{"id":725,"date":"2015-06-05T11:46:19","date_gmt":"2015-06-05T16:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skelmo.com\/?p=725"},"modified":"2015-06-05T11:54:15","modified_gmt":"2015-06-05T16:54:15","slug":"yosemite-backpacking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skelmo.com\/?p=725","title":{"rendered":"Yosemite Backpacking"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the last few days, Preston and I hiked in Yosemite,\u00a0 We hiked up Rafferty Creek to the area around the High Sierra Camp.<\/p>\n

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The trail climbed about 1,500 feet over 5 miles so we took it slow since we weren’t acclimated to\u00a088600 ft\u00a0yet.<\/p>\n

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When we hit the pass, the mosquitos were out so we looked for a place to camp so we could get shelter from the bugs.\u00a0 We decided on Booth Lake but we stayed away from the water and camped on the tarns about 100 feet above the lake.\u00a0 It was better, but the mosquitos were still bad.<\/p>\n

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Our camp was on a rock shelf that still had snow fall and a very daring Marmot.\u00a0 He reminded me of our dog Izzy since no matter how much noise we made, he kept coming closer to check out our gear for food.\u00a0 Preston wanted to test the snow and found that the warm temperature had melted it enough to cause him to “post hole” in sandals.<\/p>\n

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We went to bed early that night but woke up with sunrise before 6am.\u00a0 Since the next day only required us to go about 3 miles, we decided to climb the peak across from the lake.\u00a0 The unnamed peak looked to be about a 1500ft climb\u00a0with a reasonable approach.\u00a0 We set off up the trail so we could get around the lake before going cross country.\u00a0 The cross country route required a little creek hopping, but we finally reached the slope on the other side and started\u00a0a switchback route up the face.\u00a0 Once we hit the halfway point we found a\u00a0crease that a creek created\u00a0and we\u00a0followed it.\u00a0 At one point, it was choked with boulders that required we to go\u00a0around, but Preston was determined to find a route through it.\u00a0 The pictures below are of him entering and exiting the pile of rocks.<\/p>\n

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Once we got to the saddle, we saw that the ridge was sheer on the opposite side and the side we were on had huge boulders that made the climb pretty risky,\u00a0 We decided to call that our summit at 11,100ft.\u00a0 In the background of the picture below, you can see how steep the opposite side of the mountain was.<\/p>\n

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When\u00a0we got back to camp the bugs were coming out so we packed\u00a0up and started climbing to our next camp site,\u00a0 The trail had a lot of snow on it that was slowly melting turning the rest of the trail to mud.\u00a0 We climbed about 700ft\u00a0and crossed into the Evelyn Lake basin which was where we were spending the next night.\u00a0\u00a0 At this altitude, there were no bugs, but it was cold and very windy.\u00a0 The lake was still half covered with ice and there was very little cover.\u00a0 We found a spot in a few trees that helped a little, but\u00a0we\u00a0settled into the tent to play cards for the rest of the day.<\/p>\n

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The next morning, we started down the trail.\u00a0 Our destination was about 7 miles away at a much lower elevation.<\/p>\n

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On the way we determined that if we felt good enough, we’d go 4 miles further back to the car and see if we could sleep warm and bug free the 3rd night.\u00a0 Preston set a serious pace and we did the 11 miles in less that 4 hours,\u00a0 We stayed in a hotel in Oakhurst last night and watched the first game of the NBA finals.\u00a0 Tomorrow, I’m running the shadow of the giants 50k again.\u00a0 The weather looks like it’s going to be perfect.\u00a0 All the pics are below.<\/p>\n

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