That's precisely what maiathebee & I were trying to do.maverick wrote:Please keep within the OP's request...
ETA: x-posted w/maverick. All good.
That's precisely what maiathebee & I were trying to do.maverick wrote:Please keep within the OP's request...
You're right, maverick. I've started writing a trip report with pics and will post over the weekend.maverick wrote:Captain,
Would be happy to recommend you a route, but you have been to HST a couple
times requesting intell on areas for your upcoming trips but never wrote a TR,
Conditions Report, or Mosquito Report. It would be nice if you participated and
submitted some intell or TR that would help your fellow HST members too.
Milestone Basin was going to be an off trail excursion the last time I was in the area but ended up trying to beat the snow and skipped it. From everything I've read about the trailhead to Shepherd Pass, it looks like the road will be challenging to get to in normal 2wd vehicle. Upper Basin looks good too. I would definitely be interested in doing more off trail hiking, even if it means fewer miles.Wandering Daisy wrote:Good beginner off-trail areas are Upper Kern River including Wrights, Wallace and Milestone basins (access via Shepherd Pass), Humphreys Basin including up to Royce Lakes and over to Granite Park (access via North Lake), or Upper Basin (access via Taboose Pass- and can side trip over Mather Pass to Palisade Lakes). Would you be interested in a little less mileage with more off-trail exploring and fishing? If short on days, you do not want to spend 8 hours driving. In this case I would stay Bishop and south and on the east side.
Thanks Captain.Captain wrote:
You're right, maverick. I've started writing a trip report with pics and will post over
the weekend.
Wandering Daisy wrote:Good beginner off-trail areas are Upper Kern River including Wrights, Wallace and Milestone basins (access via Shepherd Pass), Humphreys Basin including up to Royce Lakes and over to Granite Park (access via North Lake), or Upper Basin (access via Taboose Pass- and can side trip over Mather Pass to Palisade Lakes).
Our Daisy is spot on - Shepherd to Milestone, Taboose to Basin and Piute/Pine to Humphreys/Royce are perhaps, IMO, the best loops outside of Horseshoe/Whitney. (Horseshoe you can go in via [New] Army to Miter/Crabtree and come out Cottonwood, Whitney you can go down Discovery from Trail Crest to Crabtree and then loop back around via Guitar.)Captain wrote: From everything I've read about the trailhead to Shepherd Pass, it looks like the road will be challenging to get to in normal 2wd vehicle.
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