The 8:30 group, taking advantage of the lull in Wednesday rain, hiked over 6 miles to Rices Crossing. We did a counter clockwise loop from the parking area on the east side of Pleasant Valley Rd. I am putting this small write up on the blog this week so that you can give me feedback (by email) about the facebook page for Not Another Hill blogspot.
Wednesday Ramblings
Thursday, January 21, 2016
Thursday, December 3, 2015
Hidden Falls Regional Park
New map of park |
Bridge like the one that got so vandalized |
Canyon View Falls |
Naked Buckeye |
Platform at Canyon View |
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Thursday, October 8, 2015
We're Moving!!
I have just posted this week's post on Facebook as the software is much easier to deal with than BlogSpot's software. It is also more egalitarian as others might want to their comments and maps. At least that's the way I hope it will work. Yesterday we circumnavigated Devil's Peak. Hope you can find the page: Not Another Hill Blog
Saturday, October 3, 2015
Mt Tallac and South Tahoe
Four of us camped at Fallenleaf Lake. We hiked 4.5 miles by the lake. The next day another hiker joined us (after multiple construction delays) for our big hike up Mt. Tallac. And so we started. Up, up, up. High steps. Lots of them. Forever. Big granite chunks. 3400 ft elevation gain. Beautifully crafted (state Park?) trail. Views that knock your socks off. After being passed by various young folks, we actually got to the top. And we had it to ourselves. Don't know why. Hate to think about that trail on weekends, especially in the summer. Crowds. The view from the top range from Lake Tahoe to the Desolation Wilderness. So then we started down. And much to our surprise, it took the same amount of time to lower ourselves down those infernal steps. Oh our knees and thighs. And joints. We got to the car just as it was dark. 10.4 miles.
The rain set in that night and the following day. We took a rain walk over to Tahoe. 4.5 miles of flat. In the afternoon we researched camping at Blue Lakes. The rain turned to snow as we drove and by the time we arrived at the lakes, a real snow storm had kicked up. The road in has been paved. Lots of trails in there, including the PCT.
Alone the last day, the two of us took advantage of the crystal clear fall day. We parked easily at Eagle Lake picnic area and hiked up to the lake. More huge granite steps. Amazing trail work. Although, it is supposedly only a mile into the lake, we managed to hike 5 miles by exploring further trails.
Here are the photos from all 4 days. Unfortunately they are somewhat random.
Bliss State Park. Friday on way home.
Fallen Leaf Lake Tuesday
Mt Tallac from top of moraine towards beginning of hike.
Mt Tallac
Selfie on Tallac
Top of Tallac
Thursday at mouth of creek where Kokanee spawn. But they weren't there.
Eagle Lake with Jake Peak.
Friday Eagle lakes hike.
Fabulousl Eagle lake hike
Eagle Lake
Painted Rock Trail
This week's blog is written by Peter.
PCT from Jackson Meadows
Four of us camped right by the PCT at East Meadow Campground. The weather was cold and windy which worsened during our stay. The others arrived earlier and hiked south on the PCT. When we arrived we decided to take the "shortcut" to the southbound PCT as well. Big mistake. Our topo on the Gaia app didn't show the correct position of the PCT so we headed directly up a very steep hillside, clinging on to vegetation while searching. Meanwhile, the others hiked far enough south in order to be turned around by the increasing cold and wind. We finally found the PCT and headed south as well but turned around right about when we hit the ridge and outcroppings. We got back to our campers quite cold. A bit later it was spitting rain and snow with more rain during the night.
The second day we were joined by another hiking group member and we took off north on the PCT. The hiking was fairly easy with some large elevation gains and losses. Our goal was to get to the Milton Creek Bridge which is where we hiked to last year when we camped at Wild Plum, near Sierra City. We ticked away the miles, finally arriving at a Milton crossing. It didn't look right. But checking our mileage, we were shocked that we already had hiked nearly 8 miles!! That would make a round trip of 16 miles. We hatched various plans of a hiker returning for a car but the miles he would have to drive scotched the plans. As a result, we all hiked back and managed to survive the 16 miles. Hence there is a short section between the two bridges that we haven't hiked.
The last day we decided a rest was needed so we moved camp to the Little Truckee River, north of Truckee. We traveled to Sierraville and soaked in the hot pools. In the morning the outside temperature was 26. No wonder we were so cold.
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