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Tree, Poison Flat, Carson Iceberg Lake Tahoe to Mount Whitney: Your Backpacking Guide to the High Sierras Yellow Flower
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Down the trail on your stomach

Food Discussion

Most food information is currently on the forum.

Five-Day Food Supply-Winter Travel

Backpacking Food

 

Hard work, altitude, digestion, and YOU

The fittness factor: How far, and how fast will you go?

Types of Food

Calories per day

Calories per oz.

Storage in/on pack

Storage in camp

Preperation

Making it to Resupply: The Constant Calculation

Weight and distance: Time is Food that weighs the pack that slows the feet, So

LET's Eat!

SECTION ONE: LAKE TAHOE TO LAKE ALPINE

Distance

Days

Difficulty

Food Requirments

Weight

SECTION TWO: LAKE ALPINE TO SONORA PASS

Distance

Days

Difficulty

Food Requirments

Weight

SECTION THREE: SONORA PASS TO T-MEADOWS

Distance

Days

Difficulty

Food Requirments

Weight

SECTION FOUR: t-MEADOWS TO RED'S MEADOW

Distance

Days

Difficulty

Food Requirments

Weight

SECTION FIVE: RED'S MEADOW TO VERMILLION VALLEY

Distance

Days

Difficulty

Food Requirments

Weight

SECTION SIX: VERMILLION VALLEY TO MUIR RANCH

Distance

Days

Difficulty

Food Requirments

Weight

SECTION SEVEN: MUIR RANCH TO MOUNT WHITNEY

Distance

Days

Difficulty

Food Requirments

Weight

 

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