Month: August 2021

I went on a four day solo backpacking trek in the Sierra Nevada, starting at Duck Lake Pass in Mammoth Lakes, and hiked to the Pacific Crest Trail / John Muir Trail, where I headed south as far as Mono Creek, then hiked back north all the way to Reds Meadow near the Devils Postpile.  This hike served to “bag” yet another section of the PCT and JMT that I hadn’t hiked yet.  It also gave me one final opportunity to hike in the High Sierra during the dry and smoky Summer of 2021 before the authorities closed the forest due to fire danger.  It was great!

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Vicki and I went on a four day backpacking trek in the Sierra Nevada, hiking north on the Pacific Crest Trail from Devils Postpile to Thousand Island Lake, followed by hiking south on the John Muir Trail back to Devils Postpile.  This loop is one of the places where the PCT diverges from the JMT, and we wanted to experience both of them.  Which trail section was better?  Well, that’s hard to say.  Read on, and you can come to your own conclusions.

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