Mostly True Stories of My Hiking Trips, a PhotoJournal
We went on an overnight backpacking trek into the Hoover Wilderness, hiking along the Leavitt Meadows Trail to Roosevelt Lake, visiting Lane Lake and Secret Lake on the high trail on our way back to the car.
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As our final hike in the Desolation Wilderness this year, we decided to dayhike to see both Eagle Falls and Eagle Lake, on a popular trail just to the west of Lake Tahoe. It was a bit touristy, but we enjoyed it just the same.
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We backpacked for two nights along the Twin Lakes Trail, on the western side of the Desolation Wilderness, spending one day hiking to Twin Lakes, then a lazy day walking around the high glaciated granite basin below the Crystal Range while checking out Island Lake and fishing for Brook Trout, and a final day heading cross-country to visit the Enchanted Pool.
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As our first overnight hike in the Desolation Wilderness this trip, we hiked on the Meeks Creek Trail from Lake Tahoe, climbing up to Lake Genevieve, then went a bit further to set up camp at Crag Lake, plus a side visit to Hidden Lake.
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On the way south from Mammoth Lakes, I stopped by Rock Creek and the Little Lakes Valley for a quick overnight backpacking trek to visit Chickenfoot Lake, where I fished for trout but mainly spent my time gazing at the beautiful High Sierra scenery.
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After backpacking through Devils Postpile, I left the monument and headed into the town of Mammoth Lakes, then drove up the long grade to the Mammoth Pass Trail, where I dayhiked to check out McLeod Lake, one of the few places where you can supposedly catch a Piute Trout, but I never got a bite. The lake was pretty, so it was all good.
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I did a solo backpacking trek out of Devils Postpile National Monument, heading southwest up and around the King Creek basin, and visited several snow-rimmed high lakes plus a bonus sighting of Minaret Falls when it was flowing strong during the big melt of 2023.
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I visited Mammoth Lakes and car-camped at Devils Postpile, then took an easy day hike on the Rainbow Falls Trail, which was flowing strong in the Summer of 2023, and, as a treat, I got to see it with a Rainbow that afternoon!
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Vicki and I did a ten day backpacking trek from Mono Pass to Piute Pass, starting in Little Lakes Valley, climbing over Mono Pass, descending Mono Creek, heading south on the John Muir Trail, climbing over Selden Pass, ascending Piute Creek, and, eventually, arriving at our car at North Lake. We had a wonderful time exploring deep lakes, high peaks, stunning passes, and raging creeks. All told, we hiked seventy miles, climbed nearly 12,000 feet, swatted many mosquitos, and caught countless trout, several of which we ate.
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While acclimating to elevation, Vicki and I spent a day checking out Convict Lake, located in the Eastern Sierra south of Mammoth Lakes. I did a bit of fly fishing, too, but had no luck catching a trout, which was not uncommon; although the lake is regularly stocked, it is also very heavily fished.
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