2016 Summer Hike Planned Out
Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2015 5:36 pm
Well as always the winter months are good for planning what will take place this next summer. This may be the first year where someone actually plans to be with me for possibly the entire hike.
Having been almost everywhere in the high Sierra I find each year I am more limited by visiting small new cirques and simply climbing more peaks. Along with AlpineMike's obsession with climbing as many peaks as he can we have come up with this plan: No matter how it goes down in the field it's sure to be another great summer of hiking!
July 1 - 1 - Drive to Parchers
July 2 - 2 - Bishop Lake (Climb Goode)
July 3 - 3 - Barrett Lakes (Climb Agassiz)
July 4 - 4 - Climb North Palisade
July 5 - 5 - Lower Dusy
July 6 - 6 - Climb Giraud Peak
July 7 - 7 - Hike out, Drive to Lodgepole
July 8 - 8 - Drive to Cedar Grove & VVR
July 9 - 9 - Layover
July 10 - 10 - Second Recess
July 11 - 11 - Upper Mills Creek Lake
July 12 - 12 - Climb Mt. Mills
July 13 - 13 - Climb Mt. Abbot Camp at Toe Lake
July 14 - 14 - Climb Bear Creek Spire
July 15 - 15 - Climb Mt. Dade
July 16 - 16 - Royce Lakes
July 17 - 17 - Layover
July 18 - 18 - climb feather
July 19 - 19 - Climb Royce
July 20 - 20 - Lake 11,880 (climb Merriam)
July 21 - 21 - Black Bear Lake
July 22 - 22 - VVR
July 23 - 23 - Layover
July 24 - 24 - San Joaquin Crossing
July 25 - 25 - Lake 11,600
July 26 - 26 - climb Darwin
July 27 - 27 - Climb Spencer
July 28 - 28 - Lake 11,440 (climb Huxley)
July 29 - 29 - climb Fiske & Warlow
July 30 - 30 - Middle Fork Junction
July 31 - 31 - Lake 11,600
August 1 - 32 - layover
August 2 - 33 - climb Bolton Brown
August 3 - 34 - Climb Prater
August 4 - 35 - Muro Blanco
August 5 - 36 - Paradise Valley
August 6 - 37 - Cedar Grove
August 7 - 38 - layover
August 8 - 39 - Grizzly Lakes
August 9 - 40 - climb Mt. Harrington
August 10 - 41 - Climb Tenderfoot Peak Camp at Lake 9599
August 11 - 42 - Upper Swamp Lakes
August 12 - 43 - Climb Hogback Peak
August 13 - 44 - Climb Slide Peak Camp at Lower Slide Lake
August 14 - 45 - Climb Peak 11,114
August 15 - 46 - Climb Kennedy Mountain camp at Volcanic Lakes
August 16 - 47 - Climb Hutchings Camp at Upper Tent Meadow
August 17 - 48 - Cedar Grove
August 18 - 49 - Layover
August 19 - 50 - Junction Meadow
August 20 - 51 - Lake Reflection
August 21 - 52 - Climb Ericsson camp at Lake South America
August 22 - 53 - Climb Mt. Stanford
August 23 - 54 - Climb Caltech Peak
August 24 - 55 - Climb Genevra Camp at Lake 11,560
August 25 - 56 - Climb Mt. Jordan
August 26 - 57 - layover
August 27 - 58 - Lake 11,760
August 28 - 59 - Climb Table Mountain
August 29 - 60 - Lake 11,440
August 30 - 61 - Lion Lake
August 31 - 62 - Lonely Lake
September 1 - 63 - Lodgepole
September 2 - 64 - Drive to VVR
September 3 - 65 - layover
September 4 - 66 - Mono Creek
September 5 - 67 - Pioneer Basin
September 6 - 68 - Climb Mt. Hopkins
September 7 - 69 - Climb Mt. Huntington
September 8 - 70 - Climb Mt. Stanford
September 9 - 71 - Climb Crocker camp at Big McGee Lake
September 10 - 72 - Rose Finch Lake
September 11 - 73 - Climb Mt. Izaak Walton
September 12 - 74 - Climb Peak 12,238
September 13 - 75 - VVR
September 14 - 76 - Head home
Having been almost everywhere in the high Sierra I find each year I am more limited by visiting small new cirques and simply climbing more peaks. Along with AlpineMike's obsession with climbing as many peaks as he can we have come up with this plan: No matter how it goes down in the field it's sure to be another great summer of hiking!
