Planning for my 2014 trek
Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 8:20 pm
So like always I've got allot of thinking to do on places and a couple questions that some of you might be able to help me with.
So this is what I have come up with so far. Still planning where to go from where this ends:
June 27 - 1 - Reds Meadow Pack Station
June 28 - 2 - Trail Work
June 29 - 3 - Trail Work
June 30 - 4 - Trail Work
July 1 - 5 - Trail Work
July 2 - 6 - Trail Work
July 3 - 7 - Trail Work
July 4 - 8 - Trail Work
July 5 - 9 - Fox Meadow
July 6 - 10 - Big Margaret Lake
July 7 - 11 - VVR
July 8 - 12 - Layover
July 9 - 13 - Layover
July 10 - 14 - East Fork Bear Creek
July 11 - 15 - Vee Lake
July 12 - 16 - Big Moccasin Lake
July 13 - 17 - Wampum Lake
July 14 - 18 - Sandpiper Lake
July 15 - 19 - Climb Seven Gables
July 16 - 20 - Hilgard Branch
July 17 - 21 - Lake Italy
July 18 - 22 - Climb Mt. Hilgard
July 19 - 23 - Lower Mills Creek Lake
July 20 - 24 - VVR
July 21 - 25 - Layover
July 22 - 26 - Layover
July 23 - 27 - Blayney Hotsprings
July 24 - 28 - North Goddard Creek
July 25 - 29 - Lake 11,200
July 26 - 30 - Lake 12,280
July 27 - 31 - Lake 11,840
July 28 - 32 - 11,600
July 29 - 33 - Enchanted Gorge
July 30 - 34 - Layover
July 31 - 35 - Goddard Creek
August 1 - 36 - Lake 10,640
August 2 - 37 - Climb Mt. Woodworth
August 3 - 38 - Rambaud Lakes
August 4 - 39 - Dusy Basin Trail
August 5 - 40 - Parchers Resort
August 6 - 41 - Layover
August 7 - 42 - Leconte Canyon
August 8 - 43 - Lake 10,565
August 9 - 44 - Island Bird Lake
August 10 - 45 - Climb Peak 11,960
August 11 - 46 - Day hike to Lake 10,520
August 12 - 47 - Lake 10,565
August 13 - 48 - Upper Dumbbell Lake
August 14 - 49 - Marion Lake
August 15 - 50 - Layover
August 16 - 51 - Lake 10,250
August 17 - 52 - State Lakes
August 18 - 53 - Lake 10,680
August 19 - 54 - Kid Lakes
August 20 - 55 - Lower Tent Meadow
August 21 - 56 - Cedar Grove
August 22 - 57 - Layover
August 23 - 58 - Sphinx Creek
August 24 - 59 - Sphinx Lake
August 25 - 60 - Climb Mt. Farquhar
August 26 - 61 - South Guard Lake
August 27 - 62 - Josephine Lake
August 28 - 63 - Glacier Ridge Lakes
August 29 - 64 - Lower Deadman Canyon
August 30 - 65 - Ferguson Meadow
August 31 - 66 - Layover
September 1 - 67 - Lake 9840
September 2 - 68 - Day Hike Box Canyon
September 3 - 69 - Crescent Lake
September 4 - 70 - Climb Mt. Silliman
September 5 - 71 - Lodgepole
September 6 - 72 - Layover
So some details on everything above is when I leave the trail crew at Reds Meadow my goal is pretty much to move South as quick as possible while trying to do something new. I plan to hike out to VVR from Big Margaret Lake by taking the old trail or what's left of it that crosses East of Saddle Mountain.
The next section is a pickup of where I got flooded out of last year with a couple different ideas.
After that the plan is to go into Goddard Canyon and go up past Davis Lake over Wanda Pass and cross the Ragged Spur to get to that tiny lake out on it. Then go back and take the Enchanted Gorge down. Then take Rambaud Pass.
Next is going back out to Island Bird Lake and make a bid for the highest peak in that area. Then day hike to the small lake over the ridge above Cartridge Creek. I plan to take the other saddle away from Lake 10,565 to lower Dumbbell Basin and stay at the upper lake there since I have not been to it yet. After Marion I will drop to the small lake East of Windy Point and then also visit Windy Point again on the way out. Then I plan to take Glacier Saddle to the Kid Lakes and over Mungoat Pass out.
After Sphinx Lakes it will be Sphinx Pass and Cinder Col. Then down Cunningham Creek. After Josephine Lake I am still gambling on the small ridge pass to the West side of Glacier Ridge. I'll pass through Scenic Meadow to Ferguson Meadow. The rest should speak for itself.
Right now my main questions that I could use help with is has anyone taken Cunningham Creek? I don't know anything about it and it looks fairly steep. I need to know if it can be done and if so what it's like. Is it too ambitious to try to go all the way down it and then up to Josephine Lake?
When climbing to Josephine Lake is it best to take the hill slightly North where it does not appear to be as steep or is a more direct route up to the tiny lake to it's NE a better option?
When leaving Crescent Lake I just naturally planned to take Silliman Pass but after another look how about over the small saddle and down Horse Creek? Has anyone tried this? I have a photo of that hill side from Tower Rock and although the terrain looks doable it looks like it might be a nasty bushwhack!
