Spot Page & Bucket Send Off

The journey begins next Friday at 0700. You can follow along at: http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0NaOFNhTbA984ca9UpXcPDTBLyVnieIR2

I sent my re-supply bucket to Vermillion Valley Ranch yesterday. I will be re-united with it on August 15th.

Food Organized By Day Waiting To Go Into The Bucket

Updated Itinerary

News has come that the ferry servicing the Vermillion Valley Resort has closed for the season due to low water in the lake. This will add five miles of hiking each way so I revised my itinerary to facilitate this extra walking. This new itinerary allows me an extra day if the weather should dictate.

 

Day One, 08/03:  To Hamilton Lake, 17.0 Miles, +2900'

 

Day Two, 08/04:  To Kern Hot Springs,  21.2 Miles, +3800' (Kaweah Gap)

 

Day Three, 08/05: To Crabtree Meadow (Camp 12.15), 16.3 Miles, +5000'

 

Day Four, 08/06:  To Mt. Whitney-Crabtree Meadow, 15.0 Miles, +4000' (Mt. Whitney)

 

Day Five, 08/07:  To Camp 11.19, 3.0 Miles North Of Forester Pass @ 11,230', 15.5 Miles, +3000' (Forester Pass)

 

Day Six, 08/08:  To Onion Valley, 13.8 Miles, +2300' (Kearsarge Pass) 

 

Segment Total=98.8 Miles, +21,000'. 5 Nights/6 Days

 

Day Eight, 08/10: To Dollar Lake, 14.7 Miles, +4200'

 

Day Nine, 08/11: To Camp 9.02 (2.6 Miles South Of Mather Pass), 16.9 Miles, +4300'

 

Day Ten, 08/12: To Le Conte Canyon RS, 16.1 Miles, +1500'

 

Day Eleven, 08/13: To McClure Meadow RS via Black Giant (3.0 Miles, +1600'), 20.4 Miles, +4700'

 

Day Twelve, 08/14: To Sallie Keys Lake, 16.4 Miles, +2500'

 

Day Thirteen, 08/15: To VVR via Mono Creek,=21.8 Miles, +2200' To VVR via Bear Ridge Trail=18.5 Miles, +2200'

 

Segment Total=103.0 Miles, +19,400'. 5 Nights/6 Days

 

Day Fourteen, 08/16: To Lake Virginia, 20.8 Miles, +5100'

 

Day Fifteen, 08/17:    To Reds Meadow, 16.3 Miles, +1200'

 

Day Sixteen, 08/18: To Thousand Island Lake, 17.2 Miles, +4000'

 

Day Seventeen, 08/19:  To Tuolomne Meadow, 19.2 Miles, +2200' (Island Pass, Donahue Pass)

 

Day Eighteen, 08/20:  To Clouds Rest Junction (Camp 1.02) 16.7 Miles, +2000'

 

Day Nineteen, 08/21:     To Clouds Rest-To Half Dome To Happy Isles, 17.1 Miles, +4700' (Clouds Rest & Half Dome) 

 

Segment Total=107.3 Miles, +19,200'. 5 Nights/6 Days.

 

Trip Total=309.1 Miles, +59,600'