July 1 - 1 - Drive to Parchers
July 2 - 2 - Bishop Lake (Climb Goode)
July 3 - 3 - Barrett Lakes (Climb Agassiz)
July 4 - 4 - Climb North Palisade
July 5 - 5 - Lower Dusy
July 6 - 6 - Climb Giraud Peak
July 7 - 7 - Hike out, Drive to Lodgepole
July 8 - 8 - Drive to Cedar Grove & VVR
July 9 - 9 - Layover
July 10 - 10 - Second Recess
July 11 - 11 - Upper Mills Creek Lake
July 12 - 12 - Climb Mt. Mills
July 13 - 13 - Climb Mt. Abbot Camp at Toe Lake
July 14 - 14 - Climb Bear Creek Spire
July 15 - 15 - Climb Mt. Dade
July 16 - 16 - Royce Lakes
July 17 - 17 - Layover
July 18 - 18 - climb feather
July 19 - 19 - Climb Royce
July 20 - 20 - Lake 11,880 (climb Merriam)
July 21 - 21 - Black Bear Lake
July 22 - 22 - VVR
July 23 - 23 - Layover
July 24 - 24 - San Joaquin Crossing
July 25 - 25 - Lake 11,600
July 26 - 26 - climb Darwin
July 27 - 27 - Climb Spencer
July 28 - 28 - Lake 11,440 (climb Huxley)
July 29 - 29 - climb Fiske & Warlow
July 30 - 30 - Middle Fork Junction
July 31 - 31 - Lake 11,600
August 1 - 32 - layover
August 2 - 33 - climb Bolton Brown
August 3 - 34 - Climb Prater
August 4 - 35 - Muro Blanco
August 5 - 36 - Paradise Valley
August 6 - 37 - Cedar Grove
August 7 - 38 - layover
August 8 - 39 - Grizzly Lakes
August 9 - 40 - climb Mt. Harrington
August 10 - 41 - Climb Tenderfoot Peak Camp at Lake 9599
August 11 - 42 - Upper Swamp Lakes
August 12 - 43 - Climb Hogback Peak
August 13 - 44 - Climb Slide Peak Camp at Lower Slide Lake
August 14 - 45 - Climb Peak 11,114
August 15 - 46 - Climb Kennedy Mountain camp at Volcanic Lakes
August 16 - 47 - Climb Hutchings Camp at Upper Tent Meadow
August 17 - 48 - Cedar Grove
August 18 - 49 - Layover
August 19 - 50 - Junction Meadow
August 20 - 51 - Lake Reflection
August 21 - 52 - Climb Ericsson camp at Lake South America
August 22 - 53 - Climb Mt. Stanford
August 23 - 54 - Climb Caltech Peak
August 24 - 55 - Climb Genevra Camp at Lake 11,560
August 25 - 56 - Climb Mt. Jordan
August 26 - 57 - layover
August 27 - 58 - Lake 11,760
August 28 - 59 - Climb Table Mountain
August 29 - 60 - Lake 11,440
August 30 - 61 - Lion Lake
August 31 - 62 - Lonely Lake
September 1 - 63 - Lodgepole
September 2 - 64 - Drive to VVR
September 3 - 65 - layover
September 4 - 66 - Mono Creek
September 5 - 67 - Pioneer Basin
September 6 - 68 - Climb Mt. Hopkins
September 7 - 69 - Climb Mt. Huntington
September 8 - 70 - Climb Mt. Stanford
September 9 - 71 - Climb Crocker camp at Big McGee Lake
September 10 - 72 - Rose Finch Lake
September 11 - 73 - Climb Mt. Izaak Walton
September 12 - 74 - Climb Peak 12,238
September 13 - 75 - VVR
September 14 - 76 - Head home