June 27 to June 30th The Sierra Adventures Continue!
Stunning lake on side trail to Kearsarge Pass
Batteries, Pepper Jack, Bloody Knuckles, and Intruder taking in views of the rugged Sierras from Kearsarge Pass, there's snow flurries in them thar clouds!
Seventeen mile hitch to Independence, Pepper Jack and Intruder enjoying the ride!
Same truckbed, same ride to Independence. Bloody Knuckles and Rabbit on one curvy scary ride!
Freight Train, Batteries, Chubs, Gloves, Intruder, Panda, and Bloody Knuckles sharing stories about crossing Forester Pass...Independence Motel.
Pepper Jack busy journaling events in the Sierras at the Independence Courthouse motel.
Freight Train and Intruder traversing their way across snow fields on the way up to Glen Pass.
Bloody Knuckles and Pepper Jack taking in the views from Glen Pass.
Rabbit sucking in oxygen at Glen Pass, feeling better than the day before!
Stripe and Solid at the summit of Glen Pass. Time to yodel!!
Pepper Jack and Intruder delicately hiking across sun-cupped snowfields, hard work!
The gang finds bare trail switchbacks down to the Rae Lakes. Time for a swim!
Pepper Jack fording Rae Lakes on log footbridge as Batteries checks on rest of the crew.
Open trail ahead until we begin that climb to Pinchot Pass up ahead.
Woods Creek waterfall...typical of the whole trek across the Sierras this year.
The gang traversing snow fields again on the way up to cross over Pinchot Pass.
Intruder making a tricky runoff stream ford...when not in snow, we get to do this all day!
Oh boy, more sun cupped snowfields to cross! How beautiful though and definitely worth the work.
Our friend Scotland joins us for the Mather Pass summit. Freight Train in background surveying our route options.
Intruder working his way down from Mather, sun is setting, no end to snowfields in sight!
Rabbit and Intruder share a moment of solidarity as sun sets and Mather Pass is now behind us.
Cold morning comes to the isolated rock outcrop we called home among the snowfields after Mather Pass.
Pepper Jack and Rabbit pose by Lower Palisade Lake and celebrate bare ground!
