Back from Yosemite
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 1:27 pm
Hi all – back. Alas that went way too quick. Trip report/stories to follow but,
FYI, it is still possible to catch (and release) 20 inch ‘bows as well as 15 inch Goldens along this route…24 days, ~125 miles, 90+ fish total.
But to summarize it briefly...It was truly epic!
1) Yosemite Valley…July 4th
2) Tuolumne
3) Below Donahue…twin bridges
4) Waugh Lake drainage
5) 1000 Island Lake – 50 mph winds
6) 1000 Island Lake area
7) Marie Lake (Lower)
8) Mt. Lyell/glacier…camped high green tarn, below Donahue
9) Tuolumne
10) West Ridge Conness…(50 + mph winds)…Saddlebag Lake
11) 20 Lakes basin/ Saddlebag Lake
12) Tuolumne – talk to old ranger…cell
13) Valley…morning bus to Mono Meadows trailhead
14) Illilouette Creek
15) Lower Ottoway Lake
16) Red Peak Pass - Numbered Lake below Edna Lake (*)
17) Edna Lake (*)
18) Red Devil Lake (*)(#)
19) Adair Lake (*)(#) – rain and hail
20) Obelisk Lake (*)(#)
21) Merced Lake HSC - dinner
22) LYV
23) Valley
24) Home…July 27th
(*) – The old ranger appears - Damn strong hiker.
(#) - Tehipite Tom joins in here too...built like a truck.
FYI, it is still possible to catch (and release) 20 inch ‘bows as well as 15 inch Goldens along this route…24 days, ~125 miles, 90+ fish total.
But to summarize it briefly...It was truly epic!
1) Yosemite Valley…July 4th
2) Tuolumne
3) Below Donahue…twin bridges
4) Waugh Lake drainage
5) 1000 Island Lake – 50 mph winds
6) 1000 Island Lake area
7) Marie Lake (Lower)
8) Mt. Lyell/glacier…camped high green tarn, below Donahue
9) Tuolumne
10) West Ridge Conness…(50 + mph winds)…Saddlebag Lake
11) 20 Lakes basin/ Saddlebag Lake
12) Tuolumne – talk to old ranger…cell
13) Valley…morning bus to Mono Meadows trailhead
14) Illilouette Creek
15) Lower Ottoway Lake
16) Red Peak Pass - Numbered Lake below Edna Lake (*)
17) Edna Lake (*)
18) Red Devil Lake (*)(#)
19) Adair Lake (*)(#) – rain and hail
20) Obelisk Lake (*)(#)
21) Merced Lake HSC - dinner
22) LYV
23) Valley
24) Home…July 27th
(*) – The old ranger appears - Damn strong hiker.
(#) - Tehipite Tom joins in here too...built like a truck.