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Been having a "heat wave" here, 30 days in a row with temps over 100 degrees, including a couple back-to-back 114 days. Cooled down to 96-97 for a couple days but now they are calling for at least another week with temps over 100 every day. I had planned a ride to the mountains where it would be cooler, then I found out my daughter was also planning a trip to the mountains, just a little different than my trip. She planned a solo hike on the "High Sierra" trail, 72 miles in seven days backpacking west to east across the Sierras, much of it over 10,000 ft. elevation passes. I modified my plans a little so I could meet her with her husband at the trailhead and wait for her at the end of her hike. She arrived as planned, with sore feet but otherwise OK. She is one amazing woman! I was so glad to see her I didn't get any pics, but I just have to brag on her. She and her husband headed back home while I continued my ride, staying at the high elevations where it was cooler. Just a few pics of my campsite near Lone Pine and Yosemite. The mountains in the background are the ones she backpacked across.
It's called the "High Sierra Trail", over the 10,700' Kaweah Pass. She has done several sections of the PCT and to the top of Whitney over the years. She comes by it honestly, I carried her to the top of Nevada Falls in Yosemite when she was four months old.
Right, Alabama Hills.
LNice Trail.
I’ve done Crabtree and Whitney from the east side then north on JMT over all the passes to Yosemite. But not from the west side through Kaweah Basin
Mount Whitney to Reds Meadows. 165 miles:
Mt Whitney Trailhead 8300 ft. Elevatio
Mt Whitney Trail Camp 12,000 ft.
Mt. Whitney Peak 14,505 ft.
Guitar Lake 11,600 ft.
Tyndall Creek 10,892 ft.
Forester Pass 13,153 ft.
Bubbs Creek 8530 ft.
Vidette Meadows 9600 ft.
Glen Pass 11,926 ft.
Rae Lakes 10,500 ft.
Woods Creek 8500 ft.
Pinchot Pass 12,107 ft.
Lake Marjorie 10,075 ft.
Mather Pass 12,100 ft.
Palisade Lakes 10,827 ft.
Le Conte Ranger Station (closed). Exit point to Dusy Basin & South Lake
Muir Pass. 11,955 ft.
Wanda Lake. 11,500 ft.
Evolution Lake. 10,866 ft.
McClure Meadow. 9639 ft.
Evolution Valley Goddard Canyon Bridge. 8450 ft.
Piute Canyon Creek Bridge. 8500 ft. Entry point from North Lake Piute Pass Trail
Sallie Keyes Lake. 10,180 ft.
Selden Pass. 10,860 ft.
Marie Lake. 10,525 ft.
Mono Creek. 7860 ft.
Silver Pass. 10,900 ft.
Fish Creek. 9100 ft.
Lake Virginia. 10,400 ft.
Duck Lake Pass. 10,800 ft.
Deer Creek. 7580 ft.
Reds Meadows. 7700 ft.
Reds Meadows to Tuolumne Meadows. 35 miles:
Agnew Meadows 8400 ft.
Thousand Island Lake 10,108 ft.
Donohue Pass 11,066 ft.
Lyell Fork 8566 ft.
Tuolumne Meadows 8619 ft.
Tuolumne Meadows to Yosemite Valley Happy Isles. 23 miles.
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Beautiful scenery. Cool tent, does it pop up, what's it have for a floor?
It's a Cot/tent, basically a cot that comes with a one-person tent that attaches to it with Velcro. Works great, very sturdy, fits in my sidecar fine, but would be too bulky and heavy to carry on a two-wheel bike. https://kamprite.com/tent-cots/
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Getting away from the heat
