Monday July 26
Heading up to Relief Reservoir, then up Summit Creek towards Brown Bear Pass
Departing Kennedy Meadows I began the section of the Tahoe to Yosemite Trail towards Brown Bear Pass.
From Brown Bear Pass I crossed the Emigrant Basin to Bond Pass, where I entered Yosemite, and rejoined the Pacific Crest Trail below Dorthy Lake Pass in Jack Main Canyon.
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Trail Head
Trail Culture Index
Hwy 395 to Corral Valley
Corral Valley to PCT at East Carson River
The E Carson Headwaters to the Sonora Pass
Kennedy Meadows Pack Station
Hiking towards Brown Bear Pass
Brown Bear Pass to Stubblefield Canyon
Stubblefield Canyon to Cold Canyon
Cold Canyon to Tuolumne Meadows
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Hey Nick!
This is Nick and Matt sitting at the Kennedy Lake Trail Junction waiting for their very cool buddy.
Met Nick Last year during last year's Tahoe to Whitney trip.
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![Matt and Nick on the way to Kennedy Lake. Ran into Matt last Summer in Tuolumne, during my Tahoe to Whitney hike](Matt_Nick_7_IMG_6941.jpg)
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The dam at Relief Reservoir. If this baby ever goes, so does Kennedy Meadows.
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![Relief Reservoir Dam.](Relief_Reservoir_Dam_7_IMG_6947.jpg) |
Stanislaus National Forest Frog Counting Team.
Emigrant Wilderness.
Quote: "Frogs Looked Good this Week"
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![Stanislaus National Forest Frog Counting Team](Frog_Team_NF_7_IMG_6951.jpg) |
California Conservation Corps
This is Dimes, Heather and Zack. They just finished busting out a fine piece of trail work.
They were an example of the finest youth our country has to offer.
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![CCC Crew: Dimes, Heather, and Zack](Dimes_Heather_Zack_7_IMG_6952.jpg) |
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This is the trail work they just finished.
They boxed-in section of broken down soil within granite steps that have to be anchored sufficiently to handle both the Winter Snows and large horse pack trains.
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![The Trail Work Dimes, Heather, and Zack just finished](Trail_Works_7_IMG_6953.jpg) |
CCC Stanislaus Backcountry 2010
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Heading further South, I ran into the main body of the California Conservation Corps Stanislaus Backcountry Trail Crew.
This was a great bunch of really cool kids who work damn hard to keep the trails, and therefore the mountains, open to all wilderness travelers.
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![CCC Crew: Stanislaus Backcountry. Good folk.](CCC_Crew_2_7_IMG_6954.jpg) |
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These kids move fast over hard terrain with heavy loads.
Trail Crew moving quickly up the trail to the next work site.
CCC Stanislaus Backcountry 2010 |
![CCC Trail Workers moving up trail with tools.](CCC_moving_up_the_Trail_7_IMG_6955.jpg) |
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California Conservation Corps
Steven, Stephenie and Morgan were measuring out a completed trail alteration.
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![CCC Trail Crew: Steven, Stephenie, and Morgan.](CCC_Steven_Stephnie_Morgan_7_IMG_6956.jpg) |
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I noticed an out of place splash of red on this massive granitic formation.
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![Granite wall with red flash](Granite_w_red_7_IMG_6959.jpg) |
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Under an angled rock, that did not quite fall flat, a little splash of red pushes towards the sky, until the rock finally falls, and they die.
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![The red flash was a few flowers growing under a ledge on this massive granite structure](Red_Flowers_7_IMG_6961.jpg) |
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A formation on the Granite Dome Massif
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![Part of the Granite Dome Massif](Granite_Dome_7_IMG_6971.jpg) |
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A lizard enjoying the Sun
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![Lizard](Lizard_7_IMG_6973.jpg) |