Pika in Ansel Adams Wilderness

Thousand Island Lake to the Rush Creek Trailhead – Backpacking Thousand Island Lake Day 3

Sep 27, ’12 · by · in On Adventures

We knew it was going to be around 7 miles and a REALLY LONG DECENT DOWN. But even if you know that it will be a long hike down it doesn’t necessarily hit you until you are looking down the rocky talus switchbacks to the speck of Agnew Lake and you think to yourself: “What possessed someone to put a trail here?”

Thousand Island Lake, Inyo National Forest, Ansel Adams Wilderness

Garnet Lake to Thousand Island Lake – Backpacking Thousand Island Lake Day 2

Sep 26, ’12 · by · in On Adventures

We started our super short 3-ish mile hike to Thousand Island Lake around noon. Extra-curricular exploring included a little off trail climb after exiting the Garnet lake basin (good views of the mountains, Garnet Lake, and just a sliver of Mono Lake was visible in the distance) followed by lunching down at Ruby Lake

Backpacking the Ansel Adams Wilderness, Inyo National Forest California

Shadow Creek Trail Head to Garnet Lake – Backpacking Thousand Island Lake Day 1

Sep 25, ’12 · by · in On Adventures

Curtis had been (good-intentionally!) pressuring his brother, John, to come down to visit the Sierra and going hike on the John Muir Trail (JMT) for over a year now… and he did! Over the course of 3 days (Day 2 & Day 3 blogs) we visited Thousand Island and Garnet Lakes hiking approximately 17 miles on and off of the JMT on our through hike from Agnew Meadows down to Silver…