This hike’s nominations for “Trail Highlight” are: The Cloudripper, The Medic, The Foxtail Pine and The Clark’s Nutcracker. Upon my first visit to the South Lake Trailhead above the town of Bishop, California I thought it was the prettiest high sierra trailhead I had yet seen. I feel a second opinion is in order, so […]

Read more "Un Cuento del Camino: Loose Ends (August 8 to August 12, 2022)"

Here we have a 16 mile round trip hike between “Mineral King” (approximate elevation: 8,000 feet)  and Franklin Pass (approximate elevation: 12,000 feet.) Mineral King (now officially part of Sequoia National Park) is a sub alpine valley in the southern Sierra Nevada mountains accessible by road from the western slope via Visalia, California. The final […]

Read more "Un Cuento del Camino: Disneyland in the Sky (July 17, 2022 to July 20, 2022)"