The Hike Out 2 - 2007

Bishop Pass Sign - Sierra Nevada  2007

Backpacker - Sierra Nevada  2007

Lake, Storm Clouds - Sierra Nevada  2007

I reached the Bishop Pass sign and then headed down the many switchbacks of the trail.

(BTW, I'm liking the top two photos: for the sign in one, and the backpacker and the faint, meandering trail in the other. Also, nice muted colors. May try to print on the Epson.)

From the notes:

7:30—Leave camp. 51º.

“Fog” over the Inconsolable Range . . . low monsoonal clouds?

9:30—Back at first campsite. Breakfast. Overcast: making good time.

10:40—Bishop Pass.

12:00 PM—Saddlerock Lake outlet bridge. (Site of 1st day’s lunch.) Lunch.

2:30—Trailhead. Thunder on the way down. 9-mile hike out . . . helped by overcast. A personal best, I think.

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After a beer at the trailhead I camped overnight at one of the campgrounds in the vicinity.

Mike & Beer, Post Backpack - Sierra Nevada  2007