Nine Lakes meeting location (and extra spot on permit)
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2015 1:42 pm
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
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