http://www.backpackingthewild.com/backpacking-adventures daily 0.75 2016-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1462029009292-Z3GE9RS826NII5H6V1WM/000+-+MuirHutRed.jpg Backpacking Adventures http://www.backpackingthewild.com/backpacking-adventures/2016/7/26/iva-bell-hot-springs monthly 0.5 2016-07-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469547774704-9824RTLAWCLY0UR33MUJ/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - Iva Bell Hot Springs The trail starts off by passing through a tree cemetery from the 1992 "Rainbow Fire" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469548977881-7FZ3RJV4FBX650O6PRBJ/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - Iva Bell Hot Springs Colorful basalt formations spring from the Earth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469549116581-1ZYHMWQ0CD9AAO86HDKD/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - Iva Bell Hot Springs A granite valley follows as the trail descends https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469549221411-Z9JW1RRQV2992PAVSO7R/bloomingWildflowers.jpg Backpacking Adventures - Iva Bell Hot Springs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469549231438-GC733JQD44P04S85ODAZ/littleSucculents.jpg Backpacking Adventures - Iva Bell Hot Springs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469549236005-H3K1ROR9XEHWKFZ54JAW/purpleWildflowers.jpg Backpacking Adventures - Iva Bell Hot Springs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469549255285-Z2HLVSY6IB99RXA9RKRC/redWildflowers.jpg Backpacking Adventures - Iva Bell Hot Springs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469549316878-1TL6GY079NEOUV5JDW6C/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - Iva Bell Hot Springs The trail winds through a thick fern field https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469549348044-VOEJ4LA54F53AB5050N0/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - Iva Bell Hot Springs Majestic green hillsides with granite slabs at their bases pave the way into the Cascade Valley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469549428940-G2V62O6GRSJ8QEHHLN8Y/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - Iva Bell Hot Springs The view into the valley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469549476305-3EWRUSIDRNBJXWG15WYM/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - Iva Bell Hot Springs Looking even farther into the valley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469549525702-Q1KHFG0DTK7O2PE0SW53/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - Iva Bell Hot Springs The High Sierra is quite a sight to see https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469549560783-85VD4PE2SP6HNO9DU2IS/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - Iva Bell Hot Springs Now looking east towards Iva Bell Hot Springs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469549633960-7VFFOHKVSFG9UVDYZW52/bones_1.jpg Backpacking Adventures - Iva Bell Hot Springs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469549635025-M9XOCIHYZ6S116DIGTK8/bones_2.jpg Backpacking Adventures - Iva Bell Hot Springs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469549924939-EROCW3FZVVRU9460IG13/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - Iva Bell Hot Springs Iva Bell alas... the best view I've seen from a hot spring yet! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469551706550-JBF8FDGRREGCFJEH1VC8/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - Iva Bell Hot Springs Arguably the best ponder point too https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469676113373-U5XL5W1I79B0D1ODOF9C/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - Iva Bell Hot Springs As well as best campsite https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469551808946-G4PJDGO2D0FYR54DG7GI/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - Iva Bell Hot Springs The High Sierra gourmet was present -- Mountain Mansion if you will https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469551837187-479J3I7FYZX8780U13F0/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - Iva Bell Hot Springs The sunset featured the layers of mountains surrounding the valley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469551883068-I4C3OMB4P9SUH1VJS53D/purpleWildflowers_2.jpg Backpacking Adventures - Iva Bell Hot Springs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469551883575-9AYO53TZ4HJQDOEY6BHK/purpleWildflowers_3.jpg Backpacking Adventures - Iva Bell Hot Springs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469551925983-AFJMQAHCDROB7AIOYLRN/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - Iva Bell Hot Springs On the way out we came across a newly fallen tree https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469551950359-GEQMC94A18TLM1PJ8C8I/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - Iva Bell Hot Springs Climbing back out of the valley -- with Iva Bell in the distance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469551991900-M2820WBVURVFKKWYINE1/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - Iva Bell Hot Springs Returning to Red's Meadow through the tree stump forest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469552013574-EWZUHANMJ8FDX2DUXDYT/image-asset.png Backpacking Adventures - Iva Bell Hot Springs The one-way stats "In" on the In & Out trip http://www.backpackingthewild.com/backpacking-adventures/2016/4/19/badwater-basin-to-telescope-peak monthly 0.5 