R04/R01 TR: Woodchuck Country and Tunemah June 2018

[robertseeburger]

Resurrecting at the request of an HST member.

[Harlen]

Thank you, Thank you! Robert, that was a great trip indeed, with all the beauty and challenges. I am in awe of your original plan-- both the short 7 day stint to do so much, and then the ambitious, and attempted route down, down into Simpson Meadow/Tehipite, and all the way back UP and around. I requested that you resurrect this TR because, like Daisy, Michael and I felt that the land had a sadly parched feeling this dry year. I really enjoy the alpine feeling that so much snow gives early in the season. You make a very good point that "early season" is now the proverbial moveable feast., ie., when will it occur from year to year. You say that in a big snow year it can come in late August! And you just missed a really huge snow year-- 2016-17, yet still had a nice amount.

Anyhow, we sure enjoyed the reading, and seeing the photos of your great trip. Thanks for finding it for us. Cheers, Ian and Lizzie, et. al.

p.s. michaelzim, you should read this trip too, as you are one to commiserate with poor Robert as he was thrashing through that same long lost trail that you experienced last year.

[sekihiker]

I'm sure glad this got resurrected. What a great trip with great report and photos.
Thanks.