Eastern Sierra hikes (2010-22)

Intro and Index

Posted April '25

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Intro -

Briones, Nov. '20

On my quest to pay homage to Rich, for his skillful and dedicated facilitation of monthly hikes for 20+ years, for so many of us hikers, I chose the annual group trips to the Eastern Sierra, as the best hiking examples in my collection. They   began in 2006 and continued until 2022.  

The group typically stayed four nights, for years camping at various places from Mammoth south to the Kearsarge Pass area, and driving to local trail heads. Starting in 2012 we all wanted beds & warm showers and stayed in cabins, often at 7,500 to 9,000 ft elevations. Well, some folks who attended were at nearby campgrounds.

The highest and most scenic hiking experiences occurred when the trailhead was just outside the cabin door. Often we left at 8 am and didn't get back until 3 or 4 pm. 

Rich always provided hikers with maps and photocopied trail descriptions from his extensive guidebook collection. Out on the trail Rich was the guide and source of plant info (he had a degree in Botany from Stanford).    

I decided to use 2010 as a starting point, perhaps because that's when Linda appeared, immediately improving Rich's life, well, and others too.

Index      

Eastern Sierra Hikes - Intro

2010 - Piute Pass, Rock Creek Lakes, and Sabrina Basin      

2011 - no trip that year       

2012 -  Lundy Lake, Virginia Lakes, and Horse Creek

2013 -

2014 -

2015 - 

2016 -

2017 - 

2018 -

 2019 -

2020 -

2021 - 

2022 -

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Postscript - We were

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