What are the first places in the Sierra that pop into your mind, without thinking, when
you read the following words:
Mountain/Peak/Dome/Range: Devil's Crags
Lake: Bench Lake
Meadow: Simpson Meadow
River: Kings River
Fish: Golden Trout
Hell: Kendrick Canyon/Lower Goddard Creek
Trees: White Mountain
Remote: Enchanted Gorge
Flowers: High Trail (Minarets)
Rock: McGee Canyon/Goddard Creek
Falls: Silver Spray Falls
Basin: Kaweah Basin
Sierra Word Associations
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Sierra Word Associations
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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: Sierra Word Associations
Mountain/Peak/Dome/Range: Cold Mountainmaverick wrote:What are the first places in the Sierra that pop into your mind, without thinking, when
you read the following words:
Lake: Virginia Lake (Yose)
Meadow: Whitesides meadow
River: Tuolumne
Fish: Brook Trout, but i'll do goldens
Hell: Salt Springs res East with the snakes
Trees: Somewhere in the Trinity Alps
Remote: No Answer; after two days in it's all remote.
Flowers: No Answer; i like snow flowers though
Rock: Anything that is 2 thousand feet taller than where i stand
Falls: Glen Aulin
Basin: French
You left off bugs, snails and fresh-water clams.
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Re: Sierra Word Associations
Virgina Lake? Would have bet it was going to be P, HB, or M Lake! 
Flowers, Whitesides Meadow has fields of Lupine and Mules Ears, and can be one of the
best shows for wildflowers gardens in the Sierra.
Flowers, Whitesides Meadow has fields of Lupine and Mules Ears, and can be one of the
best shows for wildflowers gardens in the Sierra.
Professional Sierra Landscape Photographer
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
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: Sierra Word Associations
V lake is my desktop background. Whitesides was a great memory as it was truly white when i hiked through it under a foot of snow in August in the early 80's.
they are memorable.
they are memorable.
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