The Best Photography Spots Along the High Sierra Trail
The Best Photography Spots Along the High Sierra Trail Sequoia National Park, California When I'm backpacking, I usually enjoy doing little-to-no work once I've reached and set up camp. Because of this, there were times during my once-in-a-lifetime High Sierra trip where I didn't even go out and shoot during the golden hours, usually using ...
High Sierra Trail Day 7 – Guitar Lake, Summiting Mt Whitney, on to Whitney Portal
High Sierra Trail Day 7 - Guitar Lake to Whitney Portal Sequoia National Park, California Summiting Mt Whitney Summiting Mt Whitney - We knew we had a real long day ahead of us, not to mention civilization, burgers, and beers, so we had packed up camp and were on trail by 2:15 in the morning ...
Mt Whitney: the Tallest Peak in the Lower US
Mt Whitney: the Tallest Peak in the Lower US Sequoia National Park, California Standing only 84.6 miles from Badwater Basin in Death Valley National Park, which is the lowest point in North America (-282 feet), Mt Whitney is the highest mountain in the contiguous United States at 14,505 feet - a whopping 14,787 foot difference! ...
High Sierra Trail Day 6 – Crabtree Ranger Station to Guitar Lake
High Sierra Trail Day 6 - Crabtree Ranger Station to Guitar Lake Sequoia National Park, California Our sixth day on the High Sierra Trail was kind of as casual as it gets... and as beautiful as it gets... We enjoyed an extremely leisurely breakfast at Crabtree before breaking camp around 10 a.m. The High Sierra ...
High Sierra Trail Day 5 – Junction Meadow to Crabtree Ranger Station
High Sierra Trail Day 5 - Junction Meadow to Crabtree Ranger Station Sequoia National Park, California When planning out our High Sierra Trail logistics, on our sixth day we initially aimed on hiking nearly 12 miles all the way through from Junction Meadow to Guitar Lake at the western base of Mt Whitney. We'd then ...
High Sierra Trail Day 4 – Kern Canyon: Moraine Lake to Junction Meadow
High Sierra Trail Day 4 - Kern Canyon: Moraine Lake to Junction Meadow Sequoia National Park, California After a strenuous 14-mile day and based on how I felt at dinner the night before, I was expecting to barely be able to walk on our fourth day on the High Sierra Trail. But as my body had ...
High Sierra Trail Day 3 (Part 2) – Kaweah Gap to Moraine Lake
High Sierra Trail Day 3 (Part 2) - Kaweah Gap to Moraine Lake Sequoia National Park, California The longest 2.2 miles ever... From Kaweah Gap, the High Sierra Trail began a long, gradual descent through drastically different terrain going from the the barren alpine zone to a flourishing tundra. During the last few ice ages, a ...
High Sierra Trail Day 3 (Part 1) – Hamilton Lake to Kaweah Gap
High Sierra Trail Day 3 (Part 1) - Hamilton Lake to Kaweah Gap Sequoia National Park, California "Well, okay. This is life now." The third day on the High Sierra Trail was easily the most memorable day and the highlight of the entire trail for me, both for good and bad. It was the day ...
High Sierra Trail Day 2 – Bearpaw Meadow to Hamilton Lake
High Sierra Trail Day 2 - Bearpaw Meadow to Hamilton Lake Sequoia National Park, California Having bitten off a little extra mileage than we planned on our first day out on the High Sierra Trail, we began our second day with a nice, leisurely breakfast before finally breaking camp somewhere around the crack of 10 ...