For a middling fisherman like me, a nibble in a backcountry lake is a big deal, especially the first one after eight days on the trail. I eagerly reeled in the hook I had cast into the high-elevation lake beneath Isberg Peak in southeastern Yosemite, only to feel the line abruptly stick. My sinker had… Continue reading Like father, like sons on Dad’s High Sierra hike
Month: November 2015
Ebbetts Pass: “pleasurable and memorable”
Some of my best trips have been the result of aborted expeditions and the thereafter. Such was our late autumn hike to to Kinney Lake. Our original plan was to complete an eight-mile hike from Ebbetts Pass to Reynolds Peak. But when we got to the trail head parking at Ebbetts Pass, I discovered that… Continue reading Ebbetts Pass: “pleasurable and memorable”