Never seen so little snow in the owens valley in winter.Anyway up the sherwin grade mountains with snow appeared.Especially towards mammoth etc.
Anyway, decided on hiking up mcgee creek.It was beautiful.Clear trail,snow covered peaks and cool temps.Better than late spring hiking.A freak winter.The road was clear and i parked at the trailhrad.Ive snowshoed up that road cuz its always been covered from hilton lakes rd.
TR: Mcgee Creek 1-30-2018
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Re: TR: Mcgee Creek 1-30-2018
Thanks for the TR.A freak winter.
Forecast calls for sunny days with higher than normal temps for this time of year all the way thru next Wed.
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I don't give out specific route information, my belief is that it takes away from the whole adventure spirit of a trip, if you need every inch planned out, you'll have to get that from someone else.
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I don't give out specific route information, my belief is that it takes away from the whole adventure spirit of a trip, if you need every inch planned out, you'll have to get that from someone else.
Have a safer backcountry experience by using the HST ReConn Form 2.0, named after Larry Conn, a HST member: http://reconn.org
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Re: TR: Mcgee Creek 1-30-2018
Let's hope for snow not too far in the future.
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Re: TR: Mcgee Creek 1-30-2018
How high up the trail did you get? I've been contemplating heading up to Owen's Valley for some winter dayhikes in the eastern sierra to give some benefit to this horrible winter. Seems like the clear trails only last a few miles though.
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Re: TR: Mcgee Creek 1-30-2018
I only got to the big log bridge...did it in boots...did blue lake today in boots also but snow was 1-3 ft above 10k...so girgeius...been trying to post pics but they are too big...
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