The Hike Out - 1

East Vidette Peak - Sierra Nevada  2005

Taking Down Tent - Sierra Nevada  2005

From the notes:

Up at 6:15 AM. Temperature at 5 AM was 31º. Start packing. Some trepidation over major ascent today. Camera battery dead! Wha . . . ? Two deer wander through my campsite.

8:50—Leave camp.

9:45—Low point. Vidette Meadows. Campers with campfire. Nice, actually. Breakfast.

10:00—Resume hiking.

11:40—Kearsarge Pass junction. I’m alive, but just barely. Almost immediately, the trail opens up and become more scenic.

12:30—1:00 PM—Lunch at Bullfrog Lake.