck Creek
19: Buck Creek to first lake in Nine Lakes Basin
20: Nine Lakes Basin, and over Pants Pass to one of the lakes east/northeast of that pass. This is in the Kern-Kaweah Basin, somewhere on the walk between Pants Pass and the north side of Picket Guard Pass.
21: Over Picket Guard Pass to Picket Guard Lake
22: Walk past Island Lake and see if anyone from HST is there yet. Continue to Red Spur Basin. Camp at the first lake encountered over the shoulder; or on the northeastern side of the smaller lake just south of that first lake (good swimming per Maverick)
23: Explore Red Spur Basin; end up at Island Lake and camp there by afternoon
24: To Upper Kaweah Basin
25: Over Pyra-Queen Col to Hamilton Lake
26: Out to Crescent Meadow

Cheers,
Elizabeth

I want to leave my car at Shepherd Pass, and then go to Horseshoe Meadows, where I have my entry permit. I am going to call Lone Pine Shuttle and inquire about being picked up at Shepherd Pass trailhead on Thursday morning, July 16th, and driven to Horseshoe. Anyone doing else doing Horseshoe to Shepherd- I am going thru Miter Basin.
The shuttle is cheaper if there is more than one person, or we could shuttle our own cars. ??

Richard

Jim and two buddies are planning on dropping a car @ Shepherd Sun 7/19 and then heading to Horseshoe that same day to get an afternoon start. They are hiking from Trail pass down to the Kern river, up the river trail to the meet-up, then further up to the Kern basin and back-out via Shepherd. Don't know if that lines up with your dates.

I'm going in/out of Shepherd.

oleander wrote:Look for a white woman in bright royal-blue gaiters (me).

Picture>1k words:

Oleander, JimR, Hobbes:



Maverick, Schmalz, JimR:

Actually, I'm dragging two more with me.

Actually, I'm dragging two more with me.

So there will be 5 in your group alone Jim?

My exit date is Sunday, the 25th

until we meet up with Hobbes

Rich, I think Jim and his (now 4) buddies + myself are planning on hiking out Sat. If you can convince them to wait till Sun, or decide to leave Sat, then you might be able to catch a ride back to your car @ HM.

Jim, did you convince your kids to come along?

if there's room, that would be a great option, to catch a ride back to Horseshoe.
I can make saturday work. if I know ahead of time, I will just start on the 15th, instead of the 16th, and leave on the 25th, instead of the 26th