2016-07-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1461115823560-1TZA6RFTJMFFJAW30UDV/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - Badwater Basin to Telescope Peak Telescope Peak viewed from Shorty's Well https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1461124757868-69CHP0ZVCY5I7O73SUK9/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - Badwater Basin to Telescope Peak Preparing for the feat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1461116003009-CIR1CT6RQRS4HG3RGCBU/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - Badwater Basin to Telescope Peak Sunset over Shorty's Well https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1461116070798-T0FDNRA5KB665VWF24LX/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - Badwater Basin to Telescope Peak Sunset over Badwater Basin and Telescope Peak https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1461116174879-5RKEYFHXBPYBTDTMHX9Z/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - Badwater Basin to Telescope Peak First light at sunrise looking back at Badwater Basin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1461116307682-DK66AF2U6SR597CL494Q/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - Badwater Basin to Telescope Peak Good morning Death Valley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1461116390912-V0DW4DET7VMOE1YKF7UB/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - Badwater Basin to Telescope Peak The morning light illuminates the target -- Telescope Peak https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1461116542975-Q939SGCDB262ZIA0EHAB/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - Badwater Basin to Telescope Peak The trail follows a long 4x4 road which winds up into Hanaupah Canyon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1461123536262-VEPQBMHPRWX8ECW8FL4L/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - Badwater Basin to Telescope Peak The canyon begins to take shape https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1461116711331-SRAXZ9FD03MWIDPODR65/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - Badwater Basin to Telescope Peak The canyon trail continues to gradually increase in elevation as is winds into the mountains https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1461116773915-G7SKJ1B4WOQ4YROXEFSN/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - Badwater Basin to Telescope Peak Springtime brings color and life to the desert https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1461124355126-NNSQZ3TRV23VD4X9R8QF/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - Badwater Basin to Telescope Peak Near Hanaupah Spring Telescope Peak looms far in the distance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1461116884400-9Q4PHQ9TLPRSQFQJTB2H/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - Badwater Basin to Telescope Peak After taking a break to fill up nearly 6 liters of water each, we hit the first steep climb up a ridge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1461116980519-INEK4WUS1V1ZQWKXR2NJ/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - Badwater Basin to Telescope Peak Taking the ridge involved climbing 1600 feet in about one mile https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1461117105545-MKWWS3AM2D2QG73O6FCP/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - Badwater Basin to Telescope Peak At the top of the ridge we got a great view of the canyon we'd just navigated https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1461117616952-F1JAD1Q0OTXPJ6T1GR4W/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - Badwater Basin to Telescope Peak Looking towards Badwater Basin from atop the ridge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1461117704227-AWX48AQB0UMSEPE2J3HC/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - Badwater Basin to Telescope Peak With Telescope Peak still another 6000 or so feet to go, we pressed on https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1461117895937-EENHULYZ7LU4KGR7FPLB/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - Badwater Basin to Telescope Peak Now hiking through trees and brush, Telescope Peak was getting closer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1461118001706-NI75GY04044VMZFM85Z5/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - Badwater Basin to Telescope Peak Looking across to the ridge which we'd make our final ascent to intersect the maintained trail to the peak from Mahogany Flats https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1461118133988-5HU9NZN60NNRW70VVM5J/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - Badwater Basin to Telescope Peak The climb was now steep and much of the footing loose, but the views looking back just kept getting better https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1461118206281-26C6A72PCMDRMGWS69E3/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - Badwater Basin to Telescope Peak The final climb to the maintained trail was absolutely steep and brutal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1461123776908-G543IXXDGYEADV5ZL29T/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - Badwater Basin to Telescope Peak Taking a break from the highly strenuous climb to look back on our route https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1461118296352-NNLW2BPSAPHGN176LT00/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - Badwater Basin to Telescope Peak After we reached the maintained trail it wasn't long before we had Telescope Peak in sight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1461118373531-TPTUA4DNJC4M4YTEIC9N/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - Badwater Basin to Telescope Peak Some 13 hours and 11,331 feet of ascent later, we reached the summit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1461124086343-ZYZSDIHHPS2DYAR2ALTI/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - Badwater Basin to Telescope Peak Badwater Basin to Telescope Peak https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1461118470803-2O1RI9U5YCPTNZM7WDGB/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - Badwater Basin to Telescope Peak The view of Badwater Basin was amazing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1461118606488-U9CDS19J0MNNYK38KDN8/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - Badwater Basin to Telescope Peak The summit cuisine was pizza and Fort Point Villager IPA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1461118847868-B3FDNVUS11UXOV5GVO3H/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - Badwater Basin to Telescope Peak After dinner we weren't far off from being ready for bed at our awesome sleeping location https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1461119002360-G5FN2LME4TODVH4ZWUIZ/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - Badwater Basin to Telescope Peak Telescope Peak's shadow cast over Death Valley at sunset was quite a sight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1461119053087-3F45XR93N1ZL7GFGUQI5/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - Badwater Basin to Telescope Peak As the sun set, we settled in under what would turn out to be a very clear and star filled sky https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1461119173145-T59MN9NHAOIIMSXDSHV2/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - Badwater Basin to Telescope Peak Early the next morning, the sun came around over Death Valley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1461119232751-R4NYN52Q9MJ12LMSSSJY/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - Badwater Basin to Telescope Peak Telescope Peak's mighty shadow was cast again but in the other direction over Searles Valley http://www.backpackingthewild.com/backpacking-adventures/2016/4/19/new-years-eve-on-the-lost-coast monthly 0.5 2016-07-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469644254273-A56A79BVXUYUMO8C75FO/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - New Years Eve on the Lost Coast A sign made by locals warns of the dangers along the Lost Coast https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469644200450-L9MUUYB5PFM8K2CJ8L6X/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - New Years Eve on the Lost Coast The trail starts out green and flat, with the ocean just off to the right over a sandy ridge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469644345535-F49CVSQTC0KR7DYTI59A/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - New Years Eve on the Lost Coast Many waterfalls drain into the ocean along the way https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469644366341-Z2WZ4MQFGNW65E64DGCB/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - New Years Eve on the Lost Coast If preferred, one can walk along a driftwood covered beach instead of the grassy trail for the first part of the trail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469670439935-K1D5OS36UPGWC0WXO3RQ/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - New Years Eve on the Lost Coast The first stream crossing wasn't a testament of what was to come https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469666394306-RXVHSA2LVDCVISZR1V87/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - New Years Eve on the Lost Coast A few miles in, the Punta Gorda Lighthouse is in sight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469644413479-UPIY5YQCEDPS1XHGPSDP/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - New Years Eve on the Lost Coast The primitive lighthouse was in commission from 1912 to 1951 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469644442580-DXA9OFIEC4VROOBGWJEJ/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - New Years Eve on the Lost Coast The staircase is still in tact and functional https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469644489571-RV04S69WH6O4MW13V8JD/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - New Years Eve on the Lost Coast We also found a giant, extra heavy propeller in the sand nearby... Perhaps an argument in favor of the lighthouse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469644524033-G2U3L2V7CN8XQR3RIS32/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - New Years Eve on the Lost Coast Just down the beach we came across a camp shelter made up of driftwood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469666338841-GY3978DJ7ZT0D6LICQLN/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - New Years Eve on the Lost Coast The sunset at camp on the first night https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469666451535-A3S6M3KBYVEG1CFTRV5U/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - New Years Eve on the Lost Coast Mercury setting at sunset https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469666519714-EYBLE9MAB6JWWW057ANT/nighttimeLighthouse.jpg Backpacking Adventures - New Years Eve on the Lost Coast That night we captured the lighthouse under the starry sky https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469666600600-S6RN4R2RUNUZ617SOO0Y/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - New Years Eve on the Lost Coast The next day we crossed paths with some other hikers just before hitting the section of trail which requires scrambling over some giant rocks to avoid the ocean https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469666620383-131VN3F6R1U388U14R6N/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - New Years Eve on the Lost Coast Traversing the Lost Coast with fellow hikers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469666720226-3ME4MW3TB0C322K6YDWR/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - New Years Eve on the Lost Coast Another somewhat swift stream crossing attempting to wash you into the ocean https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469666782858-G998U68VZMSQ568H787U/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - New Years Eve on the Lost Coast The trail has some really great, green, grassy sections https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469666990298-TE0273MBLEXWC3I6SHHZ/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - New Years Eve on the Lost Coast We came across a deer carcass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469667052824-XX1U718UMZ4I71BOUNMF/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - New Years Eve on the Lost Coast The dog captured the skull without a second thought https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469667089722-QT7PC8ER0OJYC7K2AFVD/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - New Years Eve on the Lost Coast There are a few desolately located cabins along the trail which are sure to make you jealous https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469667128787-3CO4X8YHDRE5LS280DU4/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - New Years Eve on the Lost Coast More Lost Coast cabins https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469667221080-1K6E7EHRIJFNCTJ71C6H/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - New Years Eve on the Lost Coast Upon reaching camp on the second night, we celebrated New Years Eve with some champagne https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469667242666-53993C3QPD12WO12FSDI/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - New Years Eve on the Lost Coast Sunset on the second night -- New Years Eve https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469667269929-X8SYYINKH3IKG8AFJXN9/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - New Years Eve on the Lost Coast Delicious, reheated pizza was had -- Mountain Mansion if you will https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469667288707-FC92VH3BLUI4CFJBTKK8/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - New Years Eve on the Lost Coast Mercury again trails into the sunset https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469667313060-J89JEPRV9ZMILRCRLTYD/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - New Years Eve on the Lost Coast The next morning we came across these significantly sized bear prints in the sand https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469667343350-ABF80XI4QTPEJCUNTOEW/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - New Years Eve on the Lost Coast And these squid remnants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469667383870-Z1KD24G9GXKK5CCGG9JH/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - New Years Eve on the Lost Coast Another nice, easy going green section of the trail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469667467239-UGIZ10ABZNG0E8L897H5/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - New Years Eve on the Lost Coast We ended at the southern terminus of Black Sand Beach http://www.backpackingthewild.com/backpacking-adventures/2016/4/19/frozen-night-in-the-high-sierra monthly 0.5 2016-07-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469670955715-W7TIVPPVLVNNKQZPJMTU/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - Frozen Night in the High Sierra Starting off from Courtright Reservoir at the Maxson Trailhead https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469673180729-WJNH3V846W35JSEVZC9M/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - Frozen Night in the High Sierra Traversing the icy granite landscape was no easy feat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469673221475-H9IXHX9MRXVM88LOG7NB/snowyTrail.jpg Backpacking Adventures - Frozen Night in the High Sierra The trails were covered in fresh powder snow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469673245369-H9GPMK7O3SM6RG81QMF7/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - Frozen Night in the High Sierra An old NPS cabin was closed up and snowbound for winter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469673282738-2VIVJ2FZRFVAGIPK370K/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - Frozen Night in the High Sierra We continued to trudge through the snow because we needed to taste some Sierra https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469673324508-GYT3Y8SDD5CYZMTZYBEO/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - Frozen Night in the High Sierra Upon reaching Long Meadow, we decided to find a place to make camp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469673343724-X983R3Q0O19O28NJB9WO/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - Frozen Night in the High Sierra Once we found a good sheltered spot in the trees, a fire was the next immediate priority https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556bebdde4b0bb851886e977/1469673387507-GAW318BKFE4FX98U1J3T/image-asset.jpeg Backpacking Adventures - 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