Mark’s Photos #4
The highest point on the Pacific Crest Trail is Forester Pass at 13,153 feet. It is about 775 trail miles from the start on the Mexican border. We had camped near 11,000 feet, right...
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Overnight Backpack Trip
Up and down the West Coast, we have had unusually warm and clear weather this last week. On Wednesday, I decided to take advantage of it and embarked on an overnight trip in the...
Mark’s Photos #3
Today’s picture was taken in May 2014 when I was near PCT mile 620, passing through the western Mojave. I had been climbing up a treeless desert mountain all afternoon. There was no shade....
The Backbone Trail
The Palisades Fire in California last year sure has messed things up. Not only was it devastating to the communities in Santa Monica and nearby towns, it burned large swaths of the adjacent Santa...
Mark’s Photos #2
It was 2019, and I was on my second long section hike of the Continental Divide Trail, having hiked from Mexico to central Colorado the year before. I was now north of Rawlings, WY....
The Grand Sawtooth Loop Trail
How hard can this be, I thought to myself. I’ll just type “Sawtooth Mountains” into my favorite search engine and pick the best result to jumpstart my research on this trail. But hold on,...
2 responses to “The Grand Sawtooth Loop Trail”
I literally, well not literally literally, can see the joy you are having in the planning. We planners get a kick out of our preamble. Thanks for taking us along as you ponder and then decide.
Thanks, Dan. I always see these trips as a bit of a mystery to be solved. Gathering the evidence, trying to take into account the weather, the grades, quality of trail, water, resupply, etc. help build the case and give you a working understanding. Sometimes the evidence is overwhelming that you should not attempt a trail. Case solved. Other times you just have to go out and try it. Nothing like empirical info to help make a decision.