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July 3-8th: 80-90 mile, partial cross country Sierran trip. EPIC!


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  • #1856937
    Jack H.
    Member

    @found

    Locale: Sacramento, CA

    Permit pickup is at the White Mountain Ranger Station in the middle of Bishop. I suspect that they have after hours pickup, but I haven't confirmed that yet.

    #1856978
    James Winstead
    Spectator

    @james_w

    Locale: CA

    Mantica sounds good to me. Perfectly situated for a fortifying in-n-out.

    Adan, cool to see you again, Casey, Dave and Craig looking forward to meeting you guys.

    105 days

    #1857347
    Jack H.
    Member

    @found

    Locale: Sacramento, CA

    No idea where we'd park a car for that long in Manteca though.. I've left mine on city streets for the weekend.. but…

    #1857354
    W I S N E R !
    Spectator

    @xnomanx

    I'll try to call the ranger station tomorrow about pick up times/after hours. Let me know if you get any info before I do.

    I'm on summer vacation on the 3rd so I could pretty much get up there whatever time I want, depending on when Adan can leave. So I think getting the permit is no problem.

    #1857381
    Bob Gross
    BPL Member

    @b-g-2-2

    Locale: Silicon Valley

    By summertime, the White Mountain Ranger Station in Bishop is fully involved with the summer schedule and procedures. However, right now I would guess that they are still in winter mode, so they may not be thinking ahead far enough about details.

    Whatever they tell you now may get changed as a result of federal staffing cutbacks.

    –B.G.–

    #1857383
    Jack H.
    Member

    @found

    Locale: Sacramento, CA

    I called today at 4:45 and they had closed due to winter hours at 4:30.

    #1858306
    Dave T
    Member

    @davet

    hey all.

    i'm liking the sound of this. i imagine us folks from the bay area/valley should carpool over. i've always wanted to go in over Taboose, but Baxter is an option too; plenty of time to come up with lots of cross-country granite wandering.

    sounds good!

    #1858335
    W I S N E R !
    Spectator

    @xnomanx

    Just called White Mountain; they said the permit can be picked up at any of the 4 Inyo stations before 5PM.
    If I can get away before 2PM, I'm thinking that stopping in Lone Pine before 5 would work on July 3rd.

    After-hours pickup is OK as long as nobody is entering Sequoia/Kings Canyon.

    #1858759
    Jack H.
    Member

    @found

    Locale: Sacramento, CA

    Dave, we're going over Lamarck Col and into Ionian Basin (and perhaps elsewhere). Climbing peaks, doing some cross country passes. Are you still interested?

    Craig, thanks for calling them! I'm all for carpooling.

    Who's driving from the bay? Can I park and ride?

    It'd be great if you can reach Lone Pine by 5pm. Since we're entering SEKI, we'll have to pick up the permit on the 4th otherwise. Not a huge deal..

    Who's carrying the watermelon?

    #1858763
    Ryan Teale
    BPL Member

    @monstertruck-2

    Locale: Almost Yosemite

    Looks like I'm too late to join the party. Sounds like an awesome trip and one I've had in mind. I'll be looking forward to a good trip report!

    Ryan

    #1859515
    Dave T
    Member

    @davet

    "Dave, we're going over Lamarck Col and into Ionian Basin (and perhaps elsewhere). Climbing peaks, doing some cross country passes. Are you still interested?"

    I'm down for that. Never been over Larmarck and into Ionian. I'd be up for peak bagging as long as it's Class 2 – easy 3 kinda stuff. More off-trail the better for me.

    And I'd be looking to carpool with the NorCal crew.

    #1859744
    David W.
    BPL Member

    @davidpcvsamoa

    Locale: East Bay, CA

    If you guys from the Bay need a place to park I have a space for you in north Modesto right off CA99. It would be no more than a few minutes detour to get back on CA108/120. If it's only one car, I'll let someone park in my designated carport parking space at the apartment complex I live at.

    I am not sure I will be able to watch you all takeoff for the trailhead because I will be tearing my heart out with jealousy. It looks like a great group and plan.

    #1859758
    Dave T
    Member

    @davet

    Too bad, since if you went I'd have someone to talk electronic music with!

    #1859784
    David W.
    BPL Member

    @davidpcvsamoa

    Locale: East Bay, CA

    That would have been great. We will have to do a trip this summer.

    #1872530
    Adan Lopez
    Spectator

    @lopez

    Locale: San Gabriel Valley

    Jack,

    Giving the maps a good once over. One obvious route from Darwin to Ionian would be through McGhee Lakes, over the ridge to Davis Lake, down to Martha Lake, back up into Ionian that way. Seeing lots of good beta out there for this. Seems like a good off track route with plenty of potentential peaks to tag if so inclined. I'll look for other route possibilities to make this a loop back to South Lake or North Lake.

    Or Do you already have an idea of where we're going on this one?

    #1879122
    Dave T
    Member

    @davet

    hey y'all.

    i trust this trip is still on the calendar (it's on mine!). just firming up all the summer plans.

    game on?

    #1879123
    W I S N E R !
    Spectator

    @xnomanx

    All good here, I'm looking forward to it.

    #1879127
    Jack H.
    Member

    @found

    Locale: Sacramento, CA

    Game on.
    Adan, sorry I missed your post. I'll look at your proposal. just a sec.

    #1879134
    Jack H.
    Member

    @found

    Locale: Sacramento, CA

    Adan, we're thinking along the same lines!

    Everyone, check out my proposed trip. Thoughts?

    #1880217
    Adan Lopez
    Spectator

    @lopez

    Locale: San Gabriel Valley

    Jack, looks great. Red and blue routes would be my preference as well.

    Looks like there is an alternate return via Lake Sabrina if you'd prefer a loop. Basically it breaks east at Saphire lake cross country, crosses over just north of Mount Haeckel and then down to Hungry Packer Lake. Not a preference of mine, just another option. might be slow going though as info is sparse and route finding may be tricky…. http://www.scaruffi.com/travel/evolut.html

    #1880253
    Jack H.
    Member

    @found

    Locale: Sacramento, CA

    Yep, Haeckle Col is definitely an option. Now that I look at it, that blue line near Darwin Lakes is miss-drawn. I was intending it to be Haeckle.

    (some info about it and photos are here: http://www.snwburd.com/bob/trip_reports/scylla_1.html)

    A good discussion of the four passes that we can choose from. http://www.summitpost.org/enchanted-gorge/420576

    I figure we head in via Lamarck and assess the groups desires on the return to see if we want to aim for Haeckle or Echo or something.

    #1880282
    W I S N E R !
    Spectator

    @xnomanx

    Everything on the route looks great to me so far.

    #1881530
    James Winstead
    Spectator

    @james_w

    Locale: CA

    Guys, I'm still totally stoked for this. Red and blue routes seem great to me. Jack, I like your idea of seeing where everyone is at and having the opportunity to select options from there.

    #1883228
    Gary Gilbert
    Member

    @flamingo_cafe

    I see an early posting that the trip is full. Is it still full? Have space for one more? I've done lot's of backpacking trips with the Sierra Club, and would like to join in on this one if there is room. Thanks, Gary.

    #1883832
    Jack H.
    Member

    @found

    Locale: Sacramento, CA

    Sorry, Gary. It's still full.

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