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creekster · 07-30-2007, 05:28 PM

I am taking me and my typos and going to hike int he mountains for a week. Western side of the Sierra, north of 80 and east of 20 and doing abotu a 25 mile circuit for thweek. SHould be fun. See you later.

creekster · 08-06-2007, 09:37 PM

Had a great trip. 24-26 miles over 4.5 days with ~ 6000 feet in elevation gain. The Sierra are very very dry this year. Many streams from last year are gone this year, leaving a bone dry wash. Saw the largest Rattle snake I have ever seen, 4+ feet long. The lakes are spectacular. Here is a typical scene:

bigpiney · 08-06-2007, 09:56 PM

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Had a great trip. 24-26 miles over 4.5 days with ~ 6000 feet in elevation gain. The Sierra are very very dry this year. Many streams from last year are gone this year, leaving a bone dry wash. Saw the largest Rattle snake I have ever seen, 4+ feet long. The lakes are spectacular. Here is a

What exactly was the itinerary? I have only really done one trip up in that area, but I really enjoyed it. I have spent the rest of my time in the Sierra south of Yosemite.

The trip I did up there was a 50 miler from Donner pass to Gold Lake along the PCT.

creekster · 08-06-2007, 10:04 PM

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What exactly was the itinerary? I have only really done one trip up in that area, but I really enjoyed it. I have spent the rest of my time in the Sierra south of Yosemite.

The trip I did up there was a 50 miler from Donner pass to Gold Lake along the PCT.

I'll post a more detalied description later. We were below the PCT. It included Beyers Lakes, Carr lake and Downey lake.

bigpiney · 08-06-2007, 10:15 PM

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I'll post a more detalied description later. We were below the PCT. It included Beyers Lakes, Carr lake and Downey lake.

man I am jealous, looking forward to it.

Surfah · 08-06-2007, 10:50 PM

Have any of you guys done the Dinky Lakes? We did a 50 miler in there one summer. Well we were supposed to and after a 12 mile hike and stop at the first lake we had ourselves a little mutiny and ended up camping at that lake for 3 nights. The scoutmaster convinced us to do one more hike to another lake and we stayed there two nights before hiking out. Great trip. And great fishing in lakes like the one Creekster posted above.

RockyBalboa · 08-06-2007, 11:40 PM

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Have any of you guys done the Dinky Lakes? We did a 50 miler in there one summer. Well we were supposed to and after a 12 mile hike and stop at the first lake we had ourselves a little mutiny and ended up camping at that lake for 3 nights. The scoutmaster convinced us to do one more hike to another lake and we stayed there two nights before hiking out. Great trip. And great fishing in lakes like the one Creekster posted above.

Dinky Lakes? *chuckling*

bigpiney · 08-06-2007, 11:59 PM

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Have any of you guys done the Dinky Lakes?

Hiked out of there once, went across the Sierra and out of Bishop Pass.

Surfah · 08-07-2007, 06:32 AM

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Hiked out of there once, went across the Sierra and out of Bishop Pass.

So is that the backside from Bishop Pass? We went over on the Tulare/Fresno side. Sorry to hijack your thread Creekster.

bigpiney · 08-07-2007, 02:54 PM

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So is that the backside from Bishop Pass? We went over on the Tulare/Fresno side. Sorry to hijack your thread Creekster.

Well we stared on the Fresno side hiking through the Dinkey lakes area and then continued across the Sierra all the way to the Bishop side.

07-30-2007, 05:28 PM	#1
creekster Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: the far corner of my mind Posts: 8,711	Off to camp I am taking me and my typos and going to hike int he mountains for a week. Western side of the Sierra, north of 80 and east of 20 and doing abotu a 25 mile circuit for thweek. SHould be fun. See you later. __________________ Sorry for th e tpyos.

08-06-2007, 09:37 PM	#2
creekster Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: the far corner of my mind Posts: 8,711	Had a great trip. 24-26 miles over 4.5 days with ~ 6000 feet in elevation gain. The Sierra are very very dry this year. Many streams from last year are gone this year, leaving a bone dry wash. Saw the largest Rattle snake I have ever seen, 4+ feet long. The lakes are spectacular. Here is a typical scene: __________________ Sorry for th e tpyos.

08-06-2007, 10:50 PM	#6
Surfah Master Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: F'burg, VA Posts: 3,211	Have any of you guys done the Dinky Lakes? We did a 50 miler in there one summer. Well we were supposed to and after a 12 mile hike and stop at the first lake we had ourselves a little mutiny and ended up camping at that lake for 3 nights. The scoutmaster convinced us to do one more hike to another lake and we stayed there two nights before hiking out. Great trip. And great fishing in lakes like the one Creekster posted above. __________________ Ernie Johnson: "Auburn is a pretty good school. To graduate from there I suppose you really need to work hard and put forth maximum effort." Charles Barkley: "20 pts and 10 rebounds will get you through also!"