Back From Visiting the Aspens
Sierra Aspen Grove, Sun. Sierra Nevada, California. September 29, 2007. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell.
I’ll write more about my adventure later…
Sierra Nevada
Lower Young Lake, Morning
As an example of why it was so hard to get on the trail on the last day of my recent Young Lakes pack trip, this photo of a morning view a short stroll from my campsite.
Lower Young Lake, Morning. Yosemite National Park, California. September 11, 2007. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell.
Sierra Nevada and Yosemite [...]
Crossing New Army Pass
Last week I began recounting some of my Summer 2007 backpacking experiences with a description of Crossing Shepherd Pass. Here I’ll continue with another pass from the same trip, New Army Pass.
First a bit of background. A few years ago, a previous talusdancers trip took us into the same area. We began that trip at [...]
Mitchell Peak - I Must Do This Hike!
Tom Stienstra at SFGate describes the hike to a Sierra peak that I must visit - it shares my last name!
An overlooked hike that should be on everybody’s list. From 10,365-foot Mitchell Peak, you can extend your arms and feel like the entire Sierra Nevada is within your reach. Scanning from right to left, you [...]
Crossing Mono Pass, Sierra Crest
Crossing Mono Pass, Sierra Crest. Yosemite National Park, California. May 20, 2007. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell. (Sales)
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A Couple Tom Stienstra Articles
A couple of Sierra Nevada stories in SFGate:
NOTEBOOK / The mountain highways are opening up all over Northern California. Highway 108 at Sonora Pass became the first trans-Sierra highway to open this year, when it was cleared last weekend for the opening of trout season. The highway was closed this past week for maintenance but [...]
More Right Than I Thought?
During the past week or so I have posted a few times about the prospective opening of Tioga Pass Road through Tuolumne Meadows between the Central Valley and Owens Valley. First I predicted that the road might open this past Thursday - based on historic opening dates and information could read about current road-clearing progress. [...]
More on Tioga Pass Opening
Yosemite Explorer posts a story supporting my hope that Tioga Pass Road will open very soon:
Tioga Pass and Glacier Point Roads Opening Soon (May 4?); Sonora Pass Opens (27 April 2007).
Tioga Pass Road has opened to administrative traffic as of a couple of days ago (Friday, April 27, 2007). That basically means that they [...]
Tioga Road Plowing - The Video
I just found a neat little video about the work of the road crew as they plow across the Olmsted Point area above Tenaya Lake: http://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/upload/olmstedplowing.mov
(Meanwhile, my thoughts are turning towards Death Valley… :-)
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Best Time of the Year in the Sierra?
It is September, and my favorite time of the year in the Sierra Nevada begins now and lasts for the next two months or so.
Aspen Leaves. Bishop Creek, California. October 1, 2006. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell.
Labor Day weekend marks the last big rush of tourists to the Sierra - at least until the ski [...]
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