So this is what I have come up with so far. Still planning where to go from where this ends:
June 27 - 1 - Reds Meadow Pack Station
June 28 - 2 - Trail Work
June 29 - 3 - Trail Work
June 30 - 4 - Trail Work
July 1 - 5 - Trail Work
July 2 - 6 - Trail Work
July 3 - 7 - Trail Work
July 4 - 8 - Trail Work
July 5 - 9 - Fox Meadow
July 6 - 10 - Big Margaret Lake
July 7 - 11 - VVR
July 8 - 12 - Layover
July 9 - 13 - Layover
July 10 - 14 - East Fork Bear Creek
July 11 - 15 - Vee Lake
July 12 - 16 - Big Moccasin Lake
July 13 - 17 - Wampum Lake
July 14 - 18 - Sandpiper Lake
July 15 - 19 - Climb Seven Gables
July 16 - 20 - Hilgard Branch
July 17 - 21 - Lake Italy
July 18 - 22 - Climb Mt. Hilgard
July 19 - 23 - Lower Mills Creek Lake
July 20 - 24 - VVR
July 21 - 25 - Layover
July 22 - 26 - Layover
July 23 - 27 - Blayney Hotsprings
July 24 - 28 - North Goddard Creek
July 25 - 29 - Lake 11,200
July 26 - 30 - Lake 12,280
July 27 - 31 - Lake 11,840
July 28 - 32 - 11,600
July 29 - 33 - Enchanted Gorge
July 30 - 34 - Layover
July 31 - 35 - Goddard Creek
August 1 - 36 - Lake 10,640
August 2 - 37 - Climb Mt. Woodworth
August 3 - 38 - Rambaud Lakes
August 4 - 39 - Dusy Basin Trail
August 5 - 40 - Parchers Resort
August 6 - 41 - Layover
August 7 - 42 - Leconte Canyon
August 8 - 43 - Lake 10,565
August 9 - 44 - Island Bird Lake
August 10 - 45 - Climb Peak 11,960
August 11 - 46 - Day hike to Lake 10,520
August 12 - 47 - Lake 10,565
August 13 - 48 - Upper Dumbbell Lake
August 14 - 49 - Marion Lake
August 15 - 50 - Layover
August 16 - 51 - Lake 10,250
August 17 - 52 - State Lakes
August 18 - 53 - Lake 10,680
August 19 - 54 - Kid Lakes
August 20 - 55 - Lower Tent Meadow
August 21 - 56 - Cedar Grove
August 22 - 57 - Layover
August 23 - 58 - Sphinx Creek
August 24 - 59 - Sphinx Lake
August 25 - 60 - Climb Mt. Farquhar
August 26 - 61 - South Guard Lake
August 27 - 62 - Josephine Lake
August 28 - 63 - Glacier Ridge Lakes
August 29 - 64 - Lower Deadman Canyon
August 30 - 65 - Ferguson Meadow
August 31 - 66 - Layover
September 1 - 67 - Lake 9840
September 2 - 68 - Day Hike Box Canyon
September 3 - 69 - Crescent Lake
September 4 - 70 - Climb Mt. Silliman
September 5 - 71 - Lodgepole
September 6 - 72 - Layover
So some details on everything above is when I leave the trail crew at Reds Meadow my goal is pretty much to move South as quick as possible while trying to do something new. I plan to hike out to VVR from Big Margaret Lake by taking the old trail or what's left of it that crosses East of Saddle Mountain.
The next section is a pickup of where I got flooded out of last year with a couple different ideas.
After that the plan is to go into Goddard Canyon and go up past Davis Lake over Wanda Pass and cross the Ragged Spur to get to that tiny lake out on it. Then go back and take the Enchanted Gorge down. Then take Rambaud Pass.
Next is going back out to Island Bird Lake and make a bid for the highest peak in that area. Then day hike to the small lake over the ridge above Cartridge Creek. I plan to take the other saddle away from Lake 10,565 to lower Dumbbell Basin and stay at the upper lake there since I have not been to it yet. After Marion I will drop to the small lake East of Windy Point and then also visit Windy Point again on the way out. Then I plan to take Glacier Saddle to the Kid Lakes and over Mungoat Pass out.
After Sphinx Lakes it will be Sphinx Pass and Cinder Col. Then down Cunningham Creek. After Josephine Lake I am still gambling on the small ridge pass to the West side of Glacier Ridge. I'll pass through Scenic Meadow to Ferguson Meadow. The rest should speak for itself.
Right now my main questions that I could use help with is has anyone taken Cunningham Creek? I don't know anything about it and it looks fairly steep. I need to know if it can be done and if so what it's like. Is it too ambitious to try to go all the way down it and then up to Josephine Lake?
When climbing to Josephine Lake is it best to take the hill slightly North where it does not appear to be as steep or is a more direct route up to the tiny lake to it's NE a better option?
When leaving Crescent Lake I just naturally planned to take Silliman Pass but after another look how about over the small saddle and down Horse Creek? Has anyone tried this? I have a photo of that hill side from Tower Rock and although the terrain looks doable it looks like it might be a nasty bushwhack!