This site is the forum for local and long-distance backpackers along the Sierra Crest between Tahoe and Whitney. Your contributions will enrich the related trail guide.
I cannot cover it all, so please post accounts of your High Sierra backpacking trips here. The guide will link to your entries for each section of the High Sierras.
for Beginners: To get you off the couch, gear you up, and get you into Sierra Shape. Ask questions. Find killer short routes in the High Sierras to get you started.
for Intermediates: To get you in deeper, longer, and higher. Find your next trip here. Post your stories, pictures, and videos of your favorite trips for others to enjoy.
for Experts: All the info you need to come from anywhere in the US or the world and backpack from Tahoe to Whitney.
High Sierra Trail Culture 2010: Backpacker's Open Thread, Bulliten/Message Board, Information Exchange
This is to collect additional information from hikers featured in this year's sample of High Sierra Trail Culture. But it can also be used as a message board, where you can leave notes for other long distance hikers, so they can get info on you when they get to an internet connection.
August Open Thread: High Sierra Trail Condition Reports
Video: Grizzly Meadow, Emigrant Wilderness. The video above ends when a massive swarm of mosquitoes engulfed me.
Welcome to TahoetoWhitney.Org
This site is the sister site of TahoetoWhitney.com, and is being set up to compliment that site by allowing visitors and members to post their own experiences, pictures, and reccomendations about life on the High Sierra Nevada trails between Lake Tahoe and and Mount Whitney.
The main trails are composed of the Pacific Crest Trail, the Tahoe to Yosemite Trail, and the John Muir Trail. And the many major and minor trail variations and alternative routes, as well as scrambles and cross-country sections.
I need a ride to Sonora Pass
Hey,
I need a ride to Sonora Pass on Highway 108 as soon as possible. Actually, I'm headed to Kennedy Meadows, which sits 8 miles to the West of Sonora Pass. I'd like to get out of here today, Monday the 30th, but ASAP is limited by the possible...
I live in Berkeley...
Adam Blauert: Wild times in the Sierra
Adam Blauert: Wild times in the Sierra
Merced Sun-Star, August 7, 2010
Adam's article addresses backpacker hazards that we all should consider, and be prepared for, before we enter any natural area where there is no infrastructure, and especially when backpacking in the High Sierras.
More "Into the Wild" News: Backpacker Drowns near McCandliss Bus
August 20, 2010
The distorted, romanticized, story told by Jon Krakauer about Christopher McCandless in his book "Into the Wild" has claimed another victim.
This story, "Swiss woman drowns in Teklanika River, near 'Into the Wild' bus," in the Fairbanks daily News Miner reports the drowning death of a backpacker in the Teklanika River near the McCandless bus.
Background
Old Front Page News Stories and Links
Old Backpacking, Wilderness, and Environmental News Stories off of the Tahoe to Whitney Trail Guide Front Page. Good Stuff.
Rabid Bobcat Attacks Hikers Near Tucson
Rabid Bobcat Attacks Hikers Near Tucson
Backpacker Online, Sunday, August 3, 2010
Whoa, this is a damn crazy story!
Extreme skier Fredrik Ericsson falls to his death scaling K2
Extreme skier Fredrik Ericsson falls to his death scaling K2
LA Times, August 8, 2010
Those who fly so high see things that pass the rest of us by, until they die in those very high places. Sad day. My regards to his family and friends.
Missing Sierra backpacker found alive
Missing Sierra backpacker found alive
Examiner, August 3, 2010
As a long-distance four-season solo backpacker this reminds me of why I always leave a detailed trip plan with a reliable person.
