Twelve Fox Cities Backpacker Meetup group (including Carl Fisher and Ed Tucker) tackle this 38 mile desert hike.
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Desolation Wilderness California August 2021
A group of 10 hearty backpackers are forced off the trail by the Caldor Fire in California.
Continue readingJohn Muir Trail-Red Meadows to Whitney, CA August 2020
What an awesome trip. Highlight of the trip was all of the wonderful scenery. The low light of the trip was all of the smoke from wild fires.
Continue readingPCT Big Meadows to Yosemite, CA July 2019
Tahoe Rim Trail CA July 2018
Tahoe Rim Trail, CA September 2017
PCT-Burney Falls CA to Ashland OR July 2017
John Muir Trail – Northern Section – August 2013
Death Valley, CA – March 2008
Death Valley CA is an interesting place. A place with a dry, forbidding and hostile environment but when one ventures off into one of the myriad of canyons one experiences the tremendous and beautiful power of flash floods. Slick canyon walls that have been carved out over the years are just jaw dropping in beauty. And speaking of beauty, the wild flowers were in abundance during this trip.
Continue readingYosemite National Park, CA June 2000
Lori’s First Backpack Trip. The Alder River trail in Yosemite National Park is an easy hiking trail that is mainly in wooded areas without many views. It is a great trail for a first time backpacker